Warung Fiksi: Strategi & Teknologi Penulisan Cerita

Fastest Way to Write a Realistic Dialogue

People makes dialogue

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 people conversation. There is nothing wrong with sitting in public places and listening to what and how others say. In public places, every voices belong to public.
Read the dialogue orally. Record, if it is necessary, and play it. If you feel that it is a book who’s talking (instead of people), remake it. Still not sure it is working? Call some friends, and read it out loud in front of them. Listen to their opinion about your dialogue.
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In Cicalengka-Bandung Train

The economy class train is always an opera to me. Many things to see here. And this is a characteristic of Indonesian trains, I think. I used to go from Cicalengka Town to Bandung City, and vice versa. From Cicalengka Station, I took the economy train called KRD Ekonomi.

Apakah Penulis Pemula Wajib Menulis di Koran?

Umumnya, penulis memulai karier mereka dari menulis di koran. Dari sana, mereka membangun nama dan reputasi. Namun, apa ini hal wajib bagi penulis?

I Saw a Rainbow at Watu Ondo

The sky was so bright, as if it blessed us to go vacation. Iksan, Imey and I, we took our holiday. The destination was fixed. Mojokerto, East Java Province. There’s only two famous places at that regency: Trowulan or Pacet. Iksan had been at Trowulan, so we chose Pacet. Many interesting sites there, actually. Unfortunately, we visited only Watu Ondo waterfall due to limited time.

Watu Ondo, in Javanese term, means stone that forms stairway. Before the Malang-Mojokerto bridge was built, paths around the waterfall was a piled by stones, like stairs. That is way the natives called this place Watu Ondo.