The wayward beginner

Radio scripts

I have considering writing and producing radio scripts a la the mighty boosh and flight of the conchords as a precursor and hopeful way in to television writing. The appeal of radio scripting is that it is more likely to be produced, hones your dialogue writing skills and can be produced at home on a normal computer.





However, for thos of you who have written radio scirpts, is it better just to provide a detailed outline of the episode and let the key players ad lib specific dialogue or is it more common to transcribe every single piece of speech and sound effects. Given that friends and myself would be voicing it, it seems more efficient to have a general idea and reward the spontaneity of live performance.





Feel free to tell me.