 Sotto's play "Paghigugma sa Yutang Natawhan" (Love of Native Land), dramatized the Cebuano people's heroic struggle against Spanish feudal rule in the modern realist mode.He also wrote the first published Cebuano short story "Maming" in the maiden issue of "Ang Suga".He wrote, directed, and produced the first Cebuano play "Elena", a play in three acts.