PEPH Official Account

Guidelines for those interested in manuscript submission:

1: What is your CONCEPT?

2: Is your concept/ idea something NEW?

3: Is your concept/ idea something OLD and considered CLICHE‘?

4: If the concept is already cliche‘, how do you make it NEW?

A story concept is of no use without characters. But how does one create a character?

5: What makes a CHARACTER "strong" or "weak"?

6: Why are there UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS?

7: Why are there characters that one doesn't remember at all?

8: How can you create/develop effective and memorable characters?

Remember those lines?

9: People tend to quote famous movie lines, but what makes these lines click?

10: How wil you make your character's lines a "catch phrase"?

11: Do they have such strong recall?

12: What makes them so memorable?

Examples: "He's dead."

A. "Patay na siya."
B." Nadedbol siya."

C. "Tsinugi siya."

D " Natepok na."

E Nonverbally: sign of hand cutting across one's neck.

While all the lines may mean the same thing, each line is said by a different character, and the
character's character is revealed through his lines.

13: Are the lines "SUITABLE" for the characters?

14: Are the dialogues simple and clear? Are they significant and are not present just for the sake of
putting dialogue?

Brain storming:
A STORYLINE is a summary of the narrative in the writer's mind. It does not really answer but it satisfies
the question "WHAT IS THE STORY ALL ABOUT?" It should give a GENERAL IDEA on the theme, plot, and
characters in the story. It can be told in the first person point of view but NOT by the writer but by a
CHARACTER. It should be written in the present tense as the story unfolds while the synopsis is being
read. It must be CLEAR, SIMPLE, DIRECT TO THE POINT and CATCHY.

15: Whose story is this?

16: What is the story about?

17: Is the number of characters appropriate for the story? Are their roles significant enough to be part of
the story? Or are they just there to fill in the space? Are there too many characters involved that you
can't tell whose story it is anymore?

18: What's the problem of the character? Is it clearly defined? How does the character react to the
problem?

19: Can you empathize with the character? Is s/he believable/ credible?

20: What happens to the problem in the end? What change does this bring about to him/ her? Does it?

Story Outline Sample:

Title: The Runaway and The Chaser

Genre: Romance

Theme: Runaway Bride

Written by: ladyatlas

Status: Completed

Synopsis:

She ran away; he was left at the altar. Pero teka, hindi sila magkakilala at lalong magkaiba sila ng kasal!

At nang dahil sa kapilyahan ni Lyka ay nasa Headline na ang ginawa niyang paghalik sa 'left-behind' na
groom na si Chris Carbonel. Bilang kabayaran sa kahihiyan ay mapapasubong sumalang muli sa
panibagong "arranged marriage"na pagkaiwas-iwasan niya. Hindi rin niya maiwasang hindi ma-inlove sa
binata lalo pa't guwapo at makapangyarihan ito.

Pero isang araw, na-realize na lang niya na pansamantala lang ang lahat at sa oras na bumalik na ang
"the original bride," wala na siyang magagawa kundi ang iwagayway ang white flag.

Sa hinaba-haba nga ba ng prosisiyon ay sa simbahan ang kanilang tuloy?

Characters:

Main

Lyka Myel Castillo - The heiress of Castillo and Sons Incorporated. The youngest child of Edmund Castillo
and the only rightful heiress since her two brothers ran away. She's not your typical sassy it-girl but your
average girl-boss who always goes by the laws of her parents, not until she ran away from an arranged
marriage.

She loves strawberry taho and is a baby when she gets sick. She's lighthearted and kind. She is a very
secretive person and likes to stay that way.

Hair color: dark brown

Body built: pettite

Eye color: dark brown

Facial feature: reddish cheeks, serious

Height: 5'3

Weight: 48 kgs

Chris Anthony Carbonel- The true boss; a Mining Magnate youngest CEO-to-be of Carbonel and Quirino
Group of Companies and the only son of Lorenzo Carbonel. He's hot and a hot-tempered guy. He plays
dirty but plays by the rule. He loves planning thoroughly and is prone of panic whenever seeing a girl cry.

He really talks minimally and never wanted to be vocal about his emotions. He's allergic to dogs. His first
love was Jasmine who was his runaway bride and is now stuck with Lyka's charade game.

Hair color: dark brown

Body built: masculine

Eye color: dark brown

Facial feature: chinito eyes, serious

Height: 5'8

Weight: 54 kgs

Chuck Ferrero- is an Filipino-American marketing head of Carbonel and Quirino Group of Companies. He
lived in the Philippines just to find his long lost friend in childhood that appeared to be Lyka.

Hair color: chestnut brown

Body built: masculine

Eye color: hazelnut

Facial feature: Serious and happy-go-lucky

Height: 6'1

Weight: 55 kgs

Supporting

Carmelli Ruj Fiasco- Lyka's best friend and the real love interest of Lyka's fiancee.

Larux Mark Castillo- Lyka's big brother.

Rico "Ricky" Pineda- Gay best friend of Lyka

Lilac Ferrero- Lyka's daughter

Cyrus Castillo- Lyka's son

Settings:

Gracia del Fuente- subdivision where the story takes place

Germany- country where Chris had migrated.

Conflict:

How did Lyka and Chris met? - Lyka escaped from her own wedding and found Chris on the Paghacian
bridge where he planned on committing suicide but she stopped him.

How did Lyka become stuck with Chris? - After Lyka saved Chris, her groom appeared and she heedlessly
kissed Chris that later was captured by the medias as to Lyka's surprise, Chris is a celebrity businessman,
that's why C&Q decided to make a legal tie between the Carbonels and Castillos—another arranged
marriage.

Resolution:
How did Lyka managed to find Chris? - After a couple of years, Lyka found Chris' cousin Jaime and they
flew to Germany to catch him.