There is just one day left to enter for the SLCF Creative Writing Workshop to be held in Lagos.

The SLCF Creative Writing Workshop
Splendid Literature and Culture Foundation will be hosting a creative writing workshop in Lagos on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd August, 2014. The workshop is for young Nigerian writers between ages 11 and 21. Mobolaji Adenubi, the award-winning writer and author of Splendid, Empty Arms, and other books, will lead other creative writers to teach the “Mechanics of Writing.”
The workshop aims to improve the writing craft of young writers, and teach them the basics of writing. Participants will be taught how to start and build a story, how to get story ideas, how to develop characters and the different kinds they can develop, different kinds of plot, different points of view to telling a story and when and how to use each, description in narration, how to use suspense, and lots more.

Classes are mainly for young intermediate writers to understand the essentials of creative writing, and generally sharpen their writing craft. All participants will partake in practical sessions where they will write various samples. Participants will also be taught how to get their works out.

This workshop is FREE.
The application deadline is August 17. Successful applicants will be contacted on August 19.
To get a place, send an email to damola@splendidfoundation.com.

The Subject should be “Creative Writing Workshop”

The body of the email should contain the following:

1. Full Name
2. Date of Birth
3. Address
4. Phone number
5. A writing sample of not more than 700 words


For more details, visit www.splendidfoundation.com