Brahmanto Anindito's Blog, page 19
November 20, 2011
Writers Love to Write a Writer Character, Why?
I notice that writers have been always tempted to write in his work a main character who is a writer. Including myself. First, because a writer knows how the writer is. Second, because there are many great stories behind writing profession. A writer is a person with high dose of curiosity. And a writer has always wanted to tell the world what is in his brain. He can be so insightful. And such insights could potentially be a thrilling stories. Just watch The Shining (1980), Misery (1990), The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997), Quills (2000), Moulin Rouge (2001), Adaptation (2002), Secret Window (2004), King Kong (2005), and so on. You'll know that I'm right. * * * Beberapa hari lalu di Bandung, saya menonton The Adventures of Tintin bareng Rie Yanti. Saya terhibur dengan beberapa adegan yang bombastis tapi lucu dan seru di film itu. Yah, adegan-adegan tersebut rasanya senapas dengan komiknya. Walau disesaki banyak adegan kebetulan, Tintin merupakan salah satu komik favorit saya karena ceritanya cerdas. Kelihatan sekali kalau pengarangnya berwawasan. Diceritakan, Tintin adalah wartawan yang banyak membongkar jaringan kriminal tingkat atas. Tintin bukanlah polisi, detektif atau agen rahasia. Tapi wartawan. Seorang wartawan memang berpeluang melakukan hal-hal besar seperti [...]
November 2, 2011
What First Readers Worth
Many writers couldn't barely wait to hand his manuscript to a publisher. Without asking the other or any first reader for a comment, they just sent it despite the fact that these first readers can be very helpful to polish a work. I myself have a lot of positive experiences with my first readers. Sometimes [...]
October 26, 2011
Grojogan Sewu Waterfall
Let's take another trip to waterfall. This time is a cluster of waterfalls located in the slope of Mount of Lawu, Tawangmangu District, Karanganyar Regency, around 27 kilometers east of Karanganyar City, Central Java Province. The waterfall is part of the Grojogan Sewu National Park. A mix of tourism forest and waterfall, it is a [...]
October 19, 2011
Frequently Accused-Questions to Fiction Writers
Have you, as a fiction author, ever been asked by people pretended to know everything about work of writing and publishing? Were you boxed into a corner by those questions? I was. I have ever faced few "judges" like that. But I never give a damn, ha-ha. I have a list of what did my [...]
FAQ (Frequently Accused-Questions) to Fiction Writers
Have you, as a fiction author, ever been asked by people pretended to know everything about work of writing and publishing? Were you boxed into a corner by those questions? I was. I have ever faced few "judges" like that. But I never give a damn, ha-ha. I have a list of what did my [...]
October 13, 2011
Game Face Gaming
You know why social media is so popular? The answer is simple, because it's fun to be social! So is in playing game. Look at Game Face Gaming. It is a gaming company which make "Reality Gaming Social Network". The idea behind is that people do hang out in the nights, sometime for playing games. [...]
October 11, 2011
Batik Today
On October 2, 2009, UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The education, science and cultural organization of United Nations insisted that Indonesia preserves their batik heritage. Of course! I can't see otherwise. Batik has long been Indonesian traditional clothes, since the kingdoms era. Though, I cannot just [...]
October 4, 2011
3 Things to Build Your Personal Library
Do you want to share books and knowledge to others? To organize your reading materials? To familiarize your family (especially children in the house) to see and to love books? To be considered as an intellect? Whatever it is, build a personal library is indeed a good idea. And here are things you need to [...]
September 28, 2011
The Tenderness of Young Goat's Meat
At Sepanjang rue, Sidoarjo, you may possibly bump into this view: a pushcart display of a goat meat. The goat is about still intact, fresh, and small (that means it is still young). Sweet-scented smoke that signifies a grill emerges. You're quite monk if you don't drool in seconds. Warung Sate Barongan Pak Uniq (Mr. [...]
September 21, 2011
Mind Mapping for Fiction Writing
Do you make a skeleton before writing your work of fiction? I do. It is important for me. The skeleton is like a railroad that makes the machinist saves his time from thinking all the time, "Where do I go after this station?" You can say, skeleton for a novel is the same as scenario [...]
