Bagaimana Supaya Sesi Brainstorming Lebih Efektif

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 …

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Kerinci Places in Half Day

Kerinci lake a.k.a. Danau Kerinci

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.

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Meet Suparto Brata

Meet Suparto Brata

I met this extraordinary person few weeks ago. Born on February 27th, 1932, R.M. Suparto Brata is a man of letters. He wrote novels and short stories mostly in Javanese. This is not a popular option in Indonesia, since people usually don’t buy books written in local language.

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