Orbit Pluto

Well, obviously I have no idea how to give a better title for my first post in 2021, and also my first post after I’ve last written any blog entry here. Entri ini bakal ngomongin opiniku tentang aturan nulis show don’t tell secara general—aturan yang bikin aku gamang dan galau tingkat nasional ( halah ) sepanjang akhir tahun 2020 kemarin. Aku juga bakal ngasih contoh dari beberapa novel yang aku suka dan ceritanya bagus, tanpa bermaksud menjatuhkan cerita-cerita lain because this is purely what I think . Sebelum ke bahasan utama, aku juga mau bilang gimana aku udah berproses sama hobi nulisku sepanjang dua tahun belakangan. Aku lebih banyak nulis fanfic di AO3, dan aku rasa tahun 2020 kemarin adalah puncak saat aku merasa paling wah dan betah. Aku mulai nyoba pindah fandom, dan with all the celestial powers , aku pengen banget pamer tulisanku di sini, but I just can’t. And simply won’t . :) Pokoknya, aku menikmati banget nulis di AO3. Aku bener-bener bisa mengembangkan rasa kagu...

Several days ago, I have just posted the last chapter of one of my stories on Wattpad,  Invalid , and it just dawns on me that, yea, I will write this topic and how making mistakes should not be my biggest fear in writing stories anymore. Just to illustrate the background of all this, I used to think so hard before posting my stories on Wattpad, since five years ago(?). That has become a habit since I read a lot of writing tips and how my stories shouldn’t be embarrassing, and how it should be—well, you know—perfect. I expect a lot from myself, and I do enjoy writing as best as I can. What differentiates my habit several years ago with now is that I did what I could, as best as I could. I cared about grammar, my characters, the research I should do, and I posted it. If there was a mistake, then I tried to fix it. I remember writing something wrong about human’s body temperature in  First Love First  until a reader reminded me about it; and how I wrote NaOH ins...

“Love can win or lose; depending on whom you truly choose.” —Mattie, a dedicated fangirl of Professor Milton ((Baiklah, the above quote might be too narcissistic. :P)) ••• It’s strange how you were not familiar with this one particular subject, but then you naturally invested all of your time, effort, and energy to follow the whole activity. You supposed that you would be astray, but then you found comfort and decided to stay. And that’s exactly what I feel toward the whole process. It was almost the end of January when each and every one of the students in the drama class stared at me. I was hesitant, even afraid, to hold such responsibility in writing the script. These past years had been tough for me, and I didn’t know whether my writing skill is good enough to be relied on. In short, I was not confident. But then I was convinced that it was okay. The others would help me. So we voted. And Isaac Asimov’s True Love was chosen. And the deadline was deter...

Belakangan, aku baca-baca tentang Melbourne High School Australia di internet. Dari sana, aku dapet banyak banget inspirasi. Mulai dari logo (publik dan regal) sekolah, tes masuk, sampe asrama.   Aku jadi terinspirasi buat bikin entri tersendiri soal tips membuat sekolah fiktif. Terutama, karena aku lebih sering nulis latar sekolah—dan bakal ngebosenin kalo sekolah buatanku gitu-gitu aja, wkwkw ( ketahuan ya ). 1.       Pertama, coba pikirkan nama yang cocok buat sekolahmu Pilih nama ini agak tricky sih. Ada yang namanya “normal”, misal pake kata bangsa , nusa , surya , garuda —pokoknya kata nggak asing yang artinya langsung bisa dimengerti. Tapi, biasanya ada juga yang pake nama Sanskerta. Nama-nama Sanskerta biasanya bagus-bagus. Kalo udah nemu yang cocok bisa sampe ngebayangin mau dibikin kayak apa. Contoh: di ceritaku Berlawanan , aku pake dua SMA—Penabur Ilmu sama Nala Dewa. 2.       Denah sekolah Denah ini ng...

Halo, teman-teman. Sebenernya aku pengen banget ngasih  spoiler  School 2017 sama  Zero Class -nya Pricillia A. W. sebagai contoh entri ini. Tapi... aku bahas garis besarnya aja deh. Detail dan eksekusinya, kalian tonton dan baca sendiri ya. :3 Photo by  Element5 Digital  on  Unsplash Pertama, aku mau bilang, entri ini bakal fokus ngebahas tokoh yang konsisten dan peran mereka di keseluruhan cerita. Nah, yuk, langsung aja! 1. Tokoh konsisten Kalo kalian bikin tokoh berniat jahat, bikin niatnya jahat terus. Kalo kalian bikin tokoh yang berniat baik, bikin niatnya baik terus. Sesederhana itu? Sayangnya—atau, untungnya—iya. :) Contoh: ayah Hyun Tae Woon dan Kepala Sekolah Do Jin dari School 2017 . Dari awal, niat mereka buruk banget. Tujuan mereka selalu menutupi keburukan sekolah , mengorbankan siswa-siswa yang nggak bersalah. Pokoknya mendiskriminasi banget. Kenapa? Karena penulis butuh mereka untuk berkembang . ...