- Abbott had wanted to pursue writing since childhood, but her parents refused to support her. She would later be able to pursue it through her youth theatre work.
- Despite writing a Doctors episode in 2004, Abbott's break into television wouldn't come for another four years, when she placed on the BBC Writer's Academy training programme.
- One of Abbott's Eastenders episodes involved a fight scene that inspired the 'Bush Push' running gag on Harry Hill's TV Burp.
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