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.
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.