Karya penulis agung seperti Shakespeare dan Rumi malar segar berkurun-kurun lamanya kerana ia berjaya mengabadikan citra manusia. Penulisan mereka menghubungkan manusia kepada alam semula jadi, rohani dan kebendaan yang kekal relevan melintasi batas masa dan ruang.
Dalam bengkel kendalian penyair, cerpenis dan penulis novel dwibahasa dari Malaysia, Dr Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, peserta akan dikenalkan kepada kaedah penulisan cerpen bersandarkan teras berikut: jalan cerita, tema, tempat, watak, dialog, sudut pandangan dan konflik. Peserta juga akan dilatih menjadi penulis pencetus inspirasi yang berupaya menggalak orang keliling supaya saling berhati baik, menaruh harapan dan bersikap positif. Seusainya bengkel ini, peserta dijangka boleh menulis cerpen yang siap diterbitkan.
Program ini dikendalikan dalam bahasa Melayu dan disokong oleh Program Penulisan Kreatif Asia, sebuah kerjasama inisiatif oleh Majlis Seni Kebangsaan Singapura dan Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan di Universiti Teknologi Nanyang.
The work of writers, like Shakespeare and Rumi, endures for centuries because they write of the human condition. Their writings connect them to nature, spirituality, as well as the pains and joys of the material world which we can relate to across all of time and space.
In this workshop run by Dr Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, a Malaysian bilingual poet, short-story writer and novelist, participants will be taught techniques in the following basic elements of short-story writing: plot, theme, setting, character, dialogue, points of view and conflict. Participants will be trained to be writer-inspirers that can make this world a better place by inspiring others to be kind, hopeful and positive. After this workshop, participants should be able to write a short story that they can ready for publication.
This programme is in Malay and is co-presented with the Singapore Writers Festival.
Programme Details:
Date: 10 Nov 2024, Sunday
Time: 11.30am to 1.30pm (2 hrs)
Venue: Blue Room @ The Arts House
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About Nor Faridah
A retired professor of English and bilingual creative writer, Nor Faridah has received Malaysian national writing awards and has been featured in Asiapac creative writing collections. Her work, which spans poetry, fiction, and essays, has been published in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Iran, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore.
Nor Faridah is an ACWP Visiting Writer for the ACWP Practitioners Conference.