Hi.
This is [i feel] OPIA [when i'm with you] by me.
So, another baby. New baby. Born on November 2018.
This is actually my not official entry for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Hindi naman talaga ako sasali. Wala akong balak. Pero I challenged myself. Why don't I try writing 2350+ words (not every day), fifty thousand words in total, for the whole month of November?
Ha! Hindi ka nga makatapos ng isang chapter for one month, tapos ngayon, try mong tumapos ng story? Are you kidding me, self?
Sigh.
It seems impossible for me cause I've been in hiatus for a very long time. Tuwing magta-try akong sumulat ng chapter, napapatitig na lang ako sa white screen na nakaharap sa akin. Masyado akong anxious sa kung anong mangyayari sa story. Too much inspiration tapos biglang mawawala dahil parang di na ako yung nagsusulat. Hindi na yung dati. Hindi ko masabing sa akin.
And then, Don was born. A whole new me.
Lol.
Ang story na ito ay inaanay na sa tambak na drafts ko. Na-published ko na to pero binawi rin sa readers kasi for the i-don't-know-how-many-times, nawala na naman yung will na ituloy. Ang dami kong problema, no? I almost give up. To the point na nasabi ko sa sarili ko na: Ayaw ko na magsulat.
Almost.
Ito ang unang beses na magpapasalamat ako dahil may salitang almost.
Good thing I didn't give up. Wala sana ako sa harap ng laptop ko habang sinusulat ito (Pang 248 words yung last word na ito, btw) at hindi sana mabubuo itong newly-formed story (which was better than the old plot), entitled [i feel] OPIA [when i'm with you].
WARNING: This is a fast-paced story, in short, short story. Unedited. Not my best. Maikli ang update but don't worry kasi hindi aabot sa week ang ligta ng update (pray for me pls). Light lang at mababaw ang drama (or not).
FROM THE IMAGINATION OF DON
Hashtag: #ifOPIAwilay (copy paste niyo na lang from my twitter kasi masyadong pahirap lol)
Twitter: _sooulcatcher
Tumblr: soulcatcher-arts
Instagram: _soul.catcher
Official Playlist while writing
(ON REPEAT)
fool // cavetown
best friend // red orange country
sunflower // red orange country
talk is overrated ft. blackbear // jeremy zucker
green // cavetown
la vie en rose // edith piaf; cover by chloe moriondo
hug all ur friends // cavetown
your soul // forrest ft. biskwiq
this is home // cavetown
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Ambition's playlist and Aviencloud's awesome shared music.
and jazz.
ps. will do a youtube sooner so you can check out my playlist and look closely to my soul
pps. sorry for the long intro
ppps. pero sana binasa niyo pa rin kahit papaano.
enjoy reading.
BINABASA MO ANG
OPIA
Short Storyopia - n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable--their pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque--as if you were peering through a hole in the door of a house, able to tell that t...