Fida R. Abbott's Blog, page 4
April 5, 2019
Win a Customized Product from Vistaprint by Participating in a Short Survey!
Have you read Exploring My Ideas ? If you haven't read it yet and are interested to read it, you can buy it from online stores (Xlibris, Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, etc) or directly from its author by sending her a message. You can also borrow it from local libraries in Coatesville and West Chester.
Exploring My Ideas
is available in several versions: paperback, hardcover, and eBook.Please, participate in a short survey if you have read Exploring My Ideas . By participating in this short survey, you are eligible to win a product from Vistaprint. If there will more participants than what we expect, the author Fida Abbott would love to give something special for another winner. Besides a chance to win something special, you will help/support Fida as the author of this book to improve her next writing projects or enhance the inputs to write better and more quality in the contents or theme of her future books.
SHORT SURVEY
1. Due on May 25, 2019 at 24.00 EST.
2. Please, answer two questions:
a. What the short story you like most in the book of Exploring My Ideas ?
b. What is the reason you like that short story?
3. Please, send your answers via message on Fida's book page or fill out the Contact Form provided
on this blog (middle-right).
4. Your name and answers won't be published. Only the final result will be published on this blog
and Fida's personal blog: percentage of the likes of the short story titles.
INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY
To support this event, Fida gives an opportunity to giveaway Exploring My Ideas in eBook version to two lucky persons. If you are an author, professional, entrepreneur, college student, or business persons, feel free to contact her to get this chance. In order to support them back, Fida will hold a special interview with each of them to promote their product, service, etc. and it will be published on this blog. Please, contact her before April 15, 2019.
Thank you for your support.(*)
Posted on Friday, April 5, 2019
MT
Get a Product from Vistaprint by Participating in a Short Survey!
Have you read Exploring My Ideas ? If you haven't read it yet and are interested to read it, you can buy it from online stores (Xlibris, Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, etc) or directly from its author by sending her a message. You can also borrow it from local libraries in Coatesville and West Chester.
Exploring My Ideas
is available in several versions: paperback, hardcover, and eBook.Please, participate in a short survey if you have read Exploring My Ideas . By participating in this short survey, you are eligible to win a product from Vistaprint. If there will more participants than what we expect, the author Fida Abbott would love to give something special for another winner. Besides a chance to win something special, you will help/support Fida as the author of this book to improve her next writing projects or enhance the inputs to write better and more quality in the contents or theme of her future books.
SHORT SURVEY
1. Due on May 25, 2019 at 24.00 EST.
2. Please, answer two questions:
a. What the short story you like most in the book of Exploring My Ideas ?
b. What is the reason you like that short story?
3. Please, send your answers via message on Fida's book page or fill out the Contact Form provided
on this blog (middle-right).
4. Your name and answers won't be published. Only the final result will be published on this blog
and Fida's personal blog: percentage of the likes of the short story titles.
INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY
To support this event, Fida gives an opportunity to giveaway Exploring My Ideas in eBook version to two lucky persons. If you are an author, professional, entrepreneur, college student, or business persons, feel free to contact her to get this chance. In order to support them back, Fida will hold a special interview with each of them to promote their product, service, etc. and it will be published on this blog. Please, contact her before April 15, 2019.
Thank you for your support.(*)
Posted on Friday, April 5, 2019
MT
March 27, 2019
Exclusive Interview with a Coach Consultant Who Had Read "Exploring My Ideas"
This time we are pleased to introduce Viviana Andrew from Malaysia who had a chance to read
Exploring My Ideas and interview with us.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
I: What is the reason that motivates you to become a coach consultant?V: I see that there’s a need for professional help in people’s life and career or business. Most of small business owners are facing challenges to keep up with the pace of rapid change in the information and technology era in the 21st century because they were born and educated in the 20th century. They need help to make a transition from traditional business to online business. They also need to move from building business which just focuses on profits only to building their business with passion and purpose and aligned with their values to attract their ideal customers. For human being to be successful in the 21st century, one needs to embrace the fast-paced change, learn continuously, be creative and persevered, and to be on-purpose person.
I: What is your goal as a coach consultant?V: My personal goal is to live and to work with flow; to evolve, to strive and to stay creative as a human being. I hope that my work will make a positive impact for the communities which I belong to such as coaches and Toastmasters communities, my clients and for general audience. I: What are your favorite activities besides coaching?V: I do coaching, consulting, and building websites and marketing system online. My favorite activities are learning, walking and hiking, and travelling. I learn and read self-help and personal development books. I’m keen in learning and practicing Eastern and Chinese philosophy. I also join Toastmasters to improve my communication skills.
I: What brought your interest to read Exploring My Ideas ?V: I’m curious to know of how we can use our daily experiences or our observations and make them as the ideas for writing, and how to create an interesting plot in the story. I: Please, tell your experience when reading Exploring My Ideas !V: All short stories in the book are enjoyable, amusing, sometimes intense, have surprising ending, and easy to digest.
I: What came out first when you saw the book and read the first page of the book? V: The cover of the book which highlights the big word IDEAS. We all
have ideas hidden in the chest of drawers unless we are willing to
explore them. The Introducing chapter told us of what we could expect
from reading this book.
I: What benefits did you get after reading Exploring My Ideas ?V: What I learnt from reading her book:
- the message is memorable when it's conveyed in a story. There's wisdom in every short story.
- everyone is capable to create their own stories from everyday life events and observation, and it doesn't have to be your story. It's amazing to see that how Fida used the 3rd person to craft the stories.
- Tips, step-by-step guide and resources for those who aspire to write stories for fun or profits.
- Reading stories is good for right brain as it evokes sensation and emotions.
I: If there are 1-5 stars in reviewing this book, what star would you give and what is its reason? V: 4 stars, because I want to let her to have a room for improvement so she can reach higher to 5 stars.
I: To whom would you like to recommend this book and what is its reason?V: The book is perfect for leisure reading and it’s also perfect for those who aspire to be a writer or to improve their writing skill. Inside the book, there are short stories that we can enjoy for leisure reading and there is also a simple and practical guide on how to turn ideas into short stories.
I: As a coach consultant, what the special message would you like to give to your customers and people who read this interview?
V: I encourage you to read the book Exploring My Ideas and to practice writing short stories. Writing combined with research and deep observation can make your stories come alive and interesting. Writing short stories can bring many benefits such as enhancing creativity, awareness, emotional intelligence and brings its own satisfaction for the writer.
PROFILE
Viviana Andrew is a coach consultant, Indonesia-born and she is living in Malaysia. Her strengths are in coaching, consulting and Internet marketing. Currently, she works with small business owners to help them expand their offline business into online business, build their online marketing system and help them realign with their passion and purpose. Writing has been her interest to share her thoughts on online marketing, coaching and personal growth in her blog and in the books published on Amazon where she co-authored together with other coaches around the world. She also has a deep passion in Eastern philosophy. In her free time, she likes to travel to new places with her family to spark her ideas or creativity.
Her Website: https://vivianaandrew.comHer Amazon profile: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00H7GS0NY
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Published on Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Marketing Team
Exploring My Ideas and interview with us.EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
I: What is the reason that motivates you to become a coach consultant?V: I see that there’s a need for professional help in people’s life and career or business. Most of small business owners are facing challenges to keep up with the pace of rapid change in the information and technology era in the 21st century because they were born and educated in the 20th century. They need help to make a transition from traditional business to online business. They also need to move from building business which just focuses on profits only to building their business with passion and purpose and aligned with their values to attract their ideal customers. For human being to be successful in the 21st century, one needs to embrace the fast-paced change, learn continuously, be creative and persevered, and to be on-purpose person.
I: What is your goal as a coach consultant?V: My personal goal is to live and to work with flow; to evolve, to strive and to stay creative as a human being. I hope that my work will make a positive impact for the communities which I belong to such as coaches and Toastmasters communities, my clients and for general audience. I: What are your favorite activities besides coaching?V: I do coaching, consulting, and building websites and marketing system online. My favorite activities are learning, walking and hiking, and travelling. I learn and read self-help and personal development books. I’m keen in learning and practicing Eastern and Chinese philosophy. I also join Toastmasters to improve my communication skills.
I: What brought your interest to read Exploring My Ideas ?V: I’m curious to know of how we can use our daily experiences or our observations and make them as the ideas for writing, and how to create an interesting plot in the story. I: Please, tell your experience when reading Exploring My Ideas !V: All short stories in the book are enjoyable, amusing, sometimes intense, have surprising ending, and easy to digest.
I: What came out first when you saw the book and read the first page of the book? V: The cover of the book which highlights the big word IDEAS. We all
have ideas hidden in the chest of drawers unless we are willing to
explore them. The Introducing chapter told us of what we could expect
from reading this book.
I: What benefits did you get after reading Exploring My Ideas ?V: What I learnt from reading her book:
- the message is memorable when it's conveyed in a story. There's wisdom in every short story.
- everyone is capable to create their own stories from everyday life events and observation, and it doesn't have to be your story. It's amazing to see that how Fida used the 3rd person to craft the stories.
- Tips, step-by-step guide and resources for those who aspire to write stories for fun or profits.
- Reading stories is good for right brain as it evokes sensation and emotions.
I: If there are 1-5 stars in reviewing this book, what star would you give and what is its reason? V: 4 stars, because I want to let her to have a room for improvement so she can reach higher to 5 stars.
I: To whom would you like to recommend this book and what is its reason?V: The book is perfect for leisure reading and it’s also perfect for those who aspire to be a writer or to improve their writing skill. Inside the book, there are short stories that we can enjoy for leisure reading and there is also a simple and practical guide on how to turn ideas into short stories.
I: As a coach consultant, what the special message would you like to give to your customers and people who read this interview?
V: I encourage you to read the book Exploring My Ideas and to practice writing short stories. Writing combined with research and deep observation can make your stories come alive and interesting. Writing short stories can bring many benefits such as enhancing creativity, awareness, emotional intelligence and brings its own satisfaction for the writer.
PROFILE
Viviana Andrew is a coach consultant, Indonesia-born and she is living in Malaysia. Her strengths are in coaching, consulting and Internet marketing. Currently, she works with small business owners to help them expand their offline business into online business, build their online marketing system and help them realign with their passion and purpose. Writing has been her interest to share her thoughts on online marketing, coaching and personal growth in her blog and in the books published on Amazon where she co-authored together with other coaches around the world. She also has a deep passion in Eastern philosophy. In her free time, she likes to travel to new places with her family to spark her ideas or creativity.Her Website: https://vivianaandrew.comHer Amazon profile: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00H7GS0NY
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Published on Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Marketing Team
March 13, 2019
First Amazon Giveaway, March 7-14, 2019
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If you like reading, I would like to invite you to participate in my event: Amazon Giveaway . Get Exploring My Ideas for Kindle Edition for free. Do not worry if you don't have Kindle because you can still read it on your any devices including your own computer screen by downloading Kindle App. It's easy and fast. To get the free Kindle App, just enter your phone number or email address. You will get a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.Download to your computer:MacWindows 8, 8 RT and Modern UIWindows 8 desktop, Windows 7, XP & Vista
Kindle Cloud Reader:Read instantly in your browser
See this AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win: Exploring My Ideas (Kindle Edition). NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of Mar 14, 2019 11:59 PM PDT, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules.Giveaway Summary:
Link:https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/ffd5119cfc6f7735Duration:Mar 7, 2019 1:37 PM PST - Mar 14, 2019 11:59 PM PDTPrize:Exploring My Ideas (Kindle Edition)Number of Prizes:4View Your Giveaways
GOOD LUCK!
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Published on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
If you like reading, I would like to invite you to participate in my event: Amazon Giveaway . Get Exploring My Ideas for Kindle Edition for free. Do not worry if you don't have Kindle because you can still read it on your any devices including your own computer screen by downloading Kindle App. It's easy and fast. To get the free Kindle App, just enter your phone number or email address. You will get a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.Download to your computer:MacWindows 8, 8 RT and Modern UIWindows 8 desktop, Windows 7, XP & Vista
Kindle Cloud Reader:Read instantly in your browser
See this AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win: Exploring My Ideas (Kindle Edition). NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of Mar 14, 2019 11:59 PM PDT, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules.Giveaway Summary:
Link:https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/ffd5119cfc6f7735Duration:Mar 7, 2019 1:37 PM PST - Mar 14, 2019 11:59 PM PDTPrize:Exploring My Ideas (Kindle Edition)Number of Prizes:4View Your GiveawaysGOOD LUCK!
***
Published on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
February 17, 2019
A Testimony from a Reader in Ohio
Because of reading this book, Exploring My Ideas, I was challenged to make a resolution in 2019: writing a short story every month. This book reminded me of the story about the parable of talent. A master gives a talent to his servant with a hope that he will multiply that talent. Fida, the author of this book has published a collection of short stories she worked diligently for a period of time. She also gives tips on getting ideas and managing them into interesting writing. This book is suitable for writers who want to be productive. If you are the one, do you dare to accept the challenge of multiplying your writing talent? -- Yunita Phillips (Author for children and youth books, translator, and online writing instructor)
***Published on Sunday, February 17, 2019
***Published on Sunday, February 17, 2019
February 8, 2019
A Nice Comment from a Reader in Malaysia
Authors like appreciations from their readers. It will give them more enthusiastic and energy to be more creative to write. Appreciation can be a comment, a review, or an input. It can be formal or non formal.
Thank you Viviana from Malaysia who wrote a very nice comment/statement on facebook along with this picture last January. She made me smile and I appreciate her support.
NEW YEAR, NEW BOOK!
What a better way to celebrate a new year by reading a new book! I am honored to give a book review for my long-time friend, Fida Abbott. We have been virtual friends since 2010, knowing her from her blog, I guess our friendship lasts long because we share similarities of being an immigrant, a housewife, love Internet and writing and value personal growth. Amid our busy life with family and work, we pursue our passion.
I was never a fan of fiction books. I prefer reading non-fiction books related to my work to gain information or knowledge. Fida encouraged me to read her short-stories. Her stories are sweet, amusing and juicy. Therefore I placed small mandarin oranges along with her book. Every short story is like a small orange which is sweet, fragrant, juicy and easy to digest. I enjoy reading her short stories like savoring fresh fruits.
What I learnt from reading her book:
- the message is memorable when it's conveyed in a story. There's wisdom in every short story.
- everyone is possible to create their own stories from everyday life events and observation and it doesn't have to be your story. It's amazing to see that Fida used the 3rd person to craft the stories.
- Tips, step-by-step guide and resources for those who aspire to write stories for fun or profits.
- Reading stories is good for right brain as they evoke sensation and emotion.
The book is available at amazon
https://amzn.to/2H0igYW
Read the book reviews here or you can leave a review.
https://www.xlibris.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-001178525
Her official website, http://www.abbottsbooks.com/
#ExploringMyIdeas #AmazonBooks
Published on Friday, February 8, 2019
Thank you Viviana from Malaysia who wrote a very nice comment/statement on facebook along with this picture last January. She made me smile and I appreciate her support.
NEW YEAR, NEW BOOK!
What a better way to celebrate a new year by reading a new book! I am honored to give a book review for my long-time friend, Fida Abbott. We have been virtual friends since 2010, knowing her from her blog, I guess our friendship lasts long because we share similarities of being an immigrant, a housewife, love Internet and writing and value personal growth. Amid our busy life with family and work, we pursue our passion.
I was never a fan of fiction books. I prefer reading non-fiction books related to my work to gain information or knowledge. Fida encouraged me to read her short-stories. Her stories are sweet, amusing and juicy. Therefore I placed small mandarin oranges along with her book. Every short story is like a small orange which is sweet, fragrant, juicy and easy to digest. I enjoy reading her short stories like savoring fresh fruits.
What I learnt from reading her book:
- the message is memorable when it's conveyed in a story. There's wisdom in every short story.
- everyone is possible to create their own stories from everyday life events and observation and it doesn't have to be your story. It's amazing to see that Fida used the 3rd person to craft the stories.
- Tips, step-by-step guide and resources for those who aspire to write stories for fun or profits.
- Reading stories is good for right brain as they evoke sensation and emotion.
The book is available at amazon
https://amzn.to/2H0igYW
Read the book reviews here or you can leave a review.
https://www.xlibris.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-001178525
Her official website, http://www.abbottsbooks.com/
#ExploringMyIdeas #AmazonBooks
Published on Friday, February 8, 2019
January 10, 2019
December 30, 2018
A Year-end Gift from Jusuf Randy
Have you read one of short stories entitled My Name is Peter from my recent published book,
Exploring My Ideas
? This short story is inspired by the interesting life story of Jusuf Randy, a famous Indonesian that I know him through virtual world.
Several days before Christmas, he gave me a year-end gift which was his new autobiography e-book entitled Autobiography of Jusuf Randy, The Street Fighter . I heard a rumor: this is gonna be in the widescreen (movie). I look forward for this.
So, if you are interested to read My Name is Peter, you can find my book, Exploring My Ideas at Xlibris, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and other online book stores. Feel free to let me know what do you think of this short story.***
About Exploring My Ideas
Exploring My Ideas
is comprised of ten evocative short stories that were crafted from the authors personal experiences and observations. Every short story is followed by the authors explanation how she got an idea and wrote it into a short story. This book includes a simple and practical guide on how to explore and compose ideas into short stories, as well as publishing tips.
This book not only gives readers easy steps to build a story from their point of view but it also brings the readers imaginations to life. The readers will think, learn, practice, and be entertained by short stories about psychology, crime, relationship, family, horror, and others. Exploring My Ideas is an ideal book for those who love literary collection and all writers who write as a hobby or a necessity, especially for beginning aspiring writers.
Published on Sunday, 12/30/2018
Several days before Christmas, he gave me a year-end gift which was his new autobiography e-book entitled Autobiography of Jusuf Randy, The Street Fighter . I heard a rumor: this is gonna be in the widescreen (movie). I look forward for this.
So, if you are interested to read My Name is Peter, you can find my book, Exploring My Ideas at Xlibris, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and other online book stores. Feel free to let me know what do you think of this short story.***
About Exploring My Ideas
Exploring My Ideas
is comprised of ten evocative short stories that were crafted from the authors personal experiences and observations. Every short story is followed by the authors explanation how she got an idea and wrote it into a short story. This book includes a simple and practical guide on how to explore and compose ideas into short stories, as well as publishing tips. This book not only gives readers easy steps to build a story from their point of view but it also brings the readers imaginations to life. The readers will think, learn, practice, and be entertained by short stories about psychology, crime, relationship, family, horror, and others. Exploring My Ideas is an ideal book for those who love literary collection and all writers who write as a hobby or a necessity, especially for beginning aspiring writers.
Published on Sunday, 12/30/2018
November 30, 2018
Winter Book Giveaway
Make winter this year more special by participating in the Winter Book Giveaway! Each winner will get a copy of book Exploring My Ideas written by Fida Abbott and its accessories. It's very easy to participate, just send your answers via inbox on Facebook (The Enthusiasm Saga Book) or via Contact Form located on the right side of this blog.
Questions:
1. Why do you want to read Exploring My Ideas?
2. What online book store/s would you like to write a short review for this book (Amazon, BN, Kobo, or Xlibris)?
This Winter Book Giveaway will run from December 1st-10th, 2018
The winners will be contacted via facebook or email on December 12, 2018.
The winners may choose to have e-Book version instead of a paperback copy, but they won't get any book accessories.
Book/s will be sent after the winners send their home addresses or email addresses.
Have Fun and Good Luck!
Published on Friday, Nov 11, 2018
November 2, 2018
Book Review by Yunita Phillips
Cincinnati - Ohio
, In the world of writing, how to find ideas and explore them to become interesting topics, it is very important. Especially for the beginning-aspiring writers, they are always wondering how to get the ideas. That question is very important and essential because how can we produce one writing if we don't have ideas or material to be written? Young writers often stop writing or have stagnation because they don't know what to write, have no ideas, no inspiration, and a thousand-one other reasons that make them not to write.
The book of
Exploring My Ideas
written by Fida Abbott is a wonderful response to that situation. This book will guide the young writers to resolve that problem.
Through its creative and informative presentation of this book, Fida presents ten short stories as the examples of a writing which ideas have been developed from simple daily events. Fida presents 15 sources of ideas that writers can use and explore them. The writers are free to choose which source they might use. Based on the ten short stories she has presented; the writer’s personal experiences seem to be good source of ideas because they have strong appeal and great impetus for writers to accomplish their writings. The writer’s personal experiences contain elements that involve both writer’s emotional and intellectual—which will enrich her writings more lively and powerful.
To add the personal experiences, the writers need to conduct researches to provide accurate data or logic for the story. This is important because writers are intellectually responsible for educating their readers by presenting a good and trusty writing.
One of the main strengths of this book is how Fida wrote her stories with a smooth, straightforward, and storytelling way. Once we read one of the stories, we will be excited and look forward to continuing reading the next story. We will be curious to know what kind of stories she will convey next. The themes are varied, ranging from mystery, relationships in a family or a workplace, mental health problem, horror, spiritual problems, etc.
In addition to providing technique how to explore ideas, Fida provides ten guides to plot a short story. This methodology explains about how to put the idea into a short story. It includes introduction of the main character, story conflict, how the main character solves the problems, and how the story will end with a satisfying way. There are also some examples on how to apply that technique which is taken from one of the stories in the book. This book is more valuable as there are some encouragements to the readers on how to improve their writings and how to submit their stories for profit.
I strongly recommend this book to beginning-aspiring writers as their helpful handbook. This book also helps us not to be afraid to write and not to be doubtful of our ideas. No matter how simple the ideas that arise in our minds, it is valuable, and we need to appreciate it. If we immediately take steps to work on it, it will become an interesting and enjoyable story to read.(*)
Profile
Yunita D. Harahap was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 14, 1966. She started to write stories and articles for children and youth since she was in High School. Her writings mostly were published in national mass media such as Sinar Harapan newspaper, Suara Pembaruan newspaper, Bobo and HAI Magazine. She graduated from Jakarta Science and Political Institute (IISIP), on Journalism faculty. She also served as an editor and writer at Kompak Magazine (GKI Kebayoran Baru church magazine for youth in Jakarta). In 2000 she wrote a series of children stories manuscripts for children program at YASKI broadcast, Tangerang, Indonesia. Before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., she worked at Yayasan Komunikasi Bina Kasih publishing house. To obtain more knowledge and skills in writing for children, she got several scholarships to attend some international writers’ conferences (especially for children’s books), held by Highlights for Children Foundation in Pennsylvania, Cook Ministries International in Colorado, and Media Associate International in Illionis. (*)
The book of
Exploring My Ideas
written by Fida Abbott is a wonderful response to that situation. This book will guide the young writers to resolve that problem.Through its creative and informative presentation of this book, Fida presents ten short stories as the examples of a writing which ideas have been developed from simple daily events. Fida presents 15 sources of ideas that writers can use and explore them. The writers are free to choose which source they might use. Based on the ten short stories she has presented; the writer’s personal experiences seem to be good source of ideas because they have strong appeal and great impetus for writers to accomplish their writings. The writer’s personal experiences contain elements that involve both writer’s emotional and intellectual—which will enrich her writings more lively and powerful.
To add the personal experiences, the writers need to conduct researches to provide accurate data or logic for the story. This is important because writers are intellectually responsible for educating their readers by presenting a good and trusty writing.
One of the main strengths of this book is how Fida wrote her stories with a smooth, straightforward, and storytelling way. Once we read one of the stories, we will be excited and look forward to continuing reading the next story. We will be curious to know what kind of stories she will convey next. The themes are varied, ranging from mystery, relationships in a family or a workplace, mental health problem, horror, spiritual problems, etc.
In addition to providing technique how to explore ideas, Fida provides ten guides to plot a short story. This methodology explains about how to put the idea into a short story. It includes introduction of the main character, story conflict, how the main character solves the problems, and how the story will end with a satisfying way. There are also some examples on how to apply that technique which is taken from one of the stories in the book. This book is more valuable as there are some encouragements to the readers on how to improve their writings and how to submit their stories for profit.
I strongly recommend this book to beginning-aspiring writers as their helpful handbook. This book also helps us not to be afraid to write and not to be doubtful of our ideas. No matter how simple the ideas that arise in our minds, it is valuable, and we need to appreciate it. If we immediately take steps to work on it, it will become an interesting and enjoyable story to read.(*)
Profile
Yunita D. Harahap was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 14, 1966. She started to write stories and articles for children and youth since she was in High School. Her writings mostly were published in national mass media such as Sinar Harapan newspaper, Suara Pembaruan newspaper, Bobo and HAI Magazine. She graduated from Jakarta Science and Political Institute (IISIP), on Journalism faculty. She also served as an editor and writer at Kompak Magazine (GKI Kebayoran Baru church magazine for youth in Jakarta). In 2000 she wrote a series of children stories manuscripts for children program at YASKI broadcast, Tangerang, Indonesia. Before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., she worked at Yayasan Komunikasi Bina Kasih publishing house. To obtain more knowledge and skills in writing for children, she got several scholarships to attend some international writers’ conferences (especially for children’s books), held by Highlights for Children Foundation in Pennsylvania, Cook Ministries International in Colorado, and Media Associate International in Illionis. (*)
