Hello, I’m Kath, the founder of PaperKat Books and Head of Publishing for HS Grafik Print. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always love writing stories. Little did I know that I could make a career out of it. After self-publishing several books, I find myself creating my own “dream movie cast” and even compiling songs for the movie’s OST.

In recent weeks, I’ve been brainstorming with my colleagues and mentors in the movie industry. They want to partner with me—and my mentees—to come up with a “library” of stories and concepts that are “ripe” for movie and/or TV adaptations.

Since I started mentoring people in 2016 about self-publishing, I’ve collated a library of stories from different genres. I also come across “talents” who have concepts and even complete and published books that I believe can be turned into a film or TV series. In fact, even if I am their mentors, I end up becoming such a fan of their stories!

Here’s the problem: they don’t know whom to pitch these stories to. They don’t have the contacts. They don’t have the “window of opportunities” to pitch their stories. They don’t know how to get a “seat at the table.”

That’s where PaperKat Books’ Story Factory comes into play. This project hits two birds with one stone:

• Give everyone the chance to submit their stories and concepts in a format that movie people are looking for.
• Provide movie directors, producers, actors, agents, and production companies a “library” of stories and concepts from the audience themselves.

At a time when the movie and TV industry is suffering because of the pandemic and  streaming platforms are on the hunt for fresh ideas from a vast pool of writers and non-writers, PaperKat Books Story Factory aims to get the creative juices flowing and fill in the gap.

We are looking for stories in the following genres: