NKEM-ENEANYA:
Jennifer Nkem-eneanya is a screenwriter and filmmaker. She is also an author. She attended Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos, and went on to train as a lawyer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School. She recently bagged a filmmaking ce
phone. Better safe than sorry. If the urge is really intense, I will write a synopsis or breakdown and file away until I am ready to write. I am blessed to be able to write anywhere and in any ambience. I have written in airplanes, airports, offices, bedrooms and churches.
I would say that books are harder to write than screenplays although they start off on the same principles of Who, What, where, When, Why and How. I have been writing books longer than I have been writing screenplays, though. I must confess that there is a zing that comes with writing a screenplay. Maybe it’s the realization that this screenplay will go beyond the words on paper and come alive. Maybe. I shall stay true to my first love, however.
That they prefer to work in the shadows and are shy/withdrawn people who spend their time sulking around a laptop in pyjamas and endless cups of coffee. I hate coffee.
As always, I am working on several things. My debut novel titled should hit the bookshelves next month. My media and production company, ‘Amaranthine Media’ is set to launch. My first cinema movie hit the cinemas on May 3.
The plan is to co-own and run one of the biggest multimedia companies in West Africa, which also develops a rich variety of content suitable for African children and teenagers.