Sketch Writing Cheat Sheet printable pdf download

Sketch Writing Cheat Sheet

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Idea/Summary of sketch: _____________________________________________________

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Characters/Actors:

Location/Mood of sketch:

( ie. bank, at night, on Mars, etc)

_________________________________________________________________________

Format/Design:

( ie. Call in radio show, town hall meeting, interview, etc.)

_________________________________________________________________________

Main theme of Sketch: (

)

i e. morals, good vs evil, shits n giggles, etc

_________________________________________________________________________

What changes by the end? (

i e. someone’s opinion, hope fails/lives, something is revealed?, etc

)

_________________________________________________________________________

What happens in Beat 1? (

)

l ines of dialogue, what game begins?, important pieces, etc.

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Escalation Beat 2 (

m ake it bigger or more important or more absurd

)

_______________________________________________________________________

Escalation/Turn Beat 3 (

)

m ake it even bigger, even more important, even more absurd

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How does it end? (

j oke “button”, someone changes, turn it on its head, etc

)

_______________________________________________________________________

Quick tips: *If a character isn’t necessary cut it *When in doubt, throw more gas on the fire *1

page equals 1 minute (generally) *Get into the action as quickly as possible, back story is

unnecessary in sketch *You should be able to fit your idea in one or two sentences

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Sketch Writing Cheat Sheet