Hi, Az! For those of you who are too lazy to open up the link, "marginalia" here means scribbling up your book (underlining memorable quote, writing keywords in blank spaces, jotting important page numbers inside of back cover).
Answering your q, I GENERALLY don't do that. Except when I intend the book to be a media for me to learn. In most cases, I keep my hard-copy books pristine.
One such example (for me) is my Looking For Alaska.
Kalo di HP enggak, soalnya bikin mata sakit. Tapi di Kindle baca e-book kayak baca buku beneran, jadi ya nyaman-nyaman aja. But, as much as I'm comfortable with e-books, I still prefer hard copies.
Kak Kent, mau nanya, dulu sebelum berhasil publish buku dan masih dalam proses melatih skill nulisnya pernah merasa 'tulisan gue jelek' atau 'kayanya ini gak appealing' enggak? Kalau pernah, what do you do to throw that feeling away?
The first thing to do in art is to boost your standard; know what is good and what isn't. This is why you read books. Or why you attend painting exhibit if you paint. Or why you listen to a lot of great singers if you sing. In order to produce, you have to consume first. You have to be the harshest judge of yourself. If you think what you just wrote is bad, don't publish it.
So, answering your question: yes, yes, yes. If you go into my blog dashboard you'll see hundreds of posts I decided not to post because I think they're not good enough.
How do I throw that feeling away? I don't. Jangankan dulu, sekarang aja masih sering gitu kok. I still write crap every now and then; it's just that the frequency of my crap production has gone down (significantly, I would argue).
#TAG Sometimes you feel inferior to Steffi and/or Kirana's writing skill?
Sometimes? Try "most of the times." I am frothing with jealousy every time I see @katharania's description, or @steffiteo's wordplay. And I'm just sitting here, wishing I could copy their writing style. So yeah, ting tong.
Tet tot. Nih. Rumah Sakit Khusus Telinga Hidung Tenggorokan Proklamasi Jakarta Jl. Proklamasi No. 43, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10320 Telp: 021-3900002
#TAG Kent gampang tertarik susah suka susah move on
Hahaha ting tong banget ini, Je! Gampang tertarik, lebih gampang lagi ilfil. Kalo bagian move on-nya BIASANYA juga nggak susah-susah amat kok. (Anaknya emang detached banget perasaannya.)
TING TONG TING TONG TING TONG TING-FUCKING-TONG T I N G T O N G
Gue kan hari Jumat ini ke Surabaya. Kalo gue kalah Hunger Game, gue nggak mau balik Jakarta ah. Orang-orang Jakarta jahat-jahat; mau for good di Surabaya aja.
Tingtong! Kalo aku nggak bisa bayangin nikah sama kamu, aku nggak mungkin PDKT ke kamu. I just feel like it's a waste of time. (Makanya anaknya pilih-pilih akut.)
Pas lagi di US, ting tong. Tapi karena sekarang di Jakarta, tiap pagi pasti mandi. Nggak pernah nggak (kecuali lagi libur dan nggak pergi ke mana-mana). So, tet tot. (Kent nggak sejorok yang kalian bayangkan, gaes.)
Tet tot! Awal-awal emang gitu, tapi sekarang kalo nggak duduk diem di depan laptop gitu nggak dapet ide buat bikin FF. Jadi harus bener-bener duduk manis browsing nyari ide baru bisa nemu plot buat FF. :(
if u encounter a person/child who asks for money, what would u do?? we knew our government declared ilegal giving them money.. no needed to correct my grammar, you're always better than me :) just answer the question if you PLEASE koko
itu nama kamu antara huruf "Y" dan "U" kenapa pake dua spasi :(
no pic hoax. silakan kirim e-mail sekaligus mencantumkan foto wajah dan foto objek yang dipertanyakan ke e-mail yang tertera di bio saya. sekian dan terima kasih.
Hi, Kent! I just wanna say that your FF is incredible. Keep writing, and I hope your novel will finish as soon as possible. Good luck for your 'Belajar Bareng' project, and I hope you're doing fine!
I needed this. Thank you. I am actually feeling somewhat down without any apparent reason; testosterone swing I guess. (Fuck you, hormone.)
Kak Kent, tadi ada anon yg bilang rumahnya deket Lippo. Lippo Karawaci, right? yuk brgkt bareng ke Taman Menteng. gue pingin kesana tapi gue tipe-tipe orang yg nggak berani jalan sendirian. sekalian nyari temen baru ehehehehe
Hai kak! Walaupun ini bukan English Hour tapi boleh nanya ga, gimana penempatan '-ed' dan '-ing' dalam bentuk adjective? Bukan dalam bentuk verb ya kak, makasih :)
waini. dateng ke @belajarbareng aja hari Minggu ini di Taman Menteng jam 10 pagi. nanti ada yang ngajarin bahasa Inggris kok. yuk melipir ke akun @belajarbareng!
Kak, semalem km ada di mimpiku. Awalnya pas bangun tidur bingung sapa sih tadi yang dimimpi? Kaya pernah liat. Siang ini baru sadar setelah buka ask.fm Lah ini kan mas-mas yang dimimpiku semalem.. Tapi di alam mimpi Kak Kent lebih ganteng.
Ko aku mimpi ketemu kamu sama temenku, kamu orangnya easy going tapi pas aku kenalin ke temenku yang lebih cantik kamu malah lebih prefer buat cerita dan ngobrol sm temenku daripada aku. Jadi ilfeel sama Ko Kent dari mimpi itu. Tapi ndak begitu kan aslinya, Ko?
Ka, aku punya soal susah banget:(
Ka kent punya uang 50.000
Beli roti 20.000 sisa 30.000
Beli jus 15.000 sisa 15.000
Beli minum 9.000 sisa 6.000
Beli kue 6.000 sisa -
Total beli: 50.00 uangnya/sisa:51.000 ko bisa selisih 1000 ya ka??
karena pengeluaran dan uang sisa itu ga ada hubungannya.
Hi, Kent. I've just read your latest ff (too late, I know) (should I call it a short story?) and it becomes my fav among your other ffs! I feel that one is "unique", maybe because it's much longer than your usual, it's around 500 words I guess? Either way, keep on writing :) x
Maybe because it's long, I can describe things better there. My writing council said that my description is getting better and I couldn't be happier.