'Queen Charlotte': Author Julia Quinn on Writing 'Bridgerton' Prequel with Shonda Rhimes (EXCLUSIVE)

Original 'Bridgerton' scribe Julia Quinn spoke with Distractify to speak about taking part with Shonda Rhimes for the 'Queen Charlotte' e-book

Dearest reader, if you have not noticed Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story series but on Netflix, what are you doing with your existence?

In the Bridgerton prequel collection, the tragic tale of Queen Charlotte and King George III finally takes center stage, in a story guaranteed to rip one's heart out into tiny items.

Distractify had the pleasure of speaking with Julia Quinn, the author of the original Bridgerton novels that impressed the hit Shondaland Netflix sequence.

What used to be it like taking part with Shonda Rhimes on the Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story novel? Would Julia ever wish to write a future episode of the Bridgerton Netflix sequence? Read on forthwith for solutions from Julia herself!

What was once it like co-writing the 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' e book with Shonda? Julia unearths all.

One nice expansion of the Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story episodes in the respective novelization are the chapters from Brimsley's POV and Lady Danbury's POV.

So how did the co-writing procedure paintings for the Queen Charlotte guide? Did Shonda and Julia just take a seat down in a Starbucks somewhere and trade ideas? Not precisely, consistent with Julia herself.

"It wasn't like a regular collaboration, two people coming together to write a novel, you know, it was very much us taking turns, [Shonda] did what she does best, which is write scripts. And then she handed them to me and then I do what I do best, which is write a novel," Julia defined to us.

It was once Julia's first time writing a novel with source subject matter to work from. She likened the Queen Charlotte collaboration with Shonda to a puzzle, including, "It really was a fascinating process."

After all, the effective artwork of writing a script for a television collection is a whole different ball recreation than penning a novel.

"I've got these pieces of dialogue already, somebody else has already created the characters, but I get to flesh them out," she stated, emphasizing that she "really enjoyed" figuring out the best way to craft certain scenes from Shonda's scripts into POV chapters within the Queen Charlotte e-book.

Did you spot Julia's cameo within the 'Queen Charlotte' series?

Not most effective did Julia talk over with the Queen Charlotte set to film her own cameo moment (hint — it's within the ultimate episode), however she also discovered inspiration for the Queen Charlotte book due to the actors themselves.

Julia explained that she generally is not a visual author, so it was useful for her writing procedure to peer the actors that had already been cast for the Queen Charlotte collection. (The demonstrate was solid earlier than Julia even checked out Shonda's Queen Charlotte scripts).

Even certain acting traits of key Queen Charlotte players impressed Julia during her on-set visit. "Corey, who plays King George, when he's kind of amused, he bites his lip. And so I put that in the book, and that's not necessarily something that would have occurred to me," she mentioned.

Julia noted every other instance – "With Reynolds, you know, it says in the script, (that) he's tall and handsome. But when you actually see those actors together, interacting, it just suddenly like, 'Oh, I get it.' Now. I see. (It's) a combination of having been able to go out to the set, but also getting to see early cuts of the show, too, which was good."

So would Julia ever wish to pen a Bridgerton script herself in the future, in the vein of other ebook authors?

Julia made it clear that she's perfectly content material at last in her novel-writing lane, noting that she had never written a screenplay sooner than and that she did not need to "stifle" the collaborative means of the Bridgerton writers' room with her presence (the comprehensible concern is that the writers may well be more fascinated by disrespecting Julia's books than writing a excellent script for the demonstrate.)

Script-writing apart, Julia used to be incredibly impressed via Charlotte's (and Lady Danbury's) respective trips of self-discovery.

"[Charlotte] rose to the occasion, and she didn't just roll (with it), she flew. She had this great love and yes, love makes everything better. But it doesn't make things perfect. Certainly not for her. She had to look really within herself," the author noted.

As for what Julia hopes readers and show-watchers alike take away from tales like Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story? "One of the things that I think is so wonderful about Bridgerton is that it shows that a happy ending and happiness in love and family and life as a worthy goal is something that you should not be ashamed for wanting in your life," she stated.

"These characters are all working towards their happy endings as well. And I think that it's nice to see society lauding that," Julia added.

The bestselling Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story novel, co-written by Shonda and Julia, is out now.

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