Creative Process in Writing Short Stories by Female Domestic Workers

Helvy Tiana Rosa, Emzir, Ilza Mayuni

2019

Abstract

As one of the creativ¬¬e works, writing a short story requires imaginative ability, which often associated with a certain level of creativity and intellectual capacity as well as enough time to complete the work. However, the publication of short stories by some Indonesian female migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, since 2005, demand more explanation. This research is intended to explain the creative process of writing literary fiction of Indonesian female domestic workers, who did not possess a high education level, and must write under con-stant obstructions from their employees as well as limited time available for them to write. This research was conducted in Hong Kong, using qualitative research with case study methods. The resources the researcher were including video, photo and text documents, archive notes, in-depth interview, direct observations, and engaged observations. This research establishes eight episodes of the creative process for the female-domestic-worker writers from beginning to the end. High education and flexible time are not absolute pre-requisites. Anyone could write a short story, including a marginalized person, as long as he or she has strong determina-tion and passion for overcoming the challenges in their creative journey.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rosa H., Mayuni I. and Emzir. (2019). Creative Process in Writing Short Stories by Female Domestic Workers.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS, ISBN 978-989-758-405-3, pages 181-189. DOI: 10.5220/0008996201810189

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icels19,
author={Helvy Tiana Rosa and Ilza Mayuni and Emzir},
title={Creative Process in Writing Short Stories by Female Domestic Workers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS,},
year={2019},
pages={181-189},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008996201810189},
isbn={978-989-758-405-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS,
TI - Creative Process in Writing Short Stories by Female Domestic Workers
SN - 978-989-758-405-3
AU - Rosa H.
AU - Mayuni I.
AU - Emzir.
PY - 2019
SP - 181
EP - 189
DO - 10.5220/0008996201810189