April
15
Liveblog: Dean Alfar’s Workshop
Author: admin Category: From the FellowsOnce more from Kael Co’s blog:
“1:02: Done with lunch, back from a short walk to buy cigs. Hinihingal ako. Alfar’s work-in-progress workshop starts at 1:30 pm, but I’m not sure if it’d be appropriate to liveblog about it, since you guys haven’t yet read the text. I’ll maybe keep this sparse, just keep an eye (ear) out for interesting soundbites. Rakenrol. (Oh, and naligo na ako.)…
“…1:34: New lesson learned: May convention pala sa fantasy, a sort of map for the narrative, which goes, Separation, Initiation, Return. Cool, when taken in relation to the structure of pre-colonial epics, ‘no? Anyway, Alfar says he’ll diverge from it. I’m really apprehensive about giving out spoilers here, so bear with me, bok. At least may sense of suspense kayo sa paglabas ng nobelang ito, a…“…1:50: Sir Butch’s practice: go out of his way to find as nondescript a name as possible. Para ‘yung character maaalala lang because of, well, the way he was characterized. This in context of realist fiction: symbolic, charged names are “unearned mileage.”"
Read the rest of his blog post here.
