The Components of a Script, Part 1
Writing a script is a lot more complicated than writing a story. At least with a story, you can use different formatting techniques to tell [Click to read more.]
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Why I think the HIMYM finale was well done
By now, hopefully, all “How I Met Your Mother” fans have watched the finale (come on I waited two weeks to post this!), and gone [Click to read more.]
THE AWESOME SCI-FI STORY
This is the MOST AWESOME science fiction story to end all science fiction stories. And I can’t tell you otherwise, can I? Does anyone click [Click to read more.]
4 questions that scriptwriters always get asked
When I was a full-time scriptwriter, it was always fun telling people what I did for work. TV is an interesting industry to those who [Click to read more.]
5 things that the Singapore TV industry needs (besides money)
Transforming TV After drinks with some folk in the TV industry the other day, the topic inevitably came to the future of television in Singapore. [Click to read more.]
“Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer give a damn” is an inane quote
(Image from Woody’s Place) It sounds nice, doesn’t it? And we share it, because we think it’s a wise quote and it will benefit the [Click to read more.]
“Change Your Mind: 57 Ways To Unlock Your Creative Self” – Book Review
(Image from Books Depository) Should you buy Change Your Mind: 57 Ways To Unlock Your Creative Self at Singapore (ie, more expensive) prices? Yes. Should [Click to read more.]
Writing Catchphrases
(Image from The Keep Calm-O-Matic) Catchphrases don’t just define fictional characters, sometimes they even echo the tone of an entire show. Take Optimus Prime’s “Autobots, [Click to read more.]
Never end narratives with “it was all a dream!”
Or any other variant, such as “it was a ghost who did everything!” The absolute worst ending you can have in any narrative is “it [Click to read more.]
“The magic of production” – what is it?
I’ve not been able to Google this term, and apparently this term isn’t as common was I thought it was. But let me explain why [Click to read more.]