CREATE A PASSIONATE WRITING

 

 "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."

-Benjamin Franklin

Resume                   : 1st (Ke-1)

Topic                       : Menjadikan Menulis Sebagai Passion - "Make writing as a Passion"

Keynote Speaker    : Dra.Sri Sugiastuti.,M.Pd

Ms.Phia-Menulis

Phia Selfiarti.,S.,S.,Cert.TEFL.,M.Pd

Tonight by Whatsapp media, the first topic for 'Belajar Menulis Class" is How to make writing a passion. at exactly at 19:05, Om jay the founder of this Blog Writing community for teachers throughout Indonesia opened the class with a reminder of how this meeting is also a part of a whole program that we, as the participants, will have to join. This class has been occupied my mind since the day I decided to join, to hope that this will be a good start for me to start actively writing again. Then the moderator introduced us to our keynote speaker today, everybody in the Team calls her Ibu Kanjeng, from the slide of picture and details about the speaker, I can read there loud and clear that Ibu Sri Sugiastuti or Ibu Kanjeng is an inspiring woman, proven by her incredible self resume, other people outside the group would kill to meet her in person ( it's a saying to show deep happiness of finding something).

The speaker starts the meeting with an interesting video about all the books she wrote and published I went from hmm to Aaah, amazed, drooling myself). There you go, I am again mesmerized by the way she explained, let me take a line she said in the explanation "A writer is a humble, respectful and highly appreciated profession in a social environment"  "Basically the ability to write is a part of thinking maturity embodiment indicator ad intellectuality" She nailed it, that line alone build something powerful in my head, it builds the eagerness in me to be a better writer, sets up my mind to pursue the long awaiting goals as a Book Author. Yes, make writing my passion, the pursuit of great things in life.

"WHY" and "How" will be the writing idea starter, exactly true, when we are being curious, ideas will definitely strike our mind, there will always be a story of every "Why" while Ibu Kanjeng said that questions of  "why" is more philosophical and related to our lives missions, visions and values, I would say that the questions started with "Why" is the background of every matter that happens in the universe. From the explanation too, I have learned all the important activities to do to be a good writer:

1. Read, you really need to start listing what books, magazines, journals, maybe fiction you have read or 

2. Discuss, while passionate in writing to find ideas you need to discuss as often as you can with anyone, get used to discuss to get new ideas.

3. Look and Feel, this is what also creates a good writer, be sensitive with the occurrence around us, always make sure you know what happened recently, how to react accordingly. This can also bring out the ideas inside your mind.

4. Socialize, I would say Mingle as much as you can, be easy-going, get along well with people around you. Who knows great ideas will come up after you meet people.

Basically becoming a writer is trying your best to be a better person, a caring person a person with a more meaningful life, not only that it will make your life better, writing I believe will change the world. Every word, idea we write will be the agent of change that will bring us to be amazingly aware of what other people need, how they feel, what the environment needs, how to react to it too. Boosting ourselves into passionate writing will surely need well preparations, Ibu Kanjeng also mentions some parts in preparing to write, as follows :

1. Find Ideas 

2. Specify your Goals, Genre, and reader target 

3. Set your Topic

4. Make an Outline

5. Collect References/books

"If passion drives you, let reasons Hold the rein". Benjamin Franklin said, many times when we determined to start to do something new, we find obstacles, and many of the obstacles come from our own minds, we start to find excuses to avoid doing good things, then again, as I have written on my early post on how to create a new habit, the tips can also be used for writing habits, do the new habit like writing continuously in 21 days, without stopping, avoid excuses and just start writing at any time you find ideas, find ideas with tips from Ibu Kanjeng then hopefully we will be soon a famous writer with lots and lots of bestseller books. 

The wrap-up of the first-class today with this extraordinary woman has again bombard my ideas to write more, hoping to write better after this one. Mostly the participants today are also passionate about writing, questions came up, the moderator Ibu AAM received so many messages since questions were supposed to be sent to the moderator first then she will collect and arrange each one of them to be sent forward to the meeting group. I can imagine how busy she was in meetings like this, participants are longing for a good response to maybe also brings them ideas to start writing. 

I can not wait to join the next class, curiously waiting for what I will get from the next one, I am determined to make One Day One Writing ( ODOW), so in a year I hopefully will make at least hundreds of blog content and surely books to publish. Aamiin

So, Start writing, now, today, don't hold back your great ideas, who knows it will change the world. Fighting!!!

Sukabumi, July 12th, 2021

High School is Coming Back

 

Thank you, would be an understatement, in this On Line opening ceremony last night, the one I wrote on my previous post, not only that I was introduced to a new beginning of writing path, but also come to my surprise, I was met with my Senior High School favourite teacher. Bu'Dwi that is how I always call her, when I propose a question on whether it is allowed to write the resume in English as a report to fulfill in this program, somebody chat me in the zoom meeting chat room, she sent a direct message to me, first question was " Assalamu'alaikum Bu Phia, dari sukabumi? " , I said yes then I asked her if she is from the same city, before she replied I noticed the name Dwi Pratiwi. Then suddenly it rings a bell in my brain, "Bu'Dwi? ", I curiously asked her back. " Ibu, dari SMA N 4 ? " When she replied "yes pantasan namanya kok familiar", that's when I am thrilled, goose bumps too. Ibu is my Senior High School favourite English teacher, as the conversation going, my mind was making scenes of high school memories with her. 

That time I was a third grade student, ibu was a new young and single English teacher who got my class as her first meeting. She spoke English as an introduction, "wow! " I said silently in mind, because in high school she was the only English teacher who really spoke  and asked students in English, and that was what amazed me so much, after I got a little disappointed from not getting enough space to speak English at school, the other teacher were Seniors, and they did not speak or ask or maybe start a good conversation in English with the students, while I was too shy to start. Yes, I was a little shy that time, funny how I am not that much of a shy person today ( I could even say I am too confident 😄). Back to the topic, Bu Dwi,  I found out that she was a cheerful, caring, happy and enthusiastic teacher, I believe she is still the same person today. She motivates me to speak more English and to be spiritful like her. She gave me a new colour, she is my board marker. 

Still in the old high school days,I join English competition, and when she taught English at my school, she was the one who always accompany me and the team in every competition. The one time that I will always remember, until this very day, Bandung competition. Me, my brother, and some friend joined an English speech competition for High School students of West Java province, and she was our escort teacher. The interesting part was not the competition, it was the time after we all finish our competition, I did Speech and poetry reading , my brother too and also the other friend from school. Bu'Dwi excitedly offer us if we would like to hang around the city since it was still early day, with her cheerful and spiritful style, and we took it, we took the offer. She then took us to a zoo, the fun part was that she was apparently a good tour guide too, she knows the city very well, maybe because she finishes her Graduate in the city, Bandung, she kept telling us stories how she used to visit places there when she was in university, she gossip a little too, I was overwhelmed, it was my first time to have this always Happy teacher, she made us all happy too, she then took us to eat and buy something from the street food seller, and she kept talking and talking and all of that made us all mesmerized. She can be my best friend and at the same time she is also my teacher. "I will be like her when I am a teacher" I thought. 

Still amazed, now I know really how a good program like Belajar menulis community can become, this program that was Found by Om Jay, has allowed me to empower myself with marvelous new ideas to write, to put things into words if essays, and the best things about this program is that it has brought me to be met with my favourite teacher that has changed my life, my mindset and my purpose, Bu Dwi. This writing is dedicated to her, ibu Dwi for being the best of teacher and best friend at high school, My favourite person and OMJay and team for having me as one of the participant. May all of this program run well, and still all of us become the agent of change and a trend setter in our own ways. 

Note : jika ada ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris yg  terkesan kurang tepat dalam bahasa Indonesia saat di terjemahkan oleh google translate, feel free to ask me. 🤭Translate button is ➡️➡️

Writings on the wall

Sukabumi, July 11th, 2021

Ms. Phia