Para mas makilala n'yo nang lubusan ang mga judges, naghanda kami ng apat na tanong na dapat nilang sagutin.
1. Tell one(1) significant thing about yourself.
2. Is there something specific you're looking for in a story?
3. What inspired you to be a writer?
4. Can you give some tips or advice to those who are planning to join?
*Kensi Phr MissClosetNo
1. I'm never contented with "pwede na" when I know that I can do better.
2. Yes, I want to see some real sense.
3. Nothing. Writing is my passion. I write because it's what comes naturally to me, like eating and breathing. I've been making up stories and writing ever since I can remember. Having those thoughts published is just icing on the cake.
4. Never assume that you know everything.
*Maria Kristelle Jimenez Binibining_K
1. One thing about myself? I am a DISCIPLINARIAN. I love to give criticisms, especially on English texts.
2. Well, my answer is negotiable. It depends upon the writer's genre, of course. I won't be expecting a tragic death to a melodrama story, right? So if the writer comply the necessary styles needed on the genre he/she wrote, then I'll give a good grade.
3. I write, and what makes me inspire on it are my thoughts and self-experience. I've already spend a decade of writing, and I have to admit, there's no one who could stop me doing such thing. Hahaha!
4. Advice? "Write for passion, not for fashion." It doesn't mean book publishing nowadays is considered as a piece of cake and a gateway to fame, you would take it for granted. You should still and forever still give in your intense passion on the said field. Writing is like dancing along the different rhythm. You could follow the beat of the music, or move your step forward and make your own beat. Still, its your own quo.
*John Dave Villalino Jandiieshin
1. I am gay. And I'm proud to be like this.
2. Ang una kong hinahanap sa isang istorya, ay ang writing style ng isang manunulat. Kung paano siya mag-narrate at gawing unique ang istoryang ginagawa n'ya. Technicalities, siyempre, papansinin ko ang isang 'to. Emotions, ito ay ang pinaka-hinahanap ko sa isang entry. Mas na-feel ko ang emotion, mas mataas ang score.
3. Mga experiences ito ang siyang inspiration ko sa pagsusulat. Ang mga pagkakataong halos magpakamatay na ako nang dahil sa sobrang depression. Pagsusulat, ito ang naging takbuhan ko. Isinusulat ko ang lahat ng nararamdaman ko. Lahat ng na-experience ko, masasaya, malulungkot at kung anu-ano pa.
4. Maglakad-lakad. Magmasid sa inyong pamayanan. Obserbahan ang kilos, pag-uugali at paniniwala nila. Makitungo sa mga ito. Pakinggan ang mga pananalita ng mga ito. At sa ganoong paraan, makakaisip ka ng character na puwede mong gawan ng story. Puwede mong mailapat ang mga ugali at paniniwala sa buhay ng mga taong nakasalamuha mo sa character na gagawan mo ng story.
Si Jerome Anchojas? Haha. Bukas na lang daw.
