A Storytelling Technique You Can Learn From Hit Korean Series HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA — HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA is a charming 16-episode Korean drama series that tells a simple love story between a city girl and a village boy. City girl worked as a dentist in Seoul. After she fell out with her boss, she quit and decided to open up a clinic in…

THE IDEA It was in the year of 2017 when Shahidah sat in front of me and began pitching ideas for her final year project. This phase of film making, the appraisal of an idea, is crucial. Before we begin the arduous task of story planning, we must first of…

How A Series About A Lesbian Poet Can Renew Your Love For Language I was a few years into my television writing career when I embarked upon the third season of a local police action-drama series Triple Nine. I had been head writer for the first two seasons and had…

Or How A Live Audience Can Improve Your Comedy Writing. — When I was in secondary school, I always looked forward to English Composition day as it was a chance for me to write stories. I remember writing a story that was an homage to a Hardy Boys tale. Homage being just a fancy word for copying the style of an…

How Monarch: Legacy of Monsters hooked me with a powerful storytelling technique Have you ever found yourself hooked on a series even when you had no clue about its plot, simply because it had the word “Monsters” in the title? I certainly did. Recently I watched the first 3 episodes…

Sergeants ensure the logistics of any war operation run smoothly. They’re also the bridge between officers and men. Not only do they speak the language of privates and corporals but they’re proficient enough to communicate with officers. In every successful mission, there comes a moment when the morale of the…

I wish I had read these books when I was starting out in my career. I’ve been a teacher, a lecturer, a writer, and now, a brand storyteller and a digital writer. When I came across these three books, I found myself highlighting passages for future reference. Thank goodness for…

Making a piece of art, and then sending it out to the world can take you to unexpected places. The Backstory: In 2021, I wrote a short film script titled Roach Love. It was inspired by a Yahoo headline about adults who get aroused from killing bugs. I wrote a…

Creating any work of art is messy and why you should not fear it When I saw Robocop the movie for the first time, I was riveted by the violence, and the audacity of the storytelling. I recognized the universal themes of corporate greed, consumerism, and the consequences of technology…