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| Sharpening Writing Skills and Launching APIMU (Photo: Taufik PR) |
Agus Mulyadi, an active writer, tells a unique story during his career in writing. He conveyed this at the East Java Muhammadiyah Writers Gathering forum held by Majelis Pustaka, Informatika, dan Digitalisasi (MPID) Pimpinan Wilayah Muhammadiyah Jawa Timur (PWM Jatim) on March 2nd. The agenda also included the launch of Aliansi Penulis Muhammadiyah (APIMU) in East Java.
The well-known writer's presence sharpened and provided a lot of useful material for writers. Agus said that before being active and famous through his writing career, he had different jobs. Starting from an internet cafe attendant, photo editor, book writer, photographer, to a sharia stock influencer.
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He started to write actively on various social media platforms in 2013. According to him, being a writer is something he is very proud of. "Through writing, I can build self-branding and be known by many people from there," he said.
He said that writing helps him to organize his logical thinking, get used to developing arguments, and improve his language skills. There are many things that can be put into writing. Writing can be used as a medium for religious purposes, campaigning, or convincing someone of something.
A blogger named Agus added that writing requires imagination to create a piece of writing that can describe an event. Imagination helps a writer to narrate an event that occurs. "The main weapon of writing is imagination. Able to combine the distant context into a close context. The most important thing is to know how the common thread points," he explained.
Moreover, looking at an event from various perspectives is also a must-have for writers and content creators. There are always different points of view from experts. For example, in a soccer match, an expert says that there was a technical error when the ball entered the goal. But it could be different when a soccer enthusiast interprets the event.
For beginners, the basic concept of writing and creating content is consistency. Consistency in creating content aims to create your own branding in the eyes of the public. In addition, authenticity or characteristics are also required to keep our intended reader from switching to other content. "Make unique and distinctive content. Because good content is king, but unique content is queen," said Agus.
In order to make the writing easy to read, the writer can provide humor rhymes in the first and second paragraphs. Humorous rhymes are used to attract the reader's attention so they can see more of the content of our writing. In addition, writers can also add various dictionaries to support the content and make it unique to read.
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Good content must contain three things: First, the information should be new knowledge, relevant or have something in common with the reader, present emotions for the community, and provide solutions to problems that occur. Moreover, the writer must also have various points of view when seeing an event in creating writing content.
For this reason, writers, especially new writers, should continue to try and enjoy the process. An interesting piece of writing doesn't come in an instant but also requires practice and experience. Moreover, if you want to create writing content that can attract attention on social media, you need to know the characteristics of social media.
"Social media has unique characteristics. Sometimes netizens do not only like good and interesting things but also need entertainment," he concluded. (tri/wil/put)
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