《Sharing Materi with IWF》Membuat Prolog yang Menarik
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Materi: Membuat Prolog yang Menarik
Tanggal: 11/08/2017 hari Jumat
Pemateri: Lee
Notulen: Anaya
prolog adalah perangkat narasi yang digunakan dalam novel, drama dan bentuk-bentuk tulisan. Ini pada dasarnya adalah sebuah pembukaan yang memberikan rincian latar belakang dan setting cerita.
dari prolog berguna untuk menerangkan atau membeberkan situasi. Prolog disusun dengan tujuan untuk membangkitkan minat pembaca terhadap novel yang ditulis.
Jika suatu cerita dimulai dengan prolog, maka harus diakhiri dengan epilog.
Siapa di sini yang merasa membuat prolog itu sulit?
Membuat prolog itu susah-susah gampang. Prolog sangat sensitif sifatnya dan menjadi kunci awal keberhasilan sebuah cerita.
Tanggung jawab penulis
1. (siapa pun yang kamu tunjuk sebagai seseorang yang kamu anggap krusial untuk diletakkan di prolog), buatlah pembaca menyukai dia.
2. (Waktu dan tempat).
3. dari keseluruhan cerita.
Perlu kamu tahu bahwa membuat prolog bukan kewajiban penulis.
itu adalah kesempatan untuk memulai ceritamu dua kali dari dua poin yang berbeda. Tergantung bagaimana kamu mengolah.
Bagaimana kamu tahu kalau prologmu sukses?
Coba jawab tiga pertanyaan ini (dalam hati)
1. Perlukah kamu menulis prolog?
2. Apa yang dilakukan prologmu?
3. Apakah yang dilakukan prolog benar?
Setelah kamu memikirkan jawabannya, cocokkan dengan kunci jawaban berikut ini:
1. Lihatlah terhadap ceritamu. Beberapa cerita memerlukan prolog, beberapa cerita tidak memerlukannya. Semuanya tergantung pada apakah yang ada dalam paragraf pertama. Kalau paragraf pertama kamu tulis langsung ke dalam cerita, maka sepertinya kamu tidak memerlukan prolog.
2. yang ada dalam prolog. Tidak semua prolog menggunakan karakter utama sebagai fokusnya. Kadang prolog bahkan tidak memerlukan karakter. Dengan hanya memberikan sebuah adegan secara dramatis dari bencana yang nantinya membuat cerita berjalan, seharusnya itu juga sudah cukup menarik.
3. Bisa jadi prolog mencapai sepuluh halaman atau bahkan cuma setengah halaman. Tidak ada larangan untuk menulis prolog sepanjang mungkin.
4. Misal kamu menceritakan sebuah bencana beberapa tahun silam, maka kamu bisa menulis dengan gaya seperti buku sejarah.
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5. Prolog biasanya hanya berfokus pada satu hal, kejadian atau scene. Jangan sampai di tengah prolog, tiba-tiba kamu mengubah Point of View-mu.
Karena prolog ini adalah pintu gerbang dalam sebuah buku, maka ada beberapa peraturan yang harus kamu hindari:
1. Prolog sinopsis. Meski mereka menjelaskan bagaimana setting dan waktu novelmu secara general, menjelaskan seperti apa kronologis duniamu bekerja bukanlah hal yang menarik untuk dibahas di prolog.
2. Prolog juga tempat untuk show up. Membuat karakter menarik bisa dilakukan dengan banyak cara, tapi memperkenalkan diri ala diary dan memberikan keterangan apa saja kerennya karakter utamamu akan membuat pembaca langsung bosan dan lebih buruk lagi, berhenti membaca bukumu.
3. Hindari penulisan plot poin terlalu banyak. Tulislah cukup hal penting di prolog untuk membuat pembaca tertarik, namun jangan terlalu banyak. Ada beberapa hal yang lebih baik diungkap pelan-pelan daripada dibuka di prolog.
Nah, sekian
Pertanyaannya adalah
Prolog yang kamu buat menarik perhatian pembaca?
apakah ceritamu butuh prolog apa tidak. Jagan terlalu memaksakan diri untuk buat prolog.
Q1: Prolog anti-mainstream contohnya gimana?
A1: Prolog anti-mainstream? Tergantung ceritamu genre apa dan tentang apa. Bisa dimulai dengan ledakan di awal, konflik, atau tokoh antagonis yang berperan dalam prolog. Ciptakan akhir yang menggantung/bikin penasaran, sehingga pembaca bakal lanjut ke halaman berikutnya
Q2: Aku sering liat ada di novel sebuah cerita ada epilog tapi nggak ada prolog. Emang boleh ya begitu?
A2: Dasarnya, prolog kan sebuah pembukaan cerita, maka pasti ada penutup yg berisi akhir dari cerita, pesan2 moral, dsb. Prakteknya, sebuah cerita pasti membutuhkan epilog, karena tadi prolog bukanlah kewajiban penulis jadi tidak masalah sebuah cerita tanpa prolog tapi ada epilog.
Semoga materi yang dishare bermanfaat untuk para Fams yang membacanya.
Kritik dan saran kami terima dengan baik. Terima kasih 🙏
Bandung, 27 Agustus 2017.
Salam,
Anaya.
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