Orange

The Color of Sunset

Broken, Beautiful

“… Our country is broken, but it’s still beautiful. I hope you get to know it someday…”

Resilient

“… If the Philippine government has all but declared war upon the poor, look then, upon the poor—we are very strong. We are very resilient…”

Personal Relationship

“… Do you have a personal relationship with God? Do you talk to Him as a friend, just like I’m talking to you right now…”

How to Truly Love

“… I never believed in me, but You always believed in me. I never loved me, but You always loved me… Papa God? Please—help me unlearn my capacity to hate. Teach me now how to truly LOVE…”

Believe

“… I believe in God. And I will always believe in you, too. I don’t know where such faith will take me. I just know it will take me to someplace very good…”

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Cris & Anna

Star-crossed protagonists, and the messages / themes they bring to the story

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Story Logline

(Short Synopsis / Summary)

When Filipino American Cris and rural beauty Anna are drawn into a ten-day whirlwind romance, their short summer together unfolds as a love story for the Philippines, and years later blossoms into a love story for God.

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STORY FEATURES

Theme #1 (Sub-theme): Coming of age love story
Theme #2 (Main Theme): Love Story for the Philippines
Theme #3 (Main Theme): Love Story for God
Written in shifting first person perspective (girl / boy shifting 1st person POV)
Colloquial, informal tone / language (as a young adult would say, think, and act)
Word Count: 73,000 words | Page Count: 320

NARRATIVE STYLE / STRATEGY

Start on a light note, utilizing the typical boy-meets-girl story (sub-theme)
Plant and gradually grow the more serious main themes (e.g. via subtext, et. al.)
Share / reveal main themes at their corresponding optimal times—however…
… always stay aligned to the above sub-theme (love story) and character voices, e.g. two young adults telling us—in their own words, manner, and deepest thoughts—what happened to them that summer.

Love for God
(100 percent c/o Anna)

Personal Relationship with God
Deep Friendship with God
Unshakable Faith in God
Outpouring / Overflow of God’s love
Saint Therese of Lisieux, The Little Way
Christian Religion / Christianity

Love the Philippines
(predominantly c/o Cris)

Politician, Senator, Politics, USA Exile
Third World Democracy, Voting
Filipino Masses (Masa)
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)
Rural Philippine Provinces
Ilocos Norte, Luzon

New Adult, Coming of Age
(c/o both protagonists)

Summer vacation after college
De La Salle University (DLSU)
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)
Saint Pedro Poveda College / Institucion Teresiana (IT)
New Adult / Young Adult Fiction
Contemporary Philippine Literature (written in English)

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