Cyanel Concept

Creative Nonfiction is a genre of writing that uses literary techniques in order to tell a true story. It includes biography, literary journalism, personal narrative, reflective essay, travelogue, blog, testimonial, and more. It can be considered as the balance of imagination and facts because when we are writing creative nonfiction, we try to remember a true event in our life and use our imagination to recall those memories. We use our imagination to put them into words and immerse our readers in our life. We can also back it up with real photos and testimony of other people to make it believable. However, it is easier to explain than to apply. I see this to myself. Sometimes I forgot to describe a scenario, leaving the readers imagining the event in a blank space; sometimes I add too much information that it strips the "creative" in nonfiction. Do we have to make up a story just to make our text interesting? Do we have to exaggerate our life events for additional impact? Th...

Dear Lynae, it's me your friend, And you are my marionette. Stay with me, until my end. August 13, 2016 Type: Diona >>List of Poems<< -------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                 Next>>

Ever since I was a kid, I always studied in a traditional way; I will go to school, the teacher will discuss the lesson and return home and do my assignment. When the pandemic came, I switched to online classes. The setup is through applications like learning management systems and video conferencing software. Each one of us from teachers to students has accounts that we use to access LMS. Inside the LMS, teachers provide classes where we can read and watch lessons during asynchronous. In synchronous classes, on the other hand, we use video conferencing apps to meet our teachers and classmates. Sometimes we tackle our lesson again even if it is already in LMS but most of the time, we do class participation like the presentation of group activity or just standard recitation. Then after synchronous classes, the next day will be asynchronous again to answer our activities. It seems perfect, right? However, online classes have their advantages and disadvantages. Its strengths are ...

Here I am again writing about my made-up language for my story: Daragiun Island Series. Not only does it help with the world-building of my story Bottle of Stories and Daragiun Island, but it also makes a certain world different from each other so please look forward to my other languages. Caltuang is based on the word "cat language" because the vowels look like a cat's eyes. Structure-wise, it is almost the same with English with some words are scrambled to make a new sound. So it still can be used in the story without the scrambling because the focus of Caltuang is the characters. I'm still writing translations that will be updated the same way with Tokun Language. If I'm going to be honest, this was an easier language to make because the main focus is how it will look visually. It also helped me write the title Daragiun Island of course because it is so hard to make unique titles unless I made one right? Looking at you Atomynous and Rabden. This language is als...

Daraguin is an inhabited island before two explorers found it by searching in a vast ocean with their handmade boat. When they landed, the first thing they do is build their own house. They gathered twigs and logs; they made progress by tying them. However, when they came back from another scavenge, someone is already there inspecting what they have done. The mysterious man has odd clothes, describing it as alive that have its own movement. Despite the terrifying appearance, the man helped them build the house and stayed with them through the night. The explorers were curious so they questioned how did the man get on the island. The man told them that he used a vehicle like them, but it is not on the water but on land. The explorers wanted to see it but the man said that they should not because it is dark and dangerous. The man showed a glowing item with colors engraved on them, he suggested playing while they wait for sunrise. The younger explorer got invested in using the item that h...

I have been using Linux since February and I like it! Linux Mint to be exact. It did not take a lot of time to get used to it because the appearance is similar to Windows. However, one thing is for sure: Terminal is hard. Let's talk about why I switched from Windows 7 to Linux Mint. It all started with the driver issues I have with my laptop (it was given to me by my godmother). The keyboard is not working when I boot the device and I have to lock it before I can use it. The touchpad cannot be turned off. We tried to find a solution to it but it is very hard to find one. Additionally, the laptop suffers from compatibility issues like in certain applications because of the un-updated OS. I cannot install the application I want to use. I tried everything to update it but it does not work. Lastly, there are a lot of virus and security issues that also stem from the un-updated OS. My brother and I agreed to turn it into Linux. We did some research and chose Mint distro because we belie...