write for eye & ear

write for eye,write for ear

Brahmanto Anindito

SAM Design

World has been changing ….

1. Publications and publishers accept e-submissions.

2. Writers have to brand, market and promotethemselves.

3. Personal webs make it easier to develop an audience.

4. Print media have to adjust to the internet.5. Publications and broadcasters are relying more

on freelancers.6. More online tools to help writers research.7. Social media offers easy ways to network

professionally.8. Companies count on great content to attract

new customers and sell products.

Company Production

House

Media Et Cetera

Who pays the writer?

Eye (text)

Ear

Eye & ear

Eye (pictorial)

How to write for eye

Make it concise.

Use variation, repetition is boring.

Proper sentence for narration, realistic sentence for dialog.

Must flow smoothly. Use cliff hangers.

1. Publish on your own blog (Google AdSense, paid review, advertisement, etc.)

2. Self publish, sell it yourself.

3. Self publish, sell it in Lulu.com, Spotbit.com, Amazon.com, etc.

But, nobody wants to publish my work!

So, it’s not “is there any publisher suits my work”?

It’s … “do you have any work”?

Document Cover CONVERT

How to make an e-book

Cover Option Files Design Review

How to publish in Lulu

Writing Competitions

Indonesia

• Dewan Kesenian Jakarta (Indonesia)

• Dkj.or.id

France

• Prix de Jeune Ecrivain (Francophonie)

• Pjef.net

US

• Writer’s Digest Annual Competition (Int’l)

• Writersdigest.com/competitions

Else

• Many more

• Google.com

How to write for ear

Transform messages into words that can be heard.

Use simple & easy words.

Make the dialog convincingly.

Explain situation and person in detail.

READ : www.warungfiksi.net/fastest-way-to-write-a-realistic-dialogue

Story & script by Brahmanto Anindito, executed by SAM Design

How to write for eye and ear

Transform messages into words that can be seen.

Use simple & easy words.

Make the dialog convincingly.

Explain situation and person in detail.

Moment

Rating

Brainstorm

Watch the trend outside

Trend Predicting

Triangle System

READ : www.warungfiksi.net/sebelum-menekuni-jalur-film

logline

theme

genre duration

viewer

synopsis location

format

Characters

Program Design for producer

Story & script by Brahmanto Anindito, executed by G Production

Is not exact

Many Interpretations

Many subgenres

Many hybrids

genre = category of artistic works

Action? Sci-fi?

Fantasy? Adventure?

However, genre is still worth to learn

It helps us understand the general concept of a story, including its logic

ACTION

Designed to excite us with physical performance.

The characters involve in physical stunts, chases, nonstop motion, adventures.

DRAMA

Designed to portray realistic characters and life situations.

It could be about family, romantic, biographic.

FANTASY

Designed to take us to netherworld where things run differently from the real life.

It may include science fiction, magic, myth, surrealism, witch world, wonder, and the extraordinary.

COMEDY

Designed to provoke laughter by exaggerating the situation, language, action, and characters.

It could be slapstick, parodies, screwball.

HORROR

Designed to frighten and invoke our hidden worst fear.

It may deals with ghosts, aliens, monsters, cannibal tribes, and so on.

THRILLER / SUSPENSE

Design to thrill us. You’ll find intense

excitement, a high level of anticipation, anxiety, etc.

READ: warungfiksi.net/beda-thriller-dan-misteri-dalam-5w-1h

MYSTERY

Design to reveal the unsolved felony.

It’s all about whodunit, and sometimes whydunit too.

General Tips

• Blog

• Other media

• Specialist

• Not generalist

• Knowledge

• Imitate

• Consistency

• Passion

WRITE READ

REPUTATIONFOCUS

1. So what?

2. Oh yeah?

3. Huh?

1. First person

2. Third person subjective

3. Third person objective

Choice the point of view

Answer this cynicism

Who’s person in charge?

Ask criteria of wished work

Knowing the trend

Finish the work

Packaging

freelancing what to do

WarungFiksi.net1. List of Indonesian media and publishers2. List of Indonesian widescreen movies3. International writer’s market (they who accept online

submission).

WritersDigest.com1. Useful articles about writing2. Forum.3. Brain games (it’s fun!)

RumahDunia.net1. Useful articles about TV and novel writing2. Writing as charity.

Resources

THANK YOU!

Slide & presentationBRAHMANTO ANINDITObrahm@warungfiksi.net

Picture sourcesSXC.hu & Raul Cruz (on cover)

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