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Monday, August 09, 2021

BOOSTING FICTION WRITING !

Resume     : 13th (ke-13)
Date           : Monday, August 9th 2021
Speaker    : Sudom, S.Pt.
Moderator : Aam Nurhasanah, S.Pd.







Life is an interesting and Intriguing Story, Writing about It Will Add More Colour to It. Write Today, Story Books tomorrow
Ms.Phia



Beautiful number 13 (thirteen), my favorite number. Despite all the legends, folklore, and mystical stories about the number I have watched or read from time to time. Thirteen has always been my favorite number. On my behalf, I was born on the thirteenth of the ninth month, forty-one years ago. Yeah, I am in that glorious full-of-life learning age, and I am still very happy.

As Om jay opened the class with the always cheerful yet powerful greeting to all the participants

 " Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh" He greeted.

 I then focused again on my goals of becoming the best audience and hope to finish my resume better this time.

 " Selamat Malam guru hebat Indonesia, Selamat bertemu kembali dengan OmJay, guru blogger Indonesia " He added, 

and continued his ending his opening by letting Ibu Aam Nurhasanah as our moderator to start the class.

"Wow". I mumbled silently in my mind. Openings for this class of writers have always blown my mind. I was motivated, highly, I would say. Ibu Aam then moved on by introducing the class Speaker.

" Malam ini kita akan ditemani narasumber hebat." She complimented,

 " Beliau adalah Bapak Sudomo, S.Pt. He was graduated from the 6th class, who has been successfully written a resume in fiction style." She proudly continued.

Ibu Aam, the friendly yet motivational moderator then shared a link on the group. My head said 

" OK, fingers type as good and as fast as you can tonight, fighting !". 

She shared a blog link that directed everyone in the group to Bapak Sudomo's infamous blog. happily, she suggested

 " Silahkan main sejenak ya", here is the link I have been waiting to browse tonight 

" a-ha. It's time to visit a blo ha- ha" 

" do visit the blog". My head suggesting, with a smirk.

"Wooohooo" again my brain talked to me in excitement. "Bapak Sudomo our speaker is another successful book writer" jumping all around in my head.

" I better be a good writer too, after this class ends," I said again in silence. My head snapped a bit when I saw Bu Aam shared another file with the group. And to my surprise, it was the speaker's self resume. And I Kind of really waiting for that one to come. 

"Berkat sang tokoh anaknya Opin, besan (that's how Bu Aam called pak Sudomo), sudah menciptakan resume  dengan gaya fiksi yang menarik " She then explained in her cheerful style. I was also got absorbed into that cheerful and spiritful words of hers. Her next question made me smile in content


 " Penasaran kan ?"

And the excitements changed into infinite eye-to-eye focus. I read again, back and forth, pak Sudomo , that's how I decided to call him now.:). To my surprise, He is an exact science fanatic. He is a farming science graduate, and he teaches Science also indulged deeply in a writing hobby.

"karena saya seorang Sarjana Peternakan yang mengajar IPA, tetapi juga mencintai dunia menulis fiksi " He then explained . And I was like " Oh My god, Pak Sudomo is the type of person i represented in me " I thought to myself. 

" ha- ha, yeah right" my brain mocked. 

" Oh Shut Up brain, He is and you know it !"

 Ok, I need to stop fighting with my brain and focus on what Pak Sudomo was explaining.

 " Huffttt..."

 Pak Sudomo shared a PowerPoint for us to read and learn and I was like " Oghey, On my way there"

Surfing my eyes and mind to every slide he shared, made me eager to show it to my brain.

" Ok, brain wait till I share some pictures, you'll go mad with it ha hahah"

He wrote so many books for the past few years, he is actively writing until today and all the books he has written and published are interesting books. Knowledge, books for students, short stories, poems, stories of Sasak tribe. I can not even tell you every one of it.  

"I am a big fan .!" I am overwhelmed reading his writing resumes.

" Hey, focus you doodle doo." My brain reminds me again " Ooops, sorry brain"

Here is the video of the slide he shared about his experiences in writing, trust me it will blow your mind too " ha ha ha" Ok here is his fictions books,http://linktr.ee/sudomo

 " check on the link brain, like, right now !" 


Pak Sudomo enthusiastically explain

 


his Tips to write fiction, from his first question 

" Why do we have to write fiction? "  Boom ideas came up to my head.
He then explained again in detail that writing fiction is one of the criteria in the Minimum Competencies assessments test.

 " Ah that's figured it. " well I am not a school teacher so it never came to my mind the reason we have to write fiction?

" I just love it, " I said in quiet " I love to read fiction especially about werewolves ha ha ha " I joked to myself.

Then " Kedua , syarat menulis fiksi ", 

I was pushed back to reality, Pak Sudomo informed us that in writing fiction we have to fulfill the terms, they are Commitment, Do the research and Read more fiction, of course, to learn the Bahasa Indonesian language rules will be the best part. Then I check on his next explanation. 

" Work with me, brain " I forced my brain to cooperate.

"Ketiga, " He added

 " Bentuk bentuk Fiksi, yaitu fiksimini, flash fiction, pentigraf, cerpen, prosa, novela, dan novel."
Flash fiction I get it but other stuff he said ,

 "what was that ??"

"Perbedaan terletak pada kompleksitas konflik cerita. Selain itu ada juga batasan kata dan ada juga yang menggunakan batasan paragraf." Pak Sudomo smirk at us as he detailed my question earlier.

In the fourth part, he explained the elements that make up a fictional story, namely the theme, premise, plot, characterizations, setting, and point of view.

 "Of all the elements there is a premise that may be new to you."

He mentioned something about premise," what is that brain?" 

"The premise is a summary of the story in one sentence. Consists of characters, character goals, obstacles, and resolutions." reading the explanation written on the group brain then elaborate that to me.

Fifth, tips for writing fiction, pak Sudomo urged us to pay more attention to 

"Intention, it is  related to self-motivation to start and finish writing, read other people's work, reference materials, storytelling style, add diction." he elaborated again

 last but not least he said 
"Outline, related to the framework of writing based on the elements that make up a fictional story" 
 " where's the slide girl ? " brain asked in a bit of exhaust. 
" wait I am downloading it right now. Hold your thought brain!"

another one of self argument as I was about to share the slide of Pak Sudomo presentaton to make brain happier.


I can not stop my brain to think about what's next, what will come up to my mind after this 
" will I be able to write fiction again ?"
" Will I be as good as Pak Sudomo ?"
or  " Will I just stop myself from writing and move on with the writer's block? " Nope, No way. No writer's block in me."

After the explanation I felt so content, I am so grateful that now, Great people surrounding me and motivating me to do good things, to write my life, my stories into a good book that many people will read. Everything we have written will be a good book If we only focus on developing our writing skills.

" Yes, true brain." I applauded for  my smart brain ( just another self-love act people >>>😆)

The explanation that came  next was about writing and the process of it

" Writing." He said, 

"Related to opening stories, introducing characters, reinforcing conflicts, using story logic considerations, short and clear sentence structure, word choice, show don't technique tell, and a good ending".

" Self-editing", He then continued

 "Done after finishing writing, don't edit while writing, editing focus on writing errors, spelling, standard words, writing rules, and story logic. Besides that, you have to be cruel to your own writing. The last is to hold on to the KBBI and PUEBI".

After his explanation ends, the question and answers came in a drastic time. 

" Don't exaggerate dear " Brain told me, Yeaah I was exaggerating. it wasn't drastic it was slow but sure. I got my eyes stuck on a question from a lady named Nur hayati

She asked 
" Bagaimana membuat cerita itu hidup dan menarik pembaca untuk membaca hingga akhir ? "

Before I can even try to find the answer from my very limited brain capacity 

" Heeey , Not Good Phia " Brain snapped " haha sorry brain, your smart, I Know, God, Come on "
Came another question from the lady 

" Akhir cerita yang baik adalah yang menjawab konflik cerita. Berlaku juga untuk akhir yang menggantung. Agar disukai pembaca bisa dibuat menggantung atau Plot twist" 

"Brilliant question girl.!" brain exclaimed

What happened next was shocking, Bu Helwiyah, the lady I came to have interest in lately. asked another question, yes questions. Pak Sudomo had not even answered the first one, she asked two questions. 

" Go Girl ! " with that girly high tone and hand raised style, brain imposed
Bu Helwiyah asked 

" bagaimana aaturan tanda baca pada cerita fiksi ?'
" kapan harus menggunakan tanda kutip atau tidak pada dialog "

 Two boosting questions. Again I processed the ans wer myself, Pak Sudomo might have a little problem with the reception that time, since he had not answered the questions give. I believe it will be given pretty soon. 

And as time flies, the knowledge stays in me. Brain-Body and Soul are now working together to start a new day in the writing country, where people writes all their stories in beautiful sentences and published books with entertaining line. 

I let myself zoned into the ideas of " what's next fiction I should Write", sleepless in the comfy of mind-blowing passion to start a new life with new goals. to become a famous writer of both fiction and Non-fictions articles and best seller books. See you in publishing books people. Brain signed out







Note
I wrote this resume in a fiction style. Most Conversations are between me and Myself brain. Enjoy Guys. Hope you like it




















Friday, August 06, 2021

INFILTRATE THE WAY TO MAJOR PUBLISHER

Resume      : 12th ( Ke-12)
Date             : Friday, August 6th
Speaker     : Joko Irawan Mumpuni
Moderator : Mr.Bams
Topic             : "Menjadi Penulis Buku Mayor"



Push Yourself to Do Great Things, Every great people was also pushed either by circumstances or themselves before
Ms.Phia



    12th Meeting, with extraordinary people. I almost got a bug on my mind today, a Writer's block Bug. I was about to skip today's class due to the hectic day today. I barely even finish a sentence moreover an article. I felt too tired to even joined the class. But I changed my mind hehe

    Today's Moderator was Mr.Bams, as he closed the group for the class to start. I Opened my laptop lazily and drag my hands to type more sentences than I can even think of. Gladly the class had not started yet, I replied to some messages from Whatsapp, sorry for my late responses today, mina san. it was just another over the clouds job this Friday.

    As the moderator started to greet all the participants, I put my eyes closer to every screen, so that I can focus on it better. Mr Bams Introduced out speaker today, he was Bapak Joko Irawan Mumpuni. Bapak Joko called Om Joko by Mr Bams is a Director of a publishing company. Mr Bams open the class with spiritful sentences: 

1. Enjoy the class, Smile for your immune
2. Prepare questions
3. Enthusiastically enjoy the explanation.

    Here's to our speaker complete Curriculum Vitae and resume I took from his Linkedin Profile, click on the link below to get to him better.
https://id.linkedin.com/in/joko-irawan-mumpuni-690541117  He has been managing a publishing company for over 20 years and still actively joined in Indonesian Publisher association ha made him spiritful to discuss it.

    His first explanation was about the most common and mostly asked question in his history of presenting a topic. What are the differences between major and Minor /indie publisher? add off course the answer as we all have learned from several meetings ago. Yes, the major publishers published more books in a year compared to minor or indie one.

     Due to the long process of publishing at the major and minor publishers now, we can find writers who published their own books at their own cost at an Indie publisher. However, still it will be a great pride for writers if they can have a book published by a major publisher, due to its long process and high cost to deal.

    There are two types of manuscripts that major publishers like Andi Offset accepted and will surely be sold out in the target market. They are ; 

👉 TEXT  - means Textbooks or school subjects books
👉 NON TEXT -Meanwhile, non-text books are the opposite and tend to be called popular books because their content is anything that is popular and needed by the community.


Photo from WAG Belajar Menulis

    His explanation moved on to the publishing industries, I could not agree more, the explanation that shows why publishing is also an industry here is some explanation I took from a website, to make it clearer about it. Here is the link to browse for more explanation 

The publishing industry has been toying with the idea of not just selling, but also publishing books through the Internet. The logic is straightforward: Readers can purchase a copy of the book on a real-time basis and at the same time publishers can benefit from the reduced production and distribution costs. This translates to a combination of lower prices and higher profit margins within these markets. The publishing industry can also better afford to electronically publish very specialized short print run titles that would not justify the expense of conventional printing.

    The scoring system in the publishing company will be the measurement to which a book is published. He showed the graphic from google Trends that shows the popular book topic. Here are some aspects that will also be determined whether the book will be published or not 
  • Popular Topic & Popular Writer
  • Not Popular Topic & Popular writer
  • Not Popular Topic & Not Popular Writer
  • Popular Topic & Not Popular Writer
    Pak Joko emphasized and enhancing his the fact that there are many topics that used to be popular and dead since Corona's outburst. there are so many new popular topics to write too after the corona and pandemic, he showed 100 popular topics and trending one with a picture


Photo : WAG Belajar Menulis

Photo : WAG Belajar Menulis

    Since the explanation was so clear with facts and supporting pictures, Bapak Joko Irawan also informed that The publisher will determine the high circulation if the book is considered to have a wide market and long life cycle. A long life cycle means that the book will remain relevant in the future for a long time.


Photo : WAG Belajar Menulis



    But does a writer who has succeeded only get pride? Not a writer who is successful at least will get all of this. Not only inner satisfaction is obtained but also reputation, a better career and of course money. He then asked the participants ARE YOU AN IDEALIS WRITER or INDUSTRIALIST WRITER?

    Idealist writer means you write not for money, and industrialist means you write only for money, or are you both? between the two types of writers, you are maybe a writer who writes for fun also to get money. 

On the Q& A Session, I caught some questions that boost the evening class spirit

Question 1 :
Saya Dail

Dari serang

P: utk bisa diterima diterbitkan di penerbit mayor apa saja yg jd kriteria utamanya

Apakah penulis junior seperti kami bisa menjadi penulis di penerbit mayor. 

Tulisan selain korona apa yg saat ini dicari publik

Answer 1
Kreteria utama naskah bisa diterima adalah jika menurut penerbit naskah itu jika nantinya diterbitkan berupa buku akan banyak pembelinya, karena buku itu sedang banyak dibutuhkan masyarakat. Jadi coba renungkan sekarang kita sedang butuh buku yg seperti apa? lalu kita tanyakan kepada teman2 kita, ternyata juga butuh buku yang sama, misal PETUNJUK ISOLASI MANDIRI baik UNTUK POSITIF COVID maupun KELUARGANYA.

Question 2
 Pertanyaan:
Nama           : Ali Mustofa
Alamat         :  Sragen
Gelombang : 19
Ditinjau dari kepopuleran penulis pemula belumlah popular, dari ilmu juga belum seberapa, namun bila temanya popular berpeluang pasar apakah penerbit mayor menerimanya

Answer 2 :
 Yes bagi para pemula disarankan untuk menulis buku-buku dengan tema2 yang sedang ngtrend. Tulislah teroboslah penerbit mayor dengan setidaknya 5 judul buku2 anda yg best seller. Bila itu terjadi maka sekarang andalah yng dikejar kejar penerbit mayor agar mau menerbitkan naskah melaui penerbitnya.. keren kan..

    Wrapping up the extraordinary meeting today. Bapak Joko is a well-prepared person, he has not only prepared a detailed explanation but also amazed all participants with his sources. All in all, experience teaches better. No matter how well your knowledge and how good your writings are, it is not a good thing will not bring pride until you can infiltrate your own way to Major Publisher and let the world knew that you are writing history in every reader's mind. 

    So, start today, push yourself to do better, as I am A Muslim my parents used to tell me that you need to force yourself in doing good deeds, even for ibadah you need to force it. Let it stay in your heart, to show that you were forced to do good things and now you can share good things with others.

    Here's a video of the class today shared in pictures. I add a little music to relax the mind . Have a pleasant weekend



    When you are determined with your goal to become a famous writer, a major publisher is a good deal in your future.