That Sweet Suite World

In my Writing for the Tween Sitcom class, I chose to write for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. It turned out to be a fun exercise. Writing for children lets you tap into your wacky child's side of creativity, which I think is the happiest place to go.


As I write in another journal entry, I am usually too afraid to go into the dark places of my imagination, so writing for a Disney show is a good way of doing that. The story still required tension and rising action, however, but if you look at some of these episodes of Suite Life on the Disney Channel's website, you'll find that it gets as dark as Zack and Cody being divided by a friend. Yes, I love kid's channels.

Suite Life is, by far, the easiest show for grownups to watch. Hannah Montana is a good show and has an intriguing theme of living two lives, but I feel that the Suite Life tells better jokes overall and reaches out to a larger audience. There's something for everyone: Zack and Cody for twins or young boys, Maddie and London for young girls and teenagers, Carey for struggling single moms, Mr Moseby for the Dads out there who are forced to watch, and Arwin for all the freaky people in the world... like Jim Carrey.

I can't wait to finish my spec script, sell it, and keep Suite Life on the air!