00:00Sa pagpapatuloy ng ating pagdiriwang ng National Literature Month,
00:04binibigyan pugay natin ang mga bagong boses ng panitikang Pilipino
00:09na nagbibigay kulay sa ating bookshelves.
00:12At pagdating sa rom-com o yung romantic comedy,
00:16may isang pangalang unti-unti umuusbong o gumagawa ng sarili marka
00:19sa mundo ng indie publishing.
00:21Makakasama po natin ngayong umaga si Kyra Isabel,
00:24ang author ng mga librong Between Here and There,
00:27Between love and war, at between then and now.
00:31Siyempre alamin natin ang sekreto niya sa bawat kilig lines na ito.
00:35Good morning Kyra and welcome to Rise and Shine Pilipinas.
00:37Rise and Shine Kyra.
00:40Title pa lang, may hook na agad.
00:42Talagang gugustuin mong basahin yung kanyang mga libro.
00:46Pero Kyra, kwentuan mong muna kami kung paano ko nagsimula
00:50bila isang indie writer.
00:51Okay, so I've been writing since I was in high school.
00:54So bata pa lang, actually mas bata pa lang ako, nagsusulat na po ako.
00:58And then, ito pong lately, madami akong time,
01:03nagbasa ulit ako ng mga rom-com na libro,
01:06and I thought to myself na feeling ko kaya ko din magsulat na gano'n.
01:10And another thing that drove me to write is because
01:12marang konti yung representation,
01:15Filipino representation in the rom-com industry, the landscape.
01:19Kaya parang, para sa akin, gusto kong i-represent in the way.
01:24Ngayon, taong nga ba, itong mga libro mo ay set of series.
01:28So, anong context ito?
01:29Kasi rom-com, pero ano pa nung setup nito?
01:32So, rom-com siya, pero it's an interconnected standalone,
01:35meaning it's in the same universe or the same world,
01:39pero each book focuses on a different couple.
01:42So, bali, four friends po sila.
01:44Sa bawat isang libro, focuses on that friend.
01:47Tatlo pa lang po yung nasasulat ko, pero may pang-apat pa yan.
01:50Ah, ilan mong balak mo?
01:51Tapat.
01:52Asa may isa pa?
01:53So, yung mga characters niya, iisa lang?
01:55Doon sa series niya?
01:57Anong context?
01:58So, yun din sila lang lahat.
02:00Nag-shift lang yung spotlight to a different couple.
02:05Bakit po?
02:06Ano bang hugot mo dyan?
02:08Starting sa second book.
02:09Yung second book po kasi,
02:12yung una kong sinulat for a con.
02:15Ito po yung second,
02:16but ito po yung una kong sinulat because,
02:18um, medyo nakaka-relate ako in,
02:21kasi parang siyang life story.
02:22Okay.
02:23And then, during, when I was writing that,
02:25may scene dyan na parang hindi ko masulat
02:28dahil kailangan ko ng context.
02:30So, tinigil ko muna yun,
02:31and then sinulat ko muna yung una.
02:33You've written that first book, kailan?
02:362023, late 2023.
02:38Okay, so it's like every year writing pala.
02:40Parang gano.
02:41Book, ang galing.
02:42And then, to answer your question,
02:44yung between,
02:45kasi for me, life happens, di ba?
02:48And there's always love in between.
02:50Hindi, tsaka ang galing mo,
02:51nag-start ka sa between.
02:53Yes.
02:53Second ka, second part ka nagsulat nung, ano,
02:56nung yung libro.
02:57Ito gusto ko tanongin sa'yo,
02:58may plano ka ba magsulat ng between the lines?
03:01Wala.
03:02Wala naman.
03:03Bakit romcom?
03:04Oo, yun, ba't romcom?
03:05Well, mahilig mo kasi ako talaga sa romcom.
03:07Movies, TV shows,
03:09mahilig talaga ako manong.
03:10Your favorite movie na romcom?
03:13Actually, yung kayo din,
03:14say, Lohan, tsaka Chris Pine.
03:16Just My Luck.
03:16Okay, here in the Philippines.
03:19Philippines, yung kay Katniel.
03:21I think, I forgot the title.
03:22Basta yung kinasal na sila,
03:24ay kinasal sila accidentally.
03:26Okay.
03:26Ano po na yung title?
03:27Okay.
03:28But, yeah, yung kinasal sila.
03:28Oo, ako, alam ko sa kanya, Barcelona.
03:31Anyway, go ahead.
03:33And then,
03:34sorry, what was the question?
03:35Hindi, kasi yung ganda nun eh,
03:36yun sa between.
03:37Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:38Kasi, ako, I'm teaching skip writing.
03:42Meron tayo tinatawag na parang
03:43pagpa-flashback.
03:44Yung 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
03:45Yung beginning end.
03:46Pwede ka mag-start sa middle.
03:48Tapos flashback.
03:49Beginning flashback.
03:50How did you come up with that kind of concept
03:53sa pagsulat ng yung libro?
03:54So, like I said,
03:55sinulat ko lang yung una.
03:56I plan was to just write it as a standalone.
03:59Kasi parang gusto ko lang ilabas
04:00yung mga sa loobin ka in life.
04:02And then, yun nga,
04:03it sprung up.
04:05The characters just sprung up.
04:07Tapos, parang gusto ko din sila
04:08bigyan ng mga story.
04:09Okay.
04:10I have another question.
04:10Kasi kanina,
04:11medyo binukulat kayo yung gitna ng libro mo.
04:13Dito na sa Between Then and Now.
04:14Parang,
04:15very detailed eh.
04:16The way you write,
04:17yung setup mo ng bawat scene,
04:20di-describe mo.
04:21How do you do that
04:23nang hindi ka nawawala?
04:24Kasi minsan,
04:25yung train of thoughts mo
04:26or yung gusto mong tumbukin,
04:27minsan nawawala
04:28pagkaganong kadetalye
04:30yung sinusulat mo?
04:31Well, actually,
04:32syempre,
04:32nakakaroon pa rin po tayo
04:33ng writer's block.
04:34Okay.
04:35So,
04:35hindi naman po isang
04:37nasulat ko na siya.
04:38It doesn't happen like that.
04:39For me,
04:39what I do is
04:40I write more than one book
04:41at a time eh.
04:42Kasi,
04:43para sa akin,
04:43if you're going through
04:44a writer's block,
04:46you pause that book
04:47and then write the other one.
04:49Wow!
04:50Para kumpagatuloy pa rin yung writing.
04:52Kasi most of the time,
04:53the block happens
04:54because of the plot.
04:55Nasa stuck at the plot.
04:56So,
04:56if you move to a different plot,
04:58then you still write.
04:59At least,
05:00may progress.
05:01Then pagbalik ko doon,
05:02meron akong
05:03parang bagong insights.
05:04So,
05:05ang gano'y parang
05:05ang ginagawa mo,
05:06parang dalawang libro
05:06yung sinusulat mo?
05:07Parang gano'y.
05:08Oo,
05:08lakas ang tama mo,
05:09maman.
05:10Hindi,
05:11diro lamang.
05:12When ako,
05:12nag-scand in ako
05:13nung kanyang novels
05:14and I can see
05:15a very first person.
05:16So,
05:17mas grabe yung personal touch
05:18when you read this
05:19for sure.
05:20Talagang,
05:20there's really a big chance
05:22that you can relate
05:22to this novel.
05:24Well,
05:25Romcom,
05:26do you,
05:26kamusta ang reception nito?
05:27Marami bang bumibili?
05:29And of course,
05:30nakikita mo ba na
05:31while hindi masyado
05:33binibigyan ng spotlight ito?
05:34Is this kind of genre
05:35yung talagang pumapatok
05:37din sa ating Filipino readers?
05:38I think in Filipino culture,
05:40medyo mahilig naman talaga
05:41tayo sa kilig.
05:42Yes.
05:42Like,
05:43may mga love team,
05:44ganyan.
05:44So,
05:45nung nag-start ako
05:46ng social media,
05:47it's overwhelming
05:48yung support
05:48ng book community.
05:50Talagang sabay-sabay
05:51silang sumuporta
05:52and madaming
05:53bumili.
05:54And then,
05:54nung nadagdagan yung libro,
05:55parang sila na mismo
05:56yung nag-market for me.
05:58Kasi parang sinasabi
06:00binibigay nila
06:01sa friends nila.
06:02Ganon.
06:03So,
06:03okay naman yung reception niya.
06:05In fact,
06:05I got invited
06:07to a lot of events
06:08and nag-invite na din ako
06:10to traditionally publish.
06:12Okay.
06:12But follow-up questions,
06:13sinasabi mo nga,
06:14parang dalawang libro
06:15yung susulat mo,
06:16I mean,
06:16all at once.
06:17So,
06:17how long does it take?
06:19Oh,
06:20yung first book ko,
06:21I wrote it in a month.
06:23Pero that's the messy draft ha.
06:24Okay.
06:25Draft pa lang siya.
06:26Talagang in-edit ko pa.
06:27So,
06:28the draft takes
06:29one to two months
06:31on a good day.
06:32Pero normally,
06:33mga four,
06:34five months,
06:35four or five months.
06:36Okay.
06:36Talawang libro na yun.
06:37Ano?
06:38Isa lang.
06:38Isa libro.
06:39Joshua,
06:40graduate siya
06:41ng business administration.
06:43Yun nga eh.
06:43Ang galing.
06:44Pero,
06:45why writing?
06:47Well,
06:47like I said,
06:48high school pa lang
06:49ako nagbablog.
06:50vlog na.
06:50Kasi di ba,
06:51siyempre,
06:51ng teenager ka,
06:52feeling mo ang dahil
06:52mga pinagdadaanan.
06:53So,
06:54lahat sinusulat ko siya.
06:55Wow.
06:55And I brought it
06:56until college.
06:57I journal.
06:58I write everyday.
07:00So,
07:00parang nadala ko lang siya
07:01until now.
07:02It's a hobby
07:03that I managed
07:04to turn into this.
07:05O,
07:05ngayon,
07:05may nabasa agad ako
07:06may symbolism agad.
07:07It was a kiss.
07:09Yun ang gano'ng simula.
07:10Sabi ko,
07:10grabe hugot ni ate ko.
07:11Pero talaga,
07:12may pampakilig agad.
07:13Yun.
07:13Pero ito,
07:14may iba tayo ng konti.
07:15Ngayong National Literature,
07:16eto ba yan?
07:18Literature Month.
07:19Ngayong National Literature Month,
07:21ano sa tingin mo
07:21yung importance
07:22ng pag-iexpress ng art
07:24through literature?
07:26For me,
07:27I think reading is slowly,
07:29parang slowly dying.
07:31Diba?
07:31Kasi children are always
07:33exposed to the screens.
07:35Yes.
07:36So,
07:36para sa akin,
07:37it's very important
07:38to express it through literature
07:39because I think
07:40we should encourage
07:41children to read.
07:42Kasi pag totally
07:44nawala na sila
07:45sa pagbabasa.
07:46I mean,
07:47it will really put a dent
07:48in our society.
07:51Well,
07:51on that note,
07:52thank you so much,
07:53Kaira,
07:53sa pag-share mo na yun
07:54ng tatangin libro.
07:55At naway marami
07:56ang tumangkilik
07:57na basahin tayo.
07:58Thank you, Kaira.
07:59Apag po yan.
08:00Yes.
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