Twelve Makabuluhan-kuno Writing Tips (Baguhan Edition)

Nine mostly pet peeves

pet peeves - something that a particular person finds especially annoying. (c) google. In this case, the particular person / people are the readers who've read lots of books / stories online esp. in Wattpad. 

When VS / Meets / Turns To | Verb-ing Name

Isang misteryo ang dahilan ng paglaganap (as in laganap talaga!) ng mga title na may vs. at meets na minsan ay may when sa unahan. Mayroon ding mga transformations na someone turns to someone pati na ang verb-ing (insert magandang name here).

Question: Bakit?

Okayyy, fine. May sense naman. Okayy, kasi plot. Okay, kasi mas maiintindihan. But have you seen the Wattpad hot list thing? Hundreds of stories with titles na halos magkakaparehas.

Teen Fiction: Nerd. Campus Princess / Prince.

General Fiction: Wife. Billionaire. CEO.

I knooow, IN kasi. Pero ilan na ba ang nabasa nating title (no particular story in mind) na When Nerd Meets Bad Boy, When Princess VS. Prince, or When Nerd Turns To Queen. . .campus. Never forget the word campus. Mayroon pang I'm the Ex-Wife Secretary of the Casanova Billionaire CEO Sex Addict (Not sure kung mayroong ganyan pero. . .yeah. get ze point?)

The Verb-ing (insert magandang name here) is tolerable. Reforming the Bad Ass, Chasing Rayne Ganda, Breaking Sam Juan – but! But. But.

Let's think of other creative titles at iwasan na ang pagpapalaganap ng nerd, campus princess / prince, wife, ceo, at billionaire na may same context.

Use the words and terms, but with different context. Gasgas na ang pinagsama-samang campus, princess, prince at nerd. Instead, we can use: Bad Boy Nerd (oohh, that's something new. . .right?)

Instead of Breaking Sam Juan, why not Broken Sam. Instead of He's my Ex-Husband Billionaire, why not: Ex-Husband Billionaire, or just Ex.

Instead of Campus nerd turns to Campus Sosyalista, why not: Cinderella Nerd, Campus Cinderella o something na related sa plot? Hindi 'yung sinasabi agad ang kabuuang plot, na siguradong may love story at makakatuluyan ang pinakapoging lalaki sa kwento?

Instead of When the Princess Virgin Pa-kyut Nerd Meets the Playboy Casanova Womanizer Rich Sex Addict Bad Boy, gawin na lang: Nagparaya (hehehehe)

Itinerary of characters

POINT A: Tanggap na sa trabaho

' Buy clothes
' Talk with friends
' Uwi
' Nood TV / Internet
' Set alarm clock
' Sleep
' Wake up
' Take a bath
' Bihis at prepare
' Cook breakfast
' Pakainin ang alagang aso
' Fix bag and things
' Toothbrush
' Lakad papuntang kanto
' Bus commute
' Listen to music while on the ride
' Get down at that place
' Go inside building A
' Check in with new ID
' Ride the elevator
'Knock on boss' office door
' Open door

POINT B: See boss kissing someone inside office

Imagine every bullet in sentence form. No characterization. No details. Just itinerary / to do list. Jusq.

The horror.

Wala tayong nakuhang kahit ano kung hindi isang to-do list ng isang normal na tao. Kung tutuusin nga, para itong to-do list ng LAHAT ng tao. Walang specific.

Let's somewhat fix it:

( Point A ) "You're hired. See you tomorrow, Ms. Hererra."