Screenwriting : Hello, looking for Chinese or Asian writers versed in culture and history by Colin R. Mah

Colin R. Mah

Hello, looking for Chinese or Asian writers versed in culture and history

Hello folks, I am currently writing a ww2 dramedy similar to Jo-Jo Rabbit and based on my family's history in 1937  pre communist China. I am and always are hoping to connect with some like minded writers to Collab. Get at me if interested!

Opening - In 1937 the Japanese Imperial army played a game of chance and decided to invade Shanghai China in a bid to overtake the city and expand its influence in in the region. A small but determined group of Chinese pilots decided to invade the invaders in an invasion battle preceding the rest of the world invaders. Take that, imperialism..

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Home sweet home.

Mike Boas

I’m confused by this sentence.

“ A small but determined group of Chinese pilots decided to invade the invaders in an invasion battle preceding the rest of the world invaders.”

Can you make that clearer, without four variations on invaders?

Also, this is sensitive material to make funny (as it was in Jojo Rabbit). But your premise doesn’t allude to the humor. What makes it a dramady?

Colin R. Mah

It is suppose to be a play on words but yes I can definitely edit that out. I was basically looking to set a tone of absurdness right off the beginning. A dramedy because of the effective correlation to the absurdness of my main protagonists circumstances - a run down army against an elite army.

Colin R. Mah

I suppose the proper terminology would be a satire of war

Mike Boas

My problem with the sentence is I literally don’t understand what’s happening. So the word repetition could be funny, but we’d have to be clear on the plot you’re trying to convey first.

Mark Deuce

This looks amazing Colin R. Mah

Colin R. Mah

Thanks brother!

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