Do you ever feel nothing you can do about your own finished draft, but you know that you need something to improve it somehow? This is not a writer’s block because you have passed the writing phase. This is editor’s block! What are you going to do now? Well, maybe it’s time to give...
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By Brahmanto Anindito
The comic is not a moneymaker industry in Indonesia. However, the spirit of making creative comics never ceases here. Erick Sulaiman is one of those militant comic artists. Has marketed the works progressively and independently (although his two recent books are published by the major publishers), Erick is quite success as a...
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By Rie Yanti
Pretty often, we the writers are attacked by a so-called laziness virus. Doing research for the next story for a time bores us too. It’s stressful! How to make a story without feel it as a burden? If it’s your question (and was mine), here the dos list I suggest:
Go out. Take...
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By Brahmanto Anindito
People talks. That is the fact. So, a good fiction should have the dialogue. The problem is, writing realistic dialogues could be hard. Here are some tips, anyway.
Make the main character based on you. So all you have to do is think, “What would I say in this situation?”
Listen to real...
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By Rie Yanti
Literary on newspaper, such as short story, essay, poetry, critique, is interesting. It is high standard of literary, but popular at the same time, and as my friend said, “You see the money sooner.” However, newspaper literary has particular taste that does not always suit every writer. If any contributing writer insists...
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