About Waller-Bridge, her style of writing was excellent for her show _Fleabag._ That whole scene at the restaurant where her sister has a miscarriage but tries to act like it didn't happen because it'd be too awkward with their fucked up family dynamic, and Fleabag who's normally a raunchy clown is like "No, this is actually fucked up. You need a hospital" was some of the best character work, and how that situation somehow devolves into a fistfight with her piece of shit brother-in-law. I'm not saying everything should be written by her, and she's an odd pick to bring onto a Bond script. But her show is bloody brilliant for its niche context and I'm not gonna act like it isn't.
I tend to write little bits of dialogue and sketch out scenes in no particular order. Then bring it all together in a draft. I don't know what that's called. Probably "winging it" or something.
I feel like I'm missing context here. There were a few cuts, then "I don't want to talk about that". That being... not being able to decipher your own feelings? What was said during those cuts?
he brings up a great point: trauma as subject matter cannot be deprioritized without undermining the tone (and therefore credibility) of the project as whole. In degrees, trauma is above conflict is above tension is above oddness. Culturally we typically package trauma (especially against marginalized people) as conflict, which is morally fraught, and then sometimes as tension which becomes immoral. It’s very interesting to consider the how and what of this…
Remember you are better off with a very solid 40 scene beat sheet that is well thought out than having 400 pages of unorganized scenes you just tried to Wing it on.
Phoebe Waller a good writer?!?!?! Dude her ideas for some of the biggest IP’s are getting rewrites by other writers, not to mention she is also related to Jar Jar Brakes Abraham the franchise killer. The guy had me until he used her for an example of good writing🙌🤥 Da fu ck out of here with that nonesense. Like you said the audience is smart!!!
Wallybridge is not a good writer or script doctor, she mangle charaters to the point they're unrecognizable, her rewrites are jarringly noticeable to the point that you're kicked out of the story, that is not the mark of anyone that's any good, let alone a genius as people oft claim she is.
If he thinks PWB stuff is the zenith of comedy writing then he's obviously not watched enough stuff or versed in what 'good' comedy writing Is? Fleabag was a nazel gazing, pretentious piece of guff that fits in perfectly to the Times we live in full of shallow types who see it as quirky and cutting edge...it was utter dreck!
When I think of great comedy, the first movie that comes to my mind is Ghostbusters. The writing in that movie is just so on-point. The comedy flows naturally from the personality of each character and how they interact with and react to each other.
Kinda new to writing (well, writing something actually readable and good), and I have a question. 3 challenges of different magnitudes… could an example of that be a challenge brought on by the world, an interpersonal challenge, and something external but not as grand as the world but say like trying to maintain a relationship or job? I want to be a writer but not as educated as I’d like to be right now. But I want to start understanding before I take my college classes.
i could be anything, like his example of one big conflict with 2 smaller conflict but it distracts and interferes with her mood and mind set, which leads to her not talking rationally at least that's what i perceive. Learn from these writers, try PTA, man is he is so cool. Watch a lot of films like a lot casually, not like notes thing. Maybe take notes on repeated viewings. Try to enjoy, then you can make others enjoy.
Example: there is a woman, who has been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. She owns a company she wants to take public before she passes. However, there is outside competition from a former classmate of hers (or any antagonist would work here.)
Gangster that doesn't want to be a gangster has been done - over and over. Whether it's a mafioso, white supremacist, "street gang hood", it's all been done.
His right side / left side of the brain theory holds no merit when explained like that. It's already been disproven that particular sides of the brain have these functions.
I think for most of the things you don't need to, you just need to be sure you understand them. Like for example I still have both my parents but that doesn't mean i can't get my character's parents to die, and see how he'll react about it you know. I think the key is to have empathy for your character, and write it as how he would feel, and react in real life.
For things you don't experience, you should get feedback from those who do experience those things. If you're writing a woman going through pregnancy, and you're a guy, then you need to talk to women who have been pregnant or are currently pregnant, so you can better write your character. Get the little details and annoyances and maybe what's funny about it, but also get what's wonderful about pregnancy, so your writing will have some heart.
Have something true to say that's non-obvious and highly specific; something only you could explain. Then do the necessary research for the setting to make the context details as truthful as the emotional dilemma.
