Gawin mo lang ng paulit....
ulit...
ulit...
ulit...
ulit.
Mula pa noong 2006 ay gumagawa na ako (on and off) ng maiikling horror stories na pwede mong pakinggan gamit ang iyong cellphone. 7 horror stories ang naka-assign sa akin bawat linggo. Sa halos 5 taon nang pagsusulat ko, nakaipon na ako ng daan-daang mga kwento. Karamihan ay re-hash lang ng mga napapanood ko sa dvd o nababasa ko sa mga libro at diyaryo. Pero paminsan-minsan, may mga nagagawa ako na sa tingin ko ay...
...pwedeeeehh.
Pwedeng take off point ng isang nobela.
Pwedeng premise ng isang teleserye.
Pwedeng isang character sa komiks.
May mga ganon.
Kaya naman mga 2 years ago, nagdesisyon ako na mas seryosohin ang pagsusulat. Dapat lalo akong mag-effort. Dapat subukan kong gawing unique LAHAT ng kwento. Uniwas ako sa pagtingin sa gawa ng iba, kinalkal ko ng malalim ang akin guni-guni. Mas mabagal ang proseso. Minsan talagang nasasaid ang utak ko. Pero mas masaya ako sa kinakalabasan.
Ang natutunan ko sa raket na ito:
1. Hindi ka makakabuo ng body of work kung pabugso-bugso lang ang trabaho mo. Parang marathon yan. Bira lang ng bira.
2. Umeffort. Lagi.
________________________
You just have to do it again...
and again...
and again...
and again...
and again...
Since 2006 I’ve been writing (on and off) really short horror and sexy stories that you can listen to using your cellphone. I need to churn out 7 horror stories a week. In almost five years of writing these seemingly inconsequential micro stories, I have amassed hundreds of them. Admittedly most of them are uninspired re-hashes from movies and books. But every now and then I come up with stories that are passable as...
As a take off point for a novel.
A raw concept for a tv series
Or maybe a character in a comic book.
Maybe there’s one in every seven.
That’s why 2 years ago, I decided to take the gig more seriously. I put in a little bit of effort into crafting the stories. I tried to make every one unique. I tried not to look for “pegs” and I just dug deep into my own imagination. The process takes a lot longer. But I’m more satisfied with the results.
The lessons I learned from this gig:
1. You can’t build a body of work if you rely on random but intense sparks of creativity. Sometimes you just have to sit there and keep on doing it.
2. Exert effort. Always.
ulit...
ulit...
ulit...
ulit.
Mula pa noong 2006 ay gumagawa na ako (on and off) ng maiikling horror stories na pwede mong pakinggan gamit ang iyong cellphone. 7 horror stories ang naka-assign sa akin bawat linggo. Sa halos 5 taon nang pagsusulat ko, nakaipon na ako ng daan-daang mga kwento. Karamihan ay re-hash lang ng mga napapanood ko sa dvd o nababasa ko sa mga libro at diyaryo. Pero paminsan-minsan, may mga nagagawa ako na sa tingin ko ay...
...pwedeeeehh.
Pwedeng take off point ng isang nobela.
Pwedeng premise ng isang teleserye.
Pwedeng isang character sa komiks.
May mga ganon.
Kaya naman mga 2 years ago, nagdesisyon ako na mas seryosohin ang pagsusulat. Dapat lalo akong mag-effort. Dapat subukan kong gawing unique LAHAT ng kwento. Uniwas ako sa pagtingin sa gawa ng iba, kinalkal ko ng malalim ang akin guni-guni. Mas mabagal ang proseso. Minsan talagang nasasaid ang utak ko. Pero mas masaya ako sa kinakalabasan.
Ang natutunan ko sa raket na ito:
1. Hindi ka makakabuo ng body of work kung pabugso-bugso lang ang trabaho mo. Parang marathon yan. Bira lang ng bira.
2. Umeffort. Lagi.
________________________
You just have to do it again...
and again...
and again...
and again...
and again...
Since 2006 I’ve been writing (on and off) really short horror and sexy stories that you can listen to using your cellphone. I need to churn out 7 horror stories a week. In almost five years of writing these seemingly inconsequential micro stories, I have amassed hundreds of them. Admittedly most of them are uninspired re-hashes from movies and books. But every now and then I come up with stories that are passable as...
As a take off point for a novel.
A raw concept for a tv series
Or maybe a character in a comic book.
Maybe there’s one in every seven.
That’s why 2 years ago, I decided to take the gig more seriously. I put in a little bit of effort into crafting the stories. I tried to make every one unique. I tried not to look for “pegs” and I just dug deep into my own imagination. The process takes a lot longer. But I’m more satisfied with the results.
The lessons I learned from this gig:
1. You can’t build a body of work if you rely on random but intense sparks of creativity. Sometimes you just have to sit there and keep on doing it.
2. Exert effort. Always.
No comments:
Post a Comment