Isang Manunulat

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4 days ago

A Small Step, A New Door If you’ve ever felt that my words meant something to you, you’re welcome to “buy me a coffee.”

#IsangManunulat #support #Kofi

Isang Manunulat

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1 week ago

Social Media, Letters, and Public Content Because these works are publicly visible, many people assume they automatically belong to everyone. In reality, copyright still applies.

#IsangManunulat #copyright #IntellectualProperty

Isang Manunulat

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1 month ago

Employment, Work-for-Hire, and Commissioned Work This is Part 2 of the Copyright series

#IsangManunulat #copyrightlaw #intellectualproperty #freelancewriting

Isang Manunulat

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1 month ago

Who Owns the Copyright? The first of a blog post series about copyright.

#IsangManunulat #FreelanceWriting #CreativeWriting #copyrightlaw

Isang Manunulat

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2 months ago

Kindred Strangers They discovered shared memories and strange coincidences. Coincidences seemed too many to ignore.

#IsangManunulat #fiction #flashfiction

Isang Manunulat

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2 months ago

Finding Your Own Commonplace System A simple, personal commonplace system can help writers organize thoughts, nurture creativity, and build a lasting library of their own ideas.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #Productivity

Isang Manunulat

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2 months ago

A New Home for My Genealogy Stories I decided to create a separate space again. A dedicated home for my family history research.

#IsangManunulat #genealogy #ByBloodOrByUnion #blog

Isang Manunulat

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4 months ago

The Value of Being Weird Learn to let go of your inhibitions and embrace your uniqueness.

#IsangManunulat #beingweird #creativity #authenticity #uniqueness

Isang Manunulat

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4 months ago

Do Writers Really Need Mentors? An old article once unpacked this idea with refreshing clarity, and revisiting it today reveals how relevant it still is.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingadvice

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4 months ago

Episode 31 – Is Your Client a Fly-By-Night? Fly-by-nights disappear with your payment. They would come up with all the reasons for not paying you.

#IsangManunulat #YouTubeShorts #freelancewriting

Isang Manunulat

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5 months ago

Politics Was Not His Cup of Tea A forgotten chapter in my family history about the cost of saying no during Martial Law.

#IsangManunulat #Genealogy #Villamor

Isang Manunulat

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5 months ago

Drafting Without Pain Discover the secret to writing with less pain and more flow.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

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5 months ago

Episode 30 – Is Your Client a Sampler? These are the clients who demand free work under the guise of a “writing test” or a “writing sample.”

#IsangManunulat #YouTubeShorts #freelancewriting

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5 months ago

Organizing: The Step You Can’t Skip Facing a blank page is intimidating. Facing a messy pile of notes can feel even worse. But when you pause to organize writing stops being a struggle.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

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5 months ago

Building Materials for Writers Great writing isn’t luck, it’s strategy. Learn how to gather and use the right information so your stories are credible, engaging, and alive with detail.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

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5 months ago

Episode 29 – Is Your Client Eccentric? Clients who don’t know what they want until you’ve written it.

#IsangManunulat #YouTubeShorts #FreelanceWriting

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5 months ago

Every Writer a Reporter Good writing begins long before you sit down to write. Every writer must first be a reporter.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

Isang Manunulat

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5 months ago

Finding Focus Focus gives your writing its heartbeat.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

Isang Manunulat

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5 months ago

5 Ways to Make Writing Less Painful Writing doesn’t have to hurt. Here are five process-based habits that make writing lighter, clearer, and more rewarding.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

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5 months ago

Episode 28 – Is Your Client a Dreamer? In this episode, I discuss another type of bad client: The Dreamer.

#IsangManunulat #YouTubeShorts #FreelanceWriting

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5 months ago

Mistaking Topics for Ideas Many writers mistake having a topic for having an idea. The result? Endless words that go nowhere.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

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5 months ago

The Agony and Methodology of Writing Beyond the pain and perfectionism lies the process that turns thought into language.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting

Isang Manunulat

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5 months ago

What Makes Good Writing Good writing isn’t just about skill. It’s about sincerity.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

Isang Manunulat

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6 months ago

Start Writing Now Every writer starts somewhere. Don’t wait for the right moment. Just start, and let your words grow into something that matters.

#IsangManunulat #CreativeWriting #writingtips

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6 months ago

Can You Ever Retire from Writing? Work may end, but the impulse to tell stories and make sense of life doesn’t retire — it only changes.

And so I'm back, from outer space... #IsangManunulat #blog

Isang Manunulat

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7 months ago

Episode 27 – Is Your Client a Control Freak? Freelancers know the struggle — bad clients are everywhere. Take The Control Freaks, for example.

#IsangManunulat #YouTubeShorts #freelancewriting

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7 months ago

Spreading Out or Staying Put: My Dilemma as a Blogger Should I keep everything under one roof or separate my writing into niches? This is my dilemma as a blogger — balancing identity, focus, and creativity while discovering the many sides of my voice.

#IsangManunulat #blogging

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1 year ago

The Mountain Roars A thunder-like roar followed by frantic shouts of terror. Is this a natural or a man-made disaster?

Sharing another #flashfiction, my 4th in this series. #writing #fiction #creativewriting #IsangManunulat

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1 year ago

Episode 3 – Separated Forever? In episode 3 of Isang Manunulat Shorts, I opened up about a deeply personal chapter of my life.

A short complementary #video of an old #blog post. #IsangManunulat #IsangManunulatShorts #YouTube #YouTubeShorts