retaso

idi nagukuagak, nagbukibokak manen kadagiti warak a pappapel (read: daan a files, lebben a magasin, pagiwarnak, manuskrito, resibo, etc.), nakitak dagiti nutbok, lapgis a binulong ti nutbok, pirgis ti padpaper, ray-ab ti no ania a poster wenno polieto ti kandidato, etc. a nagikurkur-itak idi kadagiti story ideak, sinopsis, balabala, outline, plano dagiti sursuratek a sarita (ken novela, adda pay), ken sumagmamano a first drafts (a naisurat iti ima; isuratko no kua nga umuna iti ima dagiti sarita ken daniwko sakonto imakinilia wenno ikompiuter para iti second, third, fourth wenno ad-adu pay a draft) dagiti published a sinuratko. no manon a tawen a nakalebben dagitoy, iduldulinko. diak ammo ta diak kayat nga ibelleng dagitoy ta napategda la unay kaniak. naipablaak ti dadduman kadagitoy. ngem kaaduanna ti nareject. ken di pay nasurat wenno naidalus. wenno naituloy. wenno naileppas. isu nga indulinko ida, iduldulinko latta ida. ta amangan, kunkunak, no magagetakto a mangituloy. ta amangan no maaramatkonto pay ida.

diak ammo no siak lang ti kastoy wenno agkaskastoy. patiek a kastoyak kas maysa a mannurat. patiek met a saan la ngata a siak ti adda ugalina a kastoy. nalabit ket habit ti maysa a mannurat ti kastoy.

wen, ta uray ni dr. godofredo s. reyes, kinunana (iti interbiu kenkuana ti yloco journal idi 2000) "... no agsuratka iti uray ania man, uray madi, idulinmo latta. then go over it one time..."

inyadbaysna pay, kadagiti mannurat: "...no adda kayatda nga isurat, isuratda latta. uray no scratch paper, saanda koma nga ibelleng. idulinda. addanto kanito a masapulda dagitoy..."

pudno. kaniak a biang, manipud pay ubingak nga ammokon ti agsurat ken agbasa, ken idi agsuratsuratakon iti komkomiks ken sarsaritak, kur-itak a kur-it kadagiti nutbok ken padpaper ken liklikud ti nausar a kuponban wenno nagpason a kalkalendario. nalabit habit a talaga ti maysa a mannurat daytoy. uray ita, adda nutbokko, dua, maysa a dakkel ken maysa a bassit a mabalin nga ibulsa, pagikurkur-itak kadagiti idea, balikas, nagan ti tao wenno lugar, paspasamak. linia ti maysa a daniw, parapo ti maysa a sarita wenno salaysay, titulo ti maysa a daniw wenno sarita, outline ti maysa a sarita, etc.

"then go over it one time," palagip ni dr. reyes, kadagiti retaso ti kur-it. wen, ket isu nga innalak, inruarko manen dagiti lebbenko a retaso ket palpalabsak ken ad-adalek ida itatta ta panggepko nga ituloy dagiti pangtedko a sarita (ken novela pay, adda). bareng no adda mabukelko. bareng no adda malpasko.

adtoy man ti maysa a retaso (baba) a nakaikur-itan ti maysa nga ideak idi iti sf a sarita iti komix (iklik ti imahen para iti dakdakkel a buya). masdaawkayo ngata no apay a tagalog? saan a gapu ta tagalog ti komix magasin a panggepko idi a pagipatulodan. ngem nasanayak ngamin a tagalog ti us-usarek no agsuratak iti idea, sinopsis, wenno outline. english pay ketdi a ti adu! no apay, ngamin, para kaniak kasla mas komportableak nga agikur-it iti idea ken outline no tagalog wenno english. lalo no english gapu ta ababbaba laeng dagiti words/sentences. uray carabao english lang no kua basta maawatak (siak lang met ti makabasbasa, a, ketdi kadagiti bukodko a kur-it).

adtoy pay ti maysa (baba), sf manen. kitaenyo met, a, ti kinakorni daytoy nga idea. didak mapabasol. kitaenyo man ti petsa ti pannakaikur-itna dayta. 15 junio 1986. wen, 1986? kalkalpas la ti umuna nga edsa revolusion. mano tawenko idi? pugtuanyo, a.

sf-sf, sf manen. wen, sf (science fiction) latta. ammoyo, interesadoak la unay metten iti sf ita. isu a pasensiakayon. addada ngamin manen bukbuklek a sarita kada nobela iti komix nga sf. bareng no maiwakasko idan. isu nga adtoy, related latta pay iti sf dagitoy ipanpanablaagko.

ngem agsublitayo iti daytoy topikotayo iti retaso...

ammoyo kadi nga uray ni isaac asimov (1920-1992), maysa kadagiti kalaingan ken kalatakan nga sf writer iti sangalubongan (actually, talloda kano iti henerasionda, kadua ni asimov da arthur clarke ken robert heinlein, isuda ti big 3 iti sf iti siglo 20), ket nagar-aramat met iti retaso. ita a subsubliak manen nga ukagen ti foundation series ni asimov, nabasak manen (iti introductionna iti libro) ti panangestoriana no kasano a sinurat ken nasuratna ti foundation trilogy ("foundation," "foundation and empire," ken "second foundation") idi 1941 agingga iti 1950. ken dagiti simmaruno a foundation novels, nangruna ti maikapat a nobelana iti serye, ti "foundation's edge," a nasuratna iti tulong ti retaso.

wen, manen, retaso.

adtoy man ti panangestoria ni asimov (emphasis mine):

... readers couldn't help but notice that the books of the Foundation series covered only three hundred-plus years of the thousand-year hiatus between Empires. That meant the Foundation series "wasn't finished." I got innumerable letters from readers who asked me to finish it, from others who demanded I finish it, and still others who threatened dire vengeance if I didn't finish it. Worse yet, various editors at Doubleday over the years have pointed out that it might be wise to finish it. xxx It was flattering, of course, but irritating as well. Years had passed, then decades. Back in the 1940s, I had been in a Foundation-writing mood. Now I wasn't. Starting in the late 1950s, I had been in a more and more nonfiction-writing mood. xxx ...in 1973, I began another Foundation novel out of sheer desperation. I called it "Lightning Rod" and managed to write fourteen pages before other tasks called me away. The fourteen pages were put away and additional years passed.... xxx ...In January 1981, Doubleday apparently lost its temper. At least, Hugh O'Neill, then my editor there, said, "Betty Prashker wants to see you," and marched me into her office. She was then one of the senior editors, and a sweet and gentle person. She wasted no time. "Isaac," she said, "you are going to write a novel for us and you are going to sign a contract to that effect... xxx ...Nearly four months passed while I took care of a vast number of things I had to do, but about the end of May, I picked up my own copy of The Foundation Trilogy and began reading. I had to. For one thing, I hadn't read the Trilogy in thirty years and while I remembered the general plot, I did not remember the details. Besides, before beginning a new Foundation novel I had to immerse myself in the style and atmosphere of the series... xxx ...on June 10, 1981, I dug out the fourteen pages I had written more than eight years before and reread them. They sounded good to me. I didn't remember where I had been headed back then, but I had worked out what seemed to me to be a good ending now, and, starting page 15 on that day, I proceeded to work toward the new ending... xxx ...The novel progressed steadily, and on January 17, 1982, I began final copy. I brought the manuscript to Hugh O'Neill in batches, and the poor fellow went half-crazy since he insisted on reading it in this broken fashion. On March 25, 1982, I brought in the last bit...

isu daytoy ti maikapat a foundation novel, ti "foundation's edge" a naipablaak idi october 1982. novela a naggapu iti 14-page a manuskrito a nailebben iti walo a tawen. pagsaritaantayto kadagiti sumaruno a panablaag dayta foundation series ni asimov (kasta met dadduma pay nga obrana, kas iti robot series ken empire series). makuna a pioneering work ti foundation trilogy ni asimov. inimpluensiaanna dagiti simmarsaruno a science fictionists ken sinurat/obra nga sf. uray ti nakalatlatak nga star wars ni george lucas, mautang kadagiti idea ni asimov. dagidiay hyperspace (fiksional a panagtravel a napegpegges ngem pardas ti lawag, a maikontra iti special relativity theory ni einstein), positronic brain, robotics, galactic empire, blaster gun, etc. kasta met ti nalatak a tallo a linteg ti robotics ket idea/invension ni asimov.

kabayatanna, rugianyon nga urnongen ken ilebben dagita retaso ti kur-ityo. diyo la ammo, amangan no kadagitanto a retaso ketdi ti pakainawan ti great ilokano novel.