The Adventures of Nanny Piggins - Writing Comedy

R.A. Spratt will tell you all about the strange series of events that lead to her unexpectedly getting a job as a TV comedy writer, then inadvertently winding up as a children’s TV writer, before surprising herself by becoming a children’s author. She will reveal what it’s like to be a professionally funny writer.

Topics:

• How she end up being an author even though English was her worst subject at school.
• Where her ideas come from.
• How she thought up her characters.
• How animation influences her books.
• How she tries to write action that ‘looks’ cool.
• How she structures stories.