23 min
Ep359 - Bisha K. Ali, Screenwriter ‘Loki’ and Creator ‘Ms. Marvel’ Creative Principles
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- Education
When asked why she got into writing, screenwriter Bisha K. Ali joked it all started with a “teacher who gave [her] too much validation.” She said, “I wrote a short story when I was 8 and the teacher made me read it to the class. They were wondering who this kid was who had been sitting in the corner for the past six years.”
This early validation, along with a family and cultural love for storytelling from her British-Pakistani background, is “fundamentally” a part of her. “Then, also the fact that I was an indoor kid raised on television and movies. That was my obsession as a child. I just didn’t know there was space for me until I got older.”
Despite being a quiet kid, Bisha didn’t see herself as introverted, just “indoors.” So moving from solo projects to the Writer’s Room wasn’t particularly overwhelming for her. “I don’t know the tI’m an introvert necessarily, just an uncool kid,” she joked.
“I think I feed off the energy of other writers a lot. Being in the Writer’s Room is the best. It’s more fun when you’re not the head because you’re just pitching ideas and that’s fun and exiting. When you’re the head, you have to figure out all of it.”
“Even know, if there’s an opportunity to dip into a Writer’s Room, it’s the best. I love that environment. But then I also need five days of nothingness. So I need both.”
As a screenwriter, Bisha is known for Sex Education, Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019), Loki, and creating the new Marvel series Ms. Marvel for Disney Plus. “It’s always been about storytelling for me, in one form or another.”
We also talk about Moon Knight in this interview. Listen to my interview with Jeremy Slater here: https://soundcloud.com/creativeprinciples/ep351-jeremy-slater-screenwriter-marvels-series-moon-knight?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below…
Subscribe for video interviews on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUux6BkhC-dtP4Vj1GcgMA
If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!
When asked why she got into writing, screenwriter Bisha K. Ali joked it all started with a “teacher who gave [her] too much validation.” She said, “I wrote a short story when I was 8 and the teacher made me read it to the class. They were wondering who this kid was who had been sitting in the corner for the past six years.”
This early validation, along with a family and cultural love for storytelling from her British-Pakistani background, is “fundamentally” a part of her. “Then, also the fact that I was an indoor kid raised on television and movies. That was my obsession as a child. I just didn’t know there was space for me until I got older.”
Despite being a quiet kid, Bisha didn’t see herself as introverted, just “indoors.” So moving from solo projects to the Writer’s Room wasn’t particularly overwhelming for her. “I don’t know the tI’m an introvert necessarily, just an uncool kid,” she joked.
“I think I feed off the energy of other writers a lot. Being in the Writer’s Room is the best. It’s more fun when you’re not the head because you’re just pitching ideas and that’s fun and exiting. When you’re the head, you have to figure out all of it.”
“Even know, if there’s an opportunity to dip into a Writer’s Room, it’s the best. I love that environment. But then I also need five days of nothingness. So I need both.”
As a screenwriter, Bisha is known for Sex Education, Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019), Loki, and creating the new Marvel series Ms. Marvel for Disney Plus. “It’s always been about storytelling for me, in one form or another.”
We also talk about Moon Knight in this interview. Listen to my interview with Jeremy Slater here: https://soundcloud.com/creativeprinciples/ep351-jeremy-slater-screenwriter-marvels-series-moon-knight?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below…
Subscribe for video interviews on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUux6BkhC-dtP4Vj1GcgMA
If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!
23 min