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INDONESIAN NOVEL WORTH A PEEK:
https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tFP1zc0NC6uyCsxMzVg9OLMTcxTKMlMTy0CAF2jB6Q&q=man+tiger&oq=mantiger&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j46l2j0l4.7875j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 

https://archive.org/details/iknowwhycagedbi000maya/page/n7/mode/2up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_a_Death_Foretold

http://sallehbenjoned.blogspot.com/ 


a) Taylor and Francis online has some useful journal articles that are free to access: https://www.tandfonline.com/
b) Some researchers upload pre-prints of their journal articles to their university webpages and ResearchGate. You may use ResearchGate for now, but you should rely on NUSearch when the IT system is back up and running.
c) Google books provide book extracts: this is not ideal, but you can often get substantial access to some books.
d) (you may download books from www.b-ok.org) This is only until the IT system is back up and running.
e) Do ask your module conveners if they have pdfs of journal articles they can share with you.



SETTING is important to set the scene. You must have shared knowledge first in order to make the audience relate.

Leapfrogging between scenes n flashbacks need to hv proper trigger (what starts the bg) and frame (what structure that stays consistent).


FUNCTION of imagery and metaphors shouldn't derail the reader from the story. exercise lines that work by writing more.

Also, don't hold back from main theme. If it is about racism, talk about racism.
Show, not tell. Describe and evoke, but never really outright.

A place that intrigues me now/

Rain from inside and outside the car in the city.

Don't be vague, fresh perspectives and cut it fittingly so that every part of the characters work. Conflict must be very clear. Understand and write the conflict without confusion, don't involve things that are outside of what your'e gonna write. That would clarify and simplify the story.
Use the element of time well. Do not confuse the reader with timeline and transitions. Properly use the markers of time.

      Who am I?

2.         What do I want?

3.         Why am I stuck?

4.        Who do I love/hate?

5.         What do I love/hate?

6.        What/who makes me angry?

7.         What/who makes me happy?

8.        Why do I run away?

9.        What is my secret bliss?

10.   What/who do I believe in?

11.      Where do I want to be right now?

12.    What do I love/hate about myself?

13.     What/who do I respect?

14.    What is my weakest flaw?

15.     What is my strength?

 

      

      Exercise # 2

16.    I remember…

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