Paul Chato’s Rules for Writing a Sitcom

Canadian writer, comedian, and “Former Network Executive” Paul Chato recently released a video about how to write his favorite form of television – the Classic Sitcom. It’s a fascinating video because it’s one born from experience and not theory. Also, I think there’s a lot to unpack here that I’ll talk about in some other follow-up posts, but before I do, here is the video, followed by my summary of his rules.

 

Paul’s “Rules”:

(See the video for details and examples.)

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