10 Screenwriting Tips from Phoebe Waller Bridge on how she wrote Fleabag and Killing Eve

Emmy winning screenwriter Phoebe Waller Bridge gives advice for writers in the interview about her screenwriting process and lessons from the screenplay on her tv series Fleabag, Killing Eve and Crashing. WallerBridge cowrote the screenplay for No Time to Die (2021), the 25th James Bond film. She appeared on Graham Norton and Saturday Night Live SNL with Donald Glover. She also won a Bafta and two Golden Globes. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Tip 01 Disarm the audience with comedy and laughing; then punch them in the gut with drama. 1:52 Tip 02 Constantly challenge yourself to make your script UNPREDICTABLE and to SURPRISE the audience in a truthful way. 3:30 Tip 03 Material first, jokes first, character first. Structure always second. Put all your material on the wall and then structure the story from it. 5:58 Tip 04 RELATE DEEPLY to your characters and draw from your PERSONAL experience. 8:07 Tip 05 Write COMPLEX characters with MULTIPLE LAYERS that the actors will be e