10 writers, 10 stories in our just-concluded Writing Boot Camp
The objective of Writing Boot Camp was to produce a story in the time between our two Saturday sessions. Last Saturday, the participants stood before the class one by one to read their first drafts. We got an intriguing range of stories, from fantasy epics to alternate histories, from the beginning of romance to the end of friendship, from the shenanigans of confidence tricksters to the inner worlds of small children. Good work, everyone!
Watch out for the Writing Boot Camp anthology featuring the complete and final versions of these stories.
Angel With A Stoma by Ramy Roxas. A surgeon finds his logical assumptions about life, sex and death challenged by a seriously ill patient.
The Confident Man by Kyo Mendoza. Hard work is all very well, but if you want your rewards quickly—like, right now—what you need is confidence.
Men, Not Boys by Jeffrey Resurreccion. In a violent, hedonistic society, a boy with a mission hopes to be chosen for a strongman’s harem.
Vivid Vengeance by Michael Bartolo. A secret agent wakes up from a coma in an alternate 1980s in which the Philippines is a socialist country.
Commuter by Rizza Estoconing. A call centre agent longs to escape her daily commute and live in the city. Is it worth it?
Anatomy of a Break-Up by Barny Rivera. One minute you’re giddy with happiness, the next minute you feel like a bag of trash hurled into an active volcano.
Boy by Philler Uy. We always assume that kids are making up things, but what if they’re not?
Harsh Tag by Rizalee Ibarra. When Zen logs onto Facebook she turns into Zena the Warrior Princess, obliterating dissenters with the strength of her political convictions. Then her online and real lives collide.
The Wrong of Being Right by Zack Lim. A teacher realizes that he could’ve changed the course of history, but is the past really past?
Ghost by Alexis Roxas. Is the blond boy sitting by himself in the woods a ghost, a figment of her imagination, or a time anomaly?
The next Writing Boot Camp will be held in February, 2017. For inquiries, or to commission a Writing Workshop for your group or office, email saffron.safin@gmail.com.
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Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
October 24th, 2016 at 08:16
The story summaries are very promising. Please keep us posted on the developments.
In other news, I couldn’t find myself a copy of F.H. Batacan’s “Smaller and Smaller Circles”. It is out of stock in 5 bookstores that I’ve visited. There is a market in the Philippines for quality fiction written by Filipinos after all.
October 24th, 2016 at 10:23
caltrask16: There are new stocks of Ichi’s book at Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street.
October 24th, 2016 at 13:57
Wow! Would love to read them all! Kaka-inspire :)
I have the UP-published version of Smaller and Smaller Circles, from years ago. I do want to get the new one, but not yet (as always, budget, long reading list, excuses, excuses). Do you know how different the versions are?
October 24th, 2016 at 14:43
UVDust: The US version is at least 100 pages longer and more atmospheric.