LIFI22 – Aisling Bea

1. Community in writing and stand-up is massively important. You’re on your own a lot. Lockdown really cemented how important human interaction is.
2. On screenwriting, one of the bugbears for Aisling is when a writer patronises the audience and tells them too much. Our brains like working things out.
3. One of Aisling’s greatest achievements was a short article wrote about her father’s death. It changed her life. It was the hardest thing she’s done but proved to be a huge personal achievement.
4. Set design and costume are both parts of writing. Someone’s clothes, their kitchen, their bedroom: they are character traits.
5. If you care about why the characters care, then you’re invested; whatever the story.

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