India, March 10 -- Be honest, how many hours do you spend doomscrolling? How many times do you check your phone during a movie? Or better yet, how often do you put on movies and TV shows as background noise while you scroll through Instagram reels? If you're a serial doomscroller, you've likely come across at least one two minute video with an intense fictional plotline featuring elements like revenge, billionaire husbands, high-school drama and even reincarnation! Clips like these are often episodes of what we like to call micro dramas, a format that has become a popular way of storytelling.

According to Will Tavlin's piece about Netflix, "Several screenwriters who've worked for the streamer told me a common note from company executives...