Fiction Stories
by Ate Aki
"Write through your heart"
-Ate Aki
Why first person?
For me, the only way to make people believe that the emotions are real at parang nandoon mismo ang reader sa scene ay magsulat through First person using "Ako" instead of "siya" though some of my stories are also written as Third Person, mas gusto ko talaga ang First dahil doon ako nasanay.
Para sa akin, mas madali ang first POV because it was like writing through you own experience. Sometimes, using "First POV", the readers thought the background of the writer and iniisip nila na naranasan ng writer yun sa totoong buhay since mukha talagang makatotohanan ang First person but its a good thing because it means that the story is well delivered.
I found first person risky pero enjoyable naman ang pagsulat kasi marami kang naeexplore like feelings at emotion ng bida. Using first POV doesn't mean you are limited to your gender. Exploration is important. Ako, nag eexplore ako sa writing at both first POV and third POV really helps me sa kung paano ko maiintindihan ang isang story at kung paano ko yun isinusulat.
Story Weaver or Story Mechanic?
I'm more of a Story weaver than a story mechanic. Story weaver is the story made with emotions while Story mechanic is just made through creativity and imagination. Though, a lot of my stories are written as Story Mechanic, I prefer writing as Story because you don't to think of anything. You just have to write through your heart.
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Madalas kasi, ginagamit natin ang puso in terms of doing our passion that's why weaving a story is much better.
I'm a reader, not a writer
Whenever I'm reading a story (na hindi ko na magawa ngayon), I always put this rule on my mind: "I'm a reader, not a writer". Para sa akin kasi, ang pagbabasa ay pag lalagay mo ng "heart" sa binabasa mo, hindi yung tuwing lilipat ka sa isang chapter, hahanapin mo ang mali sa chapter na iyon o kaya naman, kapag nakakita ka ng typo ay mag cocomment ka na na pangit yung story.
Once I read a story, hindi ko tinitingnan ang background ng writer o ang "reads and votes" ng isang story. Basta na-caught nito ang atensyon ko, binabasa ko ito.
I don't believe din dun sa salitang "dapat sabihin mo ang mistake niya para matuto siya" why don't we revise it? why not say "Dapat sabihin mo ang strength niya para mas magfocus siya dun" though oo, may point yung ipapakita mo ang mistake pero madidiscourage kasi ang isang manunulat kapag ginagawa iyon. You cannot say "no", because, madidisappoint talaga sila at one point that's why kapag pinapakiusapan akong irate ang story o basahin ko iyon, hindi ko naieentertain, by the time, babasahin ko iyon at mapapansin ko ang story na iyon nang hindi sinasabi or isinasuggest sa akin iyon.