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…

Dear Master A year ago, I went to a free event where you shared writing advice. …

Art of Psychological safety What defines a great team? I often wondered about that question, in my former life as a screenwriting lecturer. For more than ten years, I was in charge of supervising groups of students for their final year film projects. Usually, a group would comprise strong and…

How to put a Fresh Spin on Familiar Things Massage guns have been around for a while. The typical ones are usually black, functional in design, and fitted with a circular pad that operates like a drill bit which you apply to your sore muscle. Press a button and the…

A CRIME THRILLER THAT TAKES YOU TO UNEXPECTED PLACES I watched a televisions series with zero expectations. I only watched the first episode because some colleagues in my office raved about it. I did not think much about the premise as I thought it was about the shallow lifestyle of…

LESSONS I LEARNT FROM SUPERVISING FILM STUDENTS Anyone wearing the mantle of a leader for the first time must get used to the fit. In my past life as a screenwriting lecturer, I had to supervise film students in their film projects. With each batch of students, I adjusted my…