Strategi & Teknologi Penulis Cerita
Brahmanto Anindito Do you prefer to speak your story with I style (“Today I blah-blah-blah ….”) or he style (“Yesterday A went to his college. He blah-blah-blah ….”)? Maybe you determined it by instinct. But actually, the reason behind is simple. First Person Point of View or POV (I). Pick this POV if you want the reader …
Kebanyakan penulis bekerja sendiri dalam menghasilkan karya. Namun, ketika berhadapan proyek yang besar dan tenggat yang padat (seperti penulis-penulis industrial), ia tak bisa lagi mempertahankan kesendiriannya. Ide harus segera mucul, tak peduli kita dihinggapi ilham atau tidak. Solusinya? Mintalah orang lain bersama-sama memikirkan ide itu. Dalam industri kreatif, ada istilah brainstorming. Metode ini sudah lama …
One day, just when I was little bit bored with writing and studying activities, an opportunity came. Someone offered me to go to Kerinci for a vacation. Actually, I could do some research for my novel there, but let’s skip it for now. At the moment, I just wanted to escape from this boredom. So I flow from Surabaya to Jakarta, then Jakarta to Padang.
Rejection is always painful. Obviously for the writers also. It would be more painful, if the writers do not know why they have been rejected. So they asked, “Why are editors rejecting my work when my family and friends love it so much?” I have four reasons for answering this question:
Don't do that, please!