Tooluck logoTooluck
SKILL.md

sw-sitcom-comedy

Agent skill fromjtydhr88/screenwriting-skills

Half-hour television comedy craft (半小时情景喜剧/笑点力学/困境机器/多机位单机位格式) — merged from Evan S. Smith's Writing Television Sitcoms (premise-driven comedy in three levels, nine predicaments, six character mixes, setup/punchline mechanics, toppers, running gags, ten comedic nuances, format rules), Neil Landau's sitcom seven-step formula and comedy-room models, Richard Blum's act-length and set-count parameters, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag scripts (direct address as a season-long device, six-episode skeleton), Pamela Douglas on dramedy, Kam Miller on complementary comic traits, and Jesse Armstrong on jokes carrying tragedy. Use when writing or fixing a sitcom episode or spec, raising joke density per page, designing a comic predicament that generates stories, choosing between multi-camera and single-camera format and page counts, structuring cold open/acts/tag, writing a half-hour pilot, running a comedy punch-up, or making a drama funny without shifting genre.

How to install sw-sitcom-comedy

install sw-sitcom-comedy
# install the screenwriting-skills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills

# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder

plugins/screenwriting/skills/sw-sitcom-comedy/

# into

~/.claude/skills/sw-sitcom-comedy/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/sw-sitcom-comedy/ (one project)

plugins/screenwriting/skills/sw-sitcom-comedy/SKILL.md

MITFull file
1# 半小时喜剧(Sitcom & Half-Hour Comedy)
2
3> **输出语言=提问语言**;术语一律锚回原词,见 [sw-workflow/terms.md](../sw-workflow/terms.md),不自创译名。
4
5核心命题:**好笑不是后期往台词里塞的,是从故事前提里长出来的。** 喜剧作者在三层上叠加张力——premise → sequence/scene → dialogue/action;种在前一层的喜剧会在后一层"自动产出更多、更大、更无缝的笑"(Smith《Writing Television Sitcoms》p0042)。所以第一个动作不是想笑话,是问"这个前提本身是不是一台 joke-producing machine"。
6
7写半小时剧不是把一小时剧的参数改小,而是**整体切换**:页数、排版、场数、笑点密度、结构单位、人物关系的运转逻辑一起换。本 skill 管这套切换。通用方法不重写——对白见 `sw-dialogue`,场景价值转折见 `sw-scene-craft`,一小时剧幕结构与 act out 类型学见 `sw-series-structure`,引擎与 bible 见 `sw-series-engine-bible`,编剧室全貌见 `sw-writers-room`,Fleabag 逐集表见 `sw-series-case-studies`。
8
9格式规范、笑点技法目录与结构模板见同目录 [reference.md](reference.md)。
10## 按任务读哪几节(不要通读)
11
12| 任务 | 读 | 跳过 |
13|---|---|---|
14| 判断一个喜剧点子成不成立 | 二(三层法与困境) | 六、十 |
15| 写或改笑点 | **三(笑话力学)**,例库转 reference.md | 四、九、十 |
16| 排半小时结构 | 四(含幕长/页码的选择规则) | 三、七 |
17| 选格式、定页数 | 六;中文稿先看 `sw-chinese-series-practice` 的页数折算 | 一–五 |
18| 直接对镜 / 装置喜剧 | 七 | 二、六 |
19| 诊断一份已有的喜剧稿 | **十二(诊断清单)** | 其余 |
20
21⚠️ reference.md 第一节是**美式排版规范**(字符位、边距、行距):写中文稿时整节不适用,不要读。
22
23---
24
25
26## 来源与各书关系
27
28- **Smith《Writing Television Sitcoms》(Revised & Expanded, 2009)给全部骨架**:三层法、九 predicament、六 character mix、笑话力学、beat 数与三幕页数、三套格式(Appendix A 按字符位给边距)、pilot 与 series format。本 skill 的编号体系基本是他的。
29- **Landau《The TV Showrunner's Roadmap》1e Tip 21 给公式与页数表**(七步公式、"恶狗追上树"、多机页数分配、多机 vs 单机差异);**2e 第 13 章给喜剧编剧室**(四种房间模型、alts 与 candy bag、table read 的功能之争)。
30- **Blum《电视与银幕写作》第 11–12 章给制作约束**:teaser/幕/tag 分钟数、多机格式规则、**布景 3 个理想 5 个上限**、一周拍摄计划。
31…

Excerpt shown under the repository's MIT license.

More skills in screenwriting-skills

Keep exploring

Similar skill repositories

Newsletter

Join the Community

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news and updates