WRITERS INFO

PART 1

Lesson 1.
Based on what I've learned, these are the three stages of writing:

1. Pre-writing.
2. Writing.
3. Post writing

1. Pre-writing
      ---This is the stage of brainstorming, dapat iplan out mo na yung tungkol sa story para di gumulo yung utak mo. Kailangan iplan out atsaka iorganize mo yung mga bagay na mangyayari at maaring sabihin ng mga characters mo sa story. Plan out everything before you write it.

+Tip
—Ako ang ginagawa ko sa ganitong part is pinaplan out ko talaga siya. Iniimagine ko kung paano sila aacting, kung pano ko idedescribe yung bawat pagkilos at tagpuan nila. Tas pagnabuo ko na siya tsaka ko siya isinusulat.

2. Writing
     ----Syempre, dito na tayo magsusulat. Isulat mo na lahat ng nasa utak mo, yung mga inorganized at plinan out mo.

+Tip
—Pagtapos ko na isulat yung isang story binabasa ko muna siya para malaman kung may grammatical errors ako at may mababagong scene o dialogue pa ba. Revise revise revise.

3. Post writing
     ---Dito mo na ipopost yung story na nagawa mo na, isheshare mo na to sa mga readers mo.

Lesson 2. ( Learned from Tungsten )
The difference between Action tag and Dialogue tag.

A. Action Tag.
   In a story, of course, actions are always present. Hindi masasabing story yan kung walang mga galaw. Writing an action tag is a total different from a dialogue tag. Dito kadalasan nagkakamali ang mga writers.

E.g.
"I love you. Goodbye," Turning my gaze away from him, as our memories shattered into pieces, was all i did.
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The word "Turning away" is obviously an action word. So, basically, action tag is uses when a character stated something and is being attached by an action instead of a dialogue words. Mapapansin din nating in capital or uppercase letter ito.

Note: Action Tag will always be in capital letter.

B. Dialogue Tag.
       Syempre, characters do speak in a story. Usually, dialogue words such as said, uttered, asked, bulyaw, ani, sambit at marami pang iba ay ginagamit rito. Pero faya sa Action tag marami ring writers ang nagkakamali tungkol rito.

E.g.
"I hate you! You scumbag!" boomed by the girl achu chu chu.

Note: Dialogue tag should always be in small letters or lowercase letters.

Things to remember:
Action Tag - Uppercase letter or Capital Letter.
Dialogue Tag - lowercase letter or small letter.

2. Correct Usage Of Punctuation Marks.
A. There are many constructions that we always use in our literary pie.

Halimbawa ay:
•sa 'yo - sa iyo
•sa kan'ya - sa kaniya
•gan'to - ganito
•gan'yan - ganiyan and etc.

Note:
Ang paggamit ng "sa iyo" into a contradiction ay may space between sa at 'yo. Like "sa 'yo" at Hindi "sa'yo" kasi magiging "sa iyo" kung buo instead of "saiyo" which is wrong.

Ps. Ang naiiba lamang ay ang "at" katulad ng "kaya't" "tara na't" hindi mo na siyang kailangan pang magbigay ngespasyo.

B. Sa bawat pagsasalita, gumagamit tayo ng punctuations such as "!", "?" And even ","

May tamang paraan sa paggamit ng mga 'yan

E.g.
"I love you," she whispered underneath her breath.
Note:
Kung gusto mong plain lang ang pagkakasabi ng karakter mo sa isang linya use "," instead of "." Lalong lalo na kapag descriptive clause, dialogue or action tag ka pang ilalagay.

Tsaka na gumamit ng tuldok kapag tapos na ang sentence o pagsasalita. Yung wala nang ibang utterance o any descriptive clauses na madadagdag.

3. Said is Dead.
    Ang palagiang paggamit ng salitang "said" o "sabi" ay nakakasura na minsan. Boring. Annoying. Basta patay. At ito talaga ang nagiging dahilan ng pagiging lame ng story. Kaya why not use some dialogue words that would be a perfect fit to the utterance of the character?

A. Don't Use Emojis In A Story.
      Sa isang story, bawal gumamit ng kahit anong emoji para lang maipakita ang reaksyon o emosyon ng isang karakter sa istorya. Even places and everything. Bawal ang paggamit ng emoji. Why not describe the characters emotion or feelings? Why not describe the ambience or the atmosphere of the place? Why not put it in words and avoid using of emojis just for compliance? Yun lang. Put everything into words and be creative.

Examples:
Argued
Screamed
Asked
Told
Informed
Growled
Snarled
Challenged
Sambit
Suhesiyon
Tanong
Sigaw at marami pang iba

B. No To Virtual Acts In The Story.
    Writing scripts is different from writing a story. Stories are meant to be read while scripts are meant to be act out or dramatize. We are making a story and not script. Virtual acts are just present in a script and not in a story.

C. Follow The Basic Tips In Writing Stories Above.
    To be honest, lahat ng nasa taas ay parang tamang paraan sa pag-draft lamang ng iyong storya. But alteast, you can change your styles in writing in a shallow manner muna.