Writing the Fun

We held our first writer’s meeting for Saturday Night Life this evening. Each year, we gather a small team of brilliant writers that make the magic (and the laughs) happen. This year is no exception.

Kick-off meetings always start with the writers pitching out sketch ideas, which in turn spawns other ideas, and eventually we find ourselves with a good number of potential sketches for the show. The most popular ideas are assigned to writers who work them into fully developed outlines. The outlines are then presented during the next meeting, and that’s when the fun really begins. We have to select the sketch outlines that are good enough to make it into the show. Narrowing down all of the options into a list of 12-13 sketches and 4-5 videos is not an easy process!

Once we have a final schedule, the script writing process begins. Our writers have about two weeks to finish their scripts before going into casting and rehearsals. It’s an aggressive schedule, but it works flawlessly.

I won’t give away any of the ideas at this early stage, but I will share the dates/times of when you can see the results of our efforts. This year’s Saturday Night Life show will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 8-9 at 7:30 pm at Abundant Life Church. Mark your calendar now, so you don’t miss the fun!