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Oct 30, 2021

LITTLE JOLTS OF PLEASURE

A Storytelling Technique You Can Learn From Hit Korean Series HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA

LITTLE JOLTS OF PLEASURE

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Andrew Ngin

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Sep 17, 2021

My Father Was A Terrorist — The Student Film Series

THE IDEA

My Father Was A Terrorist — The Student Film Series

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Andrew Ngin

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Nov 27, 2021

MAKE YOUR WORDS GLITTER LIKE BLADES

How A Series About A Lesbian Poet Can Renew Your Love For Language

MAKE YOUR WORDS GLITTER LIKE BLADES

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Nov 6, 2021

BE BRAVE AND BARE YOUR STORY SOUL

Or How A Live Audience Can Improve Your Comedy Writing.

BE BRAVE AND BARE YOUR STORY SOUL

Andrew Ngin

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6d ago

What If Your Boss Had to Face the Midterms?

America gives voters a say on the person in charge halfway through the term. Could the people who work under a director get the same?

What If Your Boss Had to Face the Midterms?

Andrew Ngin

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Oct 31

Why I Keep Writing Spec Scripts Nobody Asked For

How a weird short film about a cockroach fetish sat in my drawer for years, then went to Fantastic Fest and won an award in Japan

Why I Keep Writing Spec Scripts Nobody Asked For

Andrew Ngin

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Oct 24

What MobLand and The Diplomat Teach Us About High-Stakes Screenwriting

From London mobsters to Western power brokers, two of streaming’s best shows rely on the exact same engine: ordinary domestic chaos.

What MobLand and The Diplomat Teach Us About High-Stakes Screenwriting

Andrew Ngin

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Oct 17

Decoding China’s Commercial Dramas: How to Make a Popcorn Social Commentary Movie

Usually, films about pressing social issues are grim affairs.

Andrew Ngin

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Oct 10

‘Digger’ Movie Review: Tom Cruise, Climate Change, and Meta-Theater

High ambitions and massive scale can’t bridge the gap in this dystopian spectacle.

‘Digger’ Movie Review: Tom Cruise, Climate Change, and Meta-Theater

Andrew Ngin

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Oct 9

Black Marks and White Marks: What Actually Makes Up a Legacy

On reputation, memory, and why you should start writing your eulogy while you’re still alive to do it

Black Marks and White Marks: What Actually Makes Up a Legacy

Andrew Ngin

Andrew Ngin

Man In The Arena . Once a lecturer. Written television, films, short stories. Older. Singaporean. Still writing. Always with love

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