Workshop snippets: Novels-in-progress
Aaron Eckhart in Possession, Neil LaBute’s adaptation of A.S. Byatt’s marvelous literary mystery thriller. Critics tore into LaBute’s film for making changes to the book, notably turning the obscure English scholar into a ruggedly handsome American scholar. We love the movie, especially for its many scenes of Aaron Eckhart reading books and writing notes.
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Write Here, Write Now, our Practical Writing Workshop, had its second session last Saturday at the Ayala Museum. We looked at the work the participants have done so far. Here’s a sampler.
Ryan Rivera ponders the minutiae of daily life.
Noel Pascual’s protagonist has been making film transfers from U-Matic cassettes to DVD for so long, it’s messing with his thought processes.
Momel Tullao was going to write a collection of trenchant observations of urban daily life but we said, Momelia, your forte is kink. Do that.
A passage from Mike Co’s science-fiction novel in which Filipinos have achieved world domination.
Angus Miranda is writing a novel about family and the faithlessness of memory.
This is the first edition of Write Here, Write Now. The class was selected from a pool of applicants last year. Participants have to submit chapters every week. By March when the Workshop ends, the participants should be well on their way to finishing their books, which are due six months later.
The second edition of Write Here, Write Now will be announced mid-year.
In October we will conduct a writing workshop open to all interested participants (a fee will be charged), also at the Ayala Museum.
Write Here, Write Now is made possible by a grant from the Ayala Foundation, Inc.
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January 27th, 2014 at 13:02
Thank you for sharing :)
These are good – I want to read more of each.
And these, too, are a much needed nudge to get my head out of the clouds and put pen to paper. Never mind the handwriting.
January 28th, 2014 at 01:18
Naibigan ko rin ang pelikulang iyan. Bagay kay Jennifer Ehle ang LaMotte role. Bagay sa kanya ang mga period films, kahit malimit ay nasasabing siya’y mume-Meryl Streep. Isa pang naibigan kong pagganap ni Jennifer Ehle ay sa Sunshine nila ni Ralph Fiennes.
Kaabang-abang ang mga akda ng mga kasali sa palihan. May isa akong higit na inaabangan. Hindi ko na muna babanggitin kung alin sa mga nasa itaas. Baka mausog.