While writing for 1000+ soap opera episodes in Singapore, Grace Mei Ng built a reputation as “the one who lies down on every available surface” and she's now excited to stress test all the writers’ room tables in Hollywood. A two-time burnout survivor, Grace writes about fearful people learning to embrace their true colors.
Grace has developed content with Mediacorp Singapore, Viddsee, and Century Games.
Jack Nicholson Scholar for Writing 2023-2024
Humanitas College Screenwriting Awards Semifinalist (Drama) 2024
Humanitas College Screenwriting Awards Semifinalist (Comedy) 2024
Austin Film Festival Second Rounder x3 2023
Sundance Development Lab Second Rounder 2023
ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Semifinalist 2023
Viddsee Labs Pitch Programme Finalist 2023
Full Circle Lab Philippines Fiction Lab Participant 2022
Cartoons Underground Animated Visions Lab Participant 2021
About Me
Writing
MFA for Writing for Screen and Television | USC School of Cinematic Arts | Aug 2022 - May 2024
Jack Nicholson Scholarship for Writing | Sep 2023 - 2024
Awarded prestigious school-wide scholarship for feature script "Mind Sharing".
USC Games | Jun 2023 - Present
Century Games | Mobius Studio | Nov 2021 - Jul 2022
Writing for three 2024 USC Game Design MFA thesis games: “Brinkmanship”, “Free Will”, “Jizo no Akumu”
Experience & Training
Scripts for TV, film, and stage
Editing and proofreading
Prose fiction and creative non-fiction
Photography and graphic design
Journalism and press releases
Interactive storytelling
Evaluation and script coverage
Acting and production fundamentals
Wrote promotional trailers, narrative-related marketing text, and worldbuilding documents for mobile game Valiant Force 2
Mediacorp Pte Ltd | English Drama TV | June 2017 - Oct 2021
Story editor (400+ episodes) and storyliner (834 eps) on daily drama Kin
Scriptwriter (13 episodes) and storyliner on 823-episode drama Tanglin
Script and story work on multiple short-form TV & web series
Managed Twitter account for Tanglin & Kin promo campaigns from 2017-2019
Mediacorp Pte Ltd | English Drama TV | May 2016 - Feb 2017
Freelancer & intern on Tanglin and Faculty story teams
Co-wrote two 4-min Toggle webisodes for Faculty
Contributed to story development and research
Big 3 Media | Video Production | June - August 2015
Intern on the company's in-house writing team
Wrote and pitched for corporate and YouTube comedy videos
Evaluated and wrote coverage for screenplay submissions
Analysed trends in animated shows and web series
The Business Times | Journalism | February - June 2013
Intern journalist with limited mentor supervision
Published solo front-page feature in March 2013
Editing
Mediacorp Pte Ltd | English (Scripted) TV | August 2016 - Feb 2017
Outreach
Creative Arts Programme 2021 & 2022
(organised by Ministry of Education)
Enrichment Session for Sec/JC students
Advisory Mentorship Programme 2020
Volunteer Mentor for Sec/JC students
Education
National University of Singapore | 2013 - 2017
BA (Hons) English Literature and Comms. & New Media
University Scholars Programme graduate, CAP 4.86
Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal (Best BA graduate)
Goh Sin Tub Scholarship 2015, OCBC Gold Medal 2014
Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction
Yale Visiting International Student Program | 2015 - 2016
Studied screenwriting and creative non-fiction
Yale Summer Writing Institute | 2014
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) | 2011-2012
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Script and dialogue editing for Faculty
NUS University Scholars Programme | Writing Centre | 2014 - 2017
Writing assistant for structural, stylistic and argumentative issues
Publication & Performance
404 Not Found | USP Productions | Jan 2016
Original one-act play staged by USP theatre group
Read short play "Don't Hang Up" as part of fringe performances
All In! Young Writers Media Festival | Feb 2015
Ten Short Plays | Feb 2015
Published "Don't Hang Up" in a collection of works mentored by Faith Ng during a USP Writer-in-Residence workshop