WRITER

I tell stories about coming of age, at all ages.

I’ve written the feature film I Will Make You Mine and the short film Stage Kids (both of which I’ve also directed). I mainly focus on scripts and am the creator of several Substack blogs. You can also read my op-eds at LA Weekly, Filmmaker Magazine, and cupcakes & cashmere.

Reading from my teenage diary for Mortified’s live stage show

I put together an online video course with Aralan sharing how I wrote my latest screenplay in less than a week.

You can also listen to me talk about my writing process on the inaugural episode of the 2 Writers Talking Shit podcast.

Writer and Director Lynn Chen

2024 Rideback Rise Circle Member

2023 Advisory Committee, Film Fatales

2022 ScreenCraft Drama Competition Quarterfinalist 

2022 ReFrame Rise Finalist/Cohort

2021 Entertwine “24 Hour Writing Contest” Winner

2020 SXSW Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award Nominee

2016 NBC Talent Holding Deal

2016 BlogHer “Voices of the Year” Winner

Gen X Taste

Beauty, fashion and lifestyle blog/newsletter with occasional news updates. Also a seasonal podcast.

The Yellow Pages

A newsletter recommending AAPI films, music, writing and other inspiration.