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Deped December 13, 2023 Moments with SMEA and LAC in a day .

It is a great priviledge to have with us today the Schools Division Superintendent of Escalante City Dr. Renato Ballesteros who shared his expertise to our learners in the camp.Daghang Salamat Sir Ren for the inputs.

Dir. Ramir B. Uytico, EdD, CESO IV, Regional Director, Region IV - Western Visayas (Storytelling)

Negros Island Region at its 1st Regional Schools' Press Conference 2016 ( A special Day for the Young Journalists of .Occidental and Oriental.

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17 Short Story Competitions to Enter Before the End of the Year Short story competitions from around the world for writers at all stages of their careers.

Deped-TA visited BNHS GAD Office

Writing Advice
1. If you already have an idea, then go with it.

You have this idea but you think it isn’t great enough or noble enough. Some beginner writers tend to dismiss or ignore ideas because they want something more…more noble, more intellectual, etc. They move on, find an idea that is more, and ends up writing something that feels strained and artificial. You need to consider the wealth of the material and the endless possibilities you can do with it, and you can access the greatest asset writers possess: uniqueness.

2. Train yourself to see the story potential in everything around you.

Watch the news, or read newspapers or magazines as they are often rich sources of material. You can go outside, too. Stay at a coffee shop or at a park and observe people–their movement and facial features, how they interact with those around them, etc. You can also write about past experiences. For example, think back to the events that were important to you, to the experiences you had when you were a teenager or a child. The chances are, if they were important for you, it would be relevant to a young reader.

3. Keep a scrapbook of interesting things.

In our Creative Writing class, we were required to create a novella for a final project. I was so excited that the ideas kept coming and I became too overwhelmed. End result: I forgot most of them. Frustrated, I went to my professor for advice and she gave me a brilliant idea: keep an ideabook. It’s basically a scrapbook of ideas. You can cut out interesting items from newspapers, or photographs of people and scenery that caught your eye. Ransom Riggs, the author of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, used photos as the framework of his novels (and truthfully, it was masterfully done). You could also include quotations from your favorite philosophers or favorite books and build a scenario from there.

4. Jot things down as they occur to you.

Ideas tend to come and go without warning. Hell, the idea of my main character’s current novel came to me while I was snorkeling in Boracay. Sometimes, ideas will come at 2AM or when you’re at the loo, or when you’re sitting in traffic. You make a mental note that you will write the idea down as soon as you get your hands on a notebook or a tablet. Chances are, you’re going to forget it. So, it is important to have a notebook wherever you go but if you find carrying one a nuisance, there are great writing/note-taking apps out there like Werdsmith and Editorial.

5. Keep a record of your dreams.

Some crazy yet brilliant ideas come from dreams. Sometimes I dream of scenarios in my stories. Most of them makes no sense; some do, and those of the latter, had given me plot twists, dialogues, and ideas that got me writing as if my life depended on it. If you are a vivid dreamer, keeping a dream journal would help not only your idea-tracking but also your writing.

6. Examine ideas to see if they will make a novel.

Now that you have a plethora of ideas, it is time to sort out the bad from the good. So how will you know if your story idea is any good? Try asking yourself these questions:

How excited am I by it?
If it is an idea-led story: do I care enough about the issues it deals with to stay with it for six months?
If it is a character-led story: do I have at least one vivid, compelling character?
What about subject matter? Some subjects sell, some are old news, but an idea alone won’t disqualify–or assure success for–a novel. At this stage, the person you should be thinking of is you. Does the story appeal to you? Does it excite you? If the story doesn’t excite you, do you think it will excite someone else?

7. Do your research

Whether you are writing an original story, a retelling, or fanfiction, you must always do your research. If your setting is unfamiliar to you, you need to know about the landscape, the weather, and the culture of that place. Painting a scenery with words, especially when you lack the knowledge about the place, will not be convincing. Same goes for writing characters. Let’s say your character is an ex-Special Forces soldier who lost his team in a reconnaissance mission. This character might be suffering from PTSD and/or survivor’s guilt. You cannot simply write what you know about his condition. You need to read about symptoms, about how the effects of trauma is different from one person to another, and about psychological effects and changes.

8. To get started, ask yourself what, how, when, who, and why. (See this post for greater detail)

You got to ask yourself these questions:

What sort of story do I want to write?
How do I start?
When does the story begin?
Who begins the story?
Why a novel, why this novel?
9. Don’t look for feedback in the early stages.

The creative process is private and fragile, and it might take one wrong word or one disheartening feedback to dissipate your excitement and kill of your passion. Feedback is essential, but there is still a lot of work to be done. It is still an idea–a draft, maybe–after all.

10. Establish a writing routine

The Muse is a capricious thing. You can’t exactly tell her what to do, or when to come and go. Sometimes you’ll write longer than you expected, sometimes far shorter. The only advice I can give you is to have discipline and to follow a routine. If you want to finish your novel in anything under a decade, you have to write even if you don’t feel like it. Set a target number of words or a goal of a certain number of hours, and stick to it. It takes a lot of practice (and frustration) but once you fall into a routine, it becomes easier.

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BNHS Junior High School Moving Up & Recognition Ceremony - March 31, 2016

BNHS Junior High School Moving Up - March 31, 2016

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