The deadline for the Other Network Comedy Contest is Dec. 15. That's soon. But you still have time for one more rewrite.

Based on several years judging this contest and working with many talented writers privately as a writing coach, I promise that your comedy script will benefit from these 8 rewrite notes:

1 - Put at least one solid laugh on every page. Not witty banter or zany behavior. A laugh. Not just your opinion, but based on other people’s reads. You are having other people read it, right?

2 - Double-check your story structure and make your act breaks strong to keep an audience interested (and surprised) to the very end. Don't just coast through the last half of the script.

3 - Make sure every scene has a a comedic high point (character-based) and a dramatic high-point (story beat) that advances the plot, hopefully in a funny turn.

4 - Let your characters have clear distinctive vocabularies and rhythms. Check by reading it out loud. You are reading it out loud, right?