Published July 6, 2021, 11:30 AM
Korean creatives share their secrets in making successful series
We sat down for a three-hour webinar organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines on June 30. It was entitled “Rediscover the Korean Creative Industry: A webinar on K-Drama Scriptwriting and Marketing.”
Rediscovering the Korean creative industry
Park Ji-Hyun is an award-winning scriptwriter and lecturer at Broadcasting Writers Education Center of the Korea TV and Radio Writers Association. Even if she won in a national competition, she waited for years to make her screenwriting debut. “It took me five years to finish my studies and try to make my debut in the industry,” the All About Eve writer recalls. “These days I think it takes seven to eight years for the newbies to debut in the industry.”
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