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Simple Idea Yet Unexpected

Tiap buku yang baik, baik fiksi maupun nonfiksi, selalu punya satu ide yang sederhana, mudah dipahami, tetapi tak terduga. Pembaca akan mengingat terus ide itu.

Improving Your Writing Skill with Lateral Thinking

lateral This is very good methods for the writers. Random entry, provocation, challenge, and concept fan are four of lateral thinking’s techniques. Coined by Edward de Bono, the lateral thinking is concerned with the movement value of statements and ideas, for solving problems through an indirect and creative approach. Lateral thinking is about reasoning that is not immediately obvious and about ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional logic.

Take A Look Around for Writing Inspiration

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 adventure beyond the routines. Like Jean-Mari Gustave Le Clézio, the 2008’s Nobel Prizewinner in the field of literature, did. It will give you things to write.
Listen to other’s story. You will amaze how your ordinary friends have quite interesting experience. At least, it can be a trigger for your work.
You love the songs? Ok. Listen to the lyrics, not merely the music. Sometime it’s inspiring enough as a starting point.
Or, just take a look around you. Believe it or not, every object near you has a meaning. You just need to be more critical and imaginative about objects that used to be insignificant to you.
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Joking is Easy

Joke

By Brahmanto Anindito

No, no, no. I am just joking. Making someone laugh is not easy, indeed. Ask anyone. Basuki, an Indonesian comedian once said, joking is a serious business. I always believe that. Most people love to be amused, to laugh or smile at something funny. Only very few individuals refuse humor. That is why authors always put certain humor, even within the serious story. It is important to make a character or two acts hilarious and loose the story’s tense for a while.

Menulislah Seperti Anda Berbicara

Menulislah Seperti Bicara

Salah satu faktor yang mendukung karier kepenulisan seseorang adalah kegemarannya membaca. Banyak membaca akan menggugah pikiran untuk (ikut) menulis. Namun berhubung minat baca masyarakat kita masih minim, maka begitu pula minat tulisnya.

Banyak Jalan untuk Merontokkan Writer’s Block

Pernahkah Anda mengalami kemacetan dalam menulis? Tidak ada ide meskipun mati-matian memikirkannya? Ingin membuka Word namun ujung-ujungnya malah ke Solitaire? Inilah beberapa gejala writer’s block. Siapapun pernah mengalaminya, termasuk penulis profesional. Writer’s block adalah fenomena hilangnya secara sementara kemampuan seorang penulis dalam memulai atau melanjutkan tulisannya. Tapi jangan terjebak dengan kata “sementara”. Karena maknanya bisa saja “tahunan”, bahkan “dekade”!