Storywriting 101: Design Your Own Story Writing Course Taught By a Five-Time Palanca Awardee

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Still haven’t finished written that novel, short story, or movie? Learn a concrete method for writing stories from five-time Palanca Award-winning writer, Dr. Joem Antonio, in Storywriting 101: Stories by Design. This 12-hour workshop will be held on three Saturdays (February 8, 15 and 22, 2014) from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at U-View in Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street.

Storywriting 101 is not your typical writing workshop where participants read out their work to be critiqued. This course will give you a clear method on how to bring a story concept to life; you’ll learn how to create characters, set up a plot, make events vivid in the minds of your readers, and rewrite for polish.

Here’s what past students had to say:

"I like how the planning stage in writing was discussed. Most aspiring writers (like me) always have a problem with organizing ideas, which should be the foundation of every story." - Mel

"It was very refreshing and enlightening because it addressed the common faults of writers by giving tips and lessons in a fun way. All in all it was like work and fun at the same time." - Pat

ASUS Announces Availability of Transformer Pad TF701 and the Transformer Book Trio 'Three-in-One' Ultraportable

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ASUS today announced the availability of two new devices, thehigh-performance ASUS Transformer Pad and the unique Ultraportable Transformer Book Trio with a keyboard dock that can also be used as a self-contained Windows 8 desktop PC.

ASUS Transformer Pad TF701T

The new ASUS Transformer Pad is perfect for on-the-go entertainment, thanks to a durable metallic design that’s just 8.9mm thick and weighs 585g. A high-quality speaker with ASUS SonicMaster audio technology gives loud, clear sound for music, movies and games, while the 17-hour battery life when docked means the new ASUS Transformer Pad lasts for two full working days between charges.

The tablet for vivid 2560 x 1600 entertainment

The new ASUS Transformer Pad features a 10.1-inch high-performance IGZO-TFT display with reduced energy consumption and a very wide color gamut. The 2560 x 1600 WQXGA resolution gives an extraordinarily sharp image, while IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology ensures accurate color reproduction, wide 178-degree viewing angles and excellent daylight visibility.

Floy Quintos’ Ang Nawalang Kapatid Closes DUP’s 38th Season

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A musical adaptation of India’s greatest epic closes Dulaang UP’s 38th season. Ang Nawalang Kapatid, adapted from The Mahabharata by acclaimed playwright Floy Quintos, with original score by Ceejay Javier, directed and choreographed by Dexter M. Santos, is a re-telling of the epic battle between the Kaurava and Pandava families. The story focuses on the anti-hero Karna, a brave young man who must choose between loyalty to his family or to the state which made him a prince.

ANG NAWALANG KAPATID was originally written as a children’s play for the Ateneo Children’s Theater and was first produced for their 2011 season. This new version allows for many more of the complexities of the original material to be dramatized. New arrangements of the original songs were created by Ceejay  Javier, whose original works include “Isang Panaginip na Fili”, “Astig”, “Alex in Wonderland”,“Break Away Antigone”. He is best known as Musical Director for Atlantis Productions’ “Next ToNormal”, Disney's “The Little Mermaid”, “Carrie”, “Addams Family”. As expected, the new staging will showcase Dexter Santos’ flair for images and movement as seen in his previous works “Maxie the Musical”, “Collection”, “Orosman at Zafira”.

In adapting the Indian epic, Floy Quintos has chosen to highlight the story of family and blood ties, and the conflicts that these bring about. Karna, who in Indian literature is traditionally the anti-hero, is now a young man searching for his dharma, his truth and destiny, while unaware of his true blood ties. The young and energetic cast is made up of the Dulaang UP Ensemble, with a live band. Krina Cayabyab is vocal director.