Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Weiko Lin
Screenwriter and Emerson College professor Weiko Lin joins me this week for a wide-ranging, high-energy Breakfast All Day A La Carte conversation. Weiko talks about emigrating to the United States from Taiwan with his mom and siblings when he was 8, the early influence of ’80s pop culture and the power of seeing people who looked like him in Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet.” He discusses his writing process, where he likes to write and how he works through writer’s block. We also explore his writing for the Chinese market, what the moviegoing experience is like there and recent hits like “Crazy Rich Asians.” And if you’re thinking of becoming a writer yourself, Weiko’s new book “Crazy Screenwriting Secrets” provides some guidance by encouraging people to be fearless in their storytelling approach. Plus, he’s just a lovely, genuine guy in general, so please enjoy.
great session Christy. I’ve actually been thinking about getting into screenwriting recently so this is useful information. I figure if there’s one thing we need more of in the world it’s top-notch movies with first-rate writing. Hampton Fancher is my personal hero for his deep multi-layered existentially-provocative dialog in Blade Runner and Unforgiven.