the 6th c of communication: compelling.
the 7th c of communication? complete.
(this time, i didn’t begin with a title – the title i thought of and put in only after i had written down a few thoughts, which follows.) so, book #2 will have 5 sections according to the 5 cs of communication according to frank hilario. clear, comprehensive, concise, coherent, creative. not necessarily in that order. what happens to my versions of my own the ten commandments of writing? remember, this is a book on creative writing.

the ten commandments of writing are: i forgot. i also have the ten commandments of blogging. clear includes technical language ‘translated’ into popular language. tagalog? filipino? i prefer english. i prefer ilocano.

i think that i will add another c to the list, to make 6 cs, something about immediate, visual impact: compelling. i am referring to the title mostly. but there is a beginning, a middle, an end to every franciscan essay, right? they must be covered by another c, a 7th: complete. the 7 cs of frank hilario. that’s book #2. at this point, i now have a vague idea what photo to look for in my collection, where just before this paragraph i had no idea at all. the folder i am looking in is called frank’s all my pics bunched, yes, the folder’s name is that long. the number of images is now 4494.

the photo i have chosen to illustrate this one i have titled ‘two squares and a round’ taken at the washroom back of our apartment. it illustrates what i mean by compelling. compelling arrests your attention. compelling can be arranged, it can be natural. (i don’t think i arranged the objects in the photograph before i shot the scene.) do you always have to have to illustrate what you’re writing? i think not, but an image helps tremendously. remember, a picture is worth a thousand words – would you believe 10,000? my joke here is that that’s where the problem begins – too many words from only one photograph.

so: clear, concise, comprehensive, coherent, creative, compelling, complete. actually, from my hundreds of blogs already written, i should now be able to compile examples of what i mean by those 7 cs so that i can now complete another book. but it would be different if i were to teach the 7 cs, not simply write a book on them. and how would i begin a writer’s workshop? i would begin not with the 7 cs but with an a, for attitude. i will aim first for a change in attitude. failing that, i cannot teach you anything. i can teach old dogs new tricks, but i don’t know about changing attitude.

i’m now planning to buy an lcd projector. i asked at sm megamall the other day and the fellow read from his much-folded poster 34K for an acer model. not bad. i can teach 100 with that all at the same time. i can bring myself anywhere. i’m also thinking of doing reviews, like upcat, like rural high, like civil service. i remember reviewing a uplb group and 3 passed – the ones i reviewed were those who had previously failed. jomar was suggesting i have myself videoed while reviewing or tutoring, but i don’t think you can catch me while i’m teaching you how to think fast, how to solve a math problem in the click of a finger, in the blink of an eye.

i look at the photograph again: it’s telling me i don’t have to arrange the components to tell a compelling untold story. so, how about a book that begins in the middle of the book? i’m teaching creative writing, right? and to be creative, you have to remember only one rule: there are no rules. like james bond says, there are no rules, no borders, no limits. pierce brosnan i mean. i don’t like daniel craig as james bond, too villainous to look at.