[PT] Gun of Deceit

Name: Nadia Syahida @Chaos Hackers
Class: LG2201A
Semester: 1
Title: Gun of Deceit
Word Count: 79
Category: Poem
Brief Summary: A poem about a person who commits serious crime and proudly gets away with it.


Twist the thought,
Feel this fire,
The purest lie I brought,
Is conjuring the corner.
Deceit fuels the heart,
Stupidity helps the breathing,
As I show the black of light,
The justice of life slowly shattering.
The bullet is mine,
But not the equality,
As I shot him with fury,
The lord of lies burns in me.
I am free! I am free!
And yet the freedom is my enemy.
The white truth defy,
As I am the sin.


EDITED BY: Maisarah binti Ahmad Kamil

Date of Announcement of Winners!

Hello, Scriptors!

It has been confirmed that the announcement of the winners for the Free Verse Poetry Contest will be on the 9th April 2012. Winners will then have until 15 April 2012 to collect their prizes. The Scriptors Committee are currently in the process of judging your entries.

Good luck!
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Scriptors Launching Competition: Judging

Good evening, dearest Scriptors!

Have you all taken up your pens and scribbled anything lately? If you have, we'd love to take a peek and read what you've written, as usual!

The new semester has started, and we hope that with it, more aspiring writers will rise from the mist and shine their light with us. In any case, it has not escaped our memory that Young Scriptors still has two competitions running. We thank all of you for your submissions, and to be on your toes as the committee will now be judging the entries received.

The date of the declaration of winners will be announced very soon. Keep your eyes peeled for more news from us!

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Writing Tips (Part 1)

Hello, Young Scriptors!

The night is cool, the stars are shining, and the new semester seems like it's arriving a bit too soon. It's been a while since we last updated, and I think we might as well share a few writing tips. There are a lot of potential writers out there (especially among language students like us), but from time to time, we need to take some tips from others. So what better way is there than to share our experiences?

For now, there are five writing tips that I would like to share. Of course, different writers work in different ways, and the best thing to do is to experiment to see what suits you best when looking for improvement. But here are some tips, and I hope that there will be more. Post your comments, e-mail us, and we can share more writing tips in the future!

1. Be a good reader first: I think quite a number of our dear APB lecturers have drilled into our skulls about the input and output of language learning. Listening improves speaking skills, and reading improves writing skills. This is generally true. The more you read, the more you are exposed to the different styles of writing and also the different ways language can be used. Take this to your advantage! Pick out a few novels to read and immerse yourself in the land of words!
   
2. Revise your punctuation: Punctuation may seem trivial compared to writing, but the use of periods and commas are actually very important. They set the pace in your writing and controls the reader into what they feel when they read. Make yourself comfortable in decorating your text with punctuation. Imagine making a movie or game trailer. Punctuation is the music in the background as the images flash by.
   
3. A thesaurus is your best friend: You can find a built-in thesaurus in MS Word nowadays, so make use of it! Expand your vocabulary by using new words while you're learning them, and your writing may sound so much more sophisticated than what you started off with.
   
4. Write everyday: I know, I know. It's not easy to try and write something every day, but trust me when I say that every little bit counts. You don't want to lose your skills, so the best way to polish it is to practice everyday. You don't even need to write much. A hundred words is enough practice for a day, and it can be anything - a review, an article, a work of fiction, a scene in your head... or a writing tip! Don't be afraid to keep on writing!
   
5. Take criticisms: One of the hardest, really. I mean, you're a writer, and the story is your baby. To have it criticised can be a rather frightening experience, but it's also a way to improve yourself. You're letting a different set of eyes read through your work, and some comments they give can tell you what you're missing and what you're doing well in. You don't need to publicly post your work to get criticisms. Show your work to a lecturer, maybe one of your friends. Nothing's stopping you from sending an e-mail to us! We'd be more than happy to review your work without publishing it onto the site if that's what you want. The ultimate goal of YSC is to spark the interest in writing, and if that's what it takes, then that's what we'll do.
   
6. ...I guess there's just one more that I have to say. So yes. Six tips in total. The very last, but (in my highest opinion), the most important tip of all: Enjoy yourself. Take pleasure in what you're writing about. Feel good about it. Not everyone can be writers, so have fun while you're at it. Don't just look at writing as something you have to do. Instead, look at it as something that you actually want to do, that you enjoy doing.

Of course, there are more writing tips out there, and some of these may not be helpful for all writers. In any case, we'd love to hear more tips from all the Scriptors out there, so let us know if you have any!

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[PT] The Children of The Night

Name: Nur Jalilah Binti Abdul Aziz
Class: LGB5D
Semester: 5
Title: The Children of The Night
Word Count: 407
Category: Poem
Brief Summary: A poem about a supernatural creature that comes out at night feasting on unsuspecting humans. Can be either a vampire or a werewolf or any form of creatures of the night. Slightly gory.
Other: I also posted this poem on FictionPress.com under the pen name jadedbabyblues.


Stumbling down the street,
I’m lost and completely beat,
Wonder what time it is,
If it’s midnight I may perhaps start to get pissed.

It’s dark outside,
I hear the wolves’ howls,
I sniff the air and smell a stench so foul,
Blood running down my chin,
God, help me for I have sinned.

The night sky is all a glimmer,
The hooting owl a silent killer,
I’m stalking for prey and quickly,
Slowly,
Quietly but surely,
I’m getting closer and closer,
I’m chasing my prey,
Leading it into a run just for play.

I watch my prey run,
I watch it hide,
I can hear its rapid breathing,
I can hear the heart beating,
I can hear the silent screaming,
Oh, this is almost too good to be true,
Almost too sweet to be fooled,
Poor little lamb,
For when midnight approaches,
So does my dinner bell.

My jaws are filled with fury,
It is filled with anger,
It has no place for sympathy,
Nor does it beg for your pity,
It is not strong but powerful,
It is merciless not spiteful,
It will crush you and your bones,
Just waiting for you to be alone.

My claws will crush you as well,
Keeping you imprisoned in a cell,
Trapped between the fingers,
A scent of blood lingers,
Right between my nails,
I can hear the tortured wails.

My face is beauty at its perfection,
My eyes glow with earnest fascination,
My limbs are slender but muscular,
My built wide but still slight,
My skin glows like the moon,
My hair is enough to make you swoon,
Yet unlike you I’m not human.

I’m a demon reborn,
I live for centuries,
Something that keeps my mood forlorn,
Despite my moods I still have that hunger,
I need to satiate it,
I crave for blood,
For flesh,
For the ripping and tearing of limbs,
For the piercing of skin,
Straight through the bones,
My heart is filled with the glee of a hunter,
As I embody carnage itself.

I feel no remorse for those I have killed,
I’m no longer one of them,
My loyalty lies to others of my own kind,
But still,
I can love them,
And when I do all I want is to,
Turn them into a demon,
Just as I am,
Just as I always will be,
From the beginning of time,
To the end of centuries.

EDITED BY: Maisarah binti Ahmad Kamil

A New Name!

Greetings, readers and scriptors!

Our little writing community, Young Scriptor Club, has changed its name to Young Scriptors instead thanks to the suggestion done by our dear APB lecturers! Please continue to write and send in your works! Tune in for some writing tips in the near future!

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Horror Story Writing Contest [WINNERS!]

Greetings, everyone!

The Young Scriptor Club are happy to announce the three winners of the Horror Story Writing Contest! These lucky three winners received an invitation to APB's Night of Excellence two nights ago to receive their prizes in front of many LG220 and LG221 students and lecturers. We thank those who have submitted their stories for this contest, and to those who did not get what they wish for, please try harder next time!

The winners are as follows:

1st Place: Nur Jalilah binti Abdul Aziz (LGB5D)
2nd Place: Azhann Rosmin (LGB3A)
3rd Place: Nur Amanina Abd. Aziz (LGB1A)

Congratulations again! The YSC would like to remind everyone here about the two competitions that are still running until the 4th March, 2012. Please submit your entries to youngscriptorclub@gmail.com to have the chance in getting more awesome prizes!

Have a nice day.