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Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by LEvuls(m): 11:11pm On Dec 10, 2014
Ghostlady:
you havnt even registered yet....register na and let's plan this whole thing together cheesy
But i said am in for this
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 11:15pm On Dec 10, 2014
LEvuls:

But i said am in for this
nope you didn't...check how others r doing it in d previous comments above
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by LEvuls(m): 11:17pm On Dec 10, 2014
Ghostlady:
nope you didn't...check how others r doing it in d previous comments above

Ok pls register Levuls
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 12:00am On Dec 11, 2014
LEvuls:


Ok pls register Levuls
it is done like this: I,....ur name.....,Register
Just do it the proper way

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Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by LEvuls(m): 7:26am On Dec 11, 2014
I register
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 8:02am On Dec 11, 2014
Okay levuls thanks for joining....divepen please come and update us: and do tell us where the stories will be written,on this thread or a new one?
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 8:13am On Dec 11, 2014
Due to issues beyond my control, i've not been up and doing in this Literature section, after dropping my first novel, but i think i'll like this group..
Anyone here remember me?


I Mescopaul register
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 10:03am On Dec 11, 2014
Mescopaul:
Due to issues beyond my control, i've not been up and doing in this Literature section, after dropping my first novel, but i think i'll like this group..
Anyone here remember me?


I Mescopaul register
welcome dearie,you r appreciated
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 12:44pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady:
welcome dearie,you r appreciated
Tnx dear, so where do we start from?
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 3:30pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady:
Okay levuls thanks for joining....divepen please come and update us: and do tell us where the stories will be written,on this thread or a new one?

We will post here and on a new thread
..Here to keep this group going and for it to serve as our archive...
At a new thread for is to get comment
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 3:37pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady. Stuff46
.Queennelly. Levuls
Mescopaul

Let's start counting
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 4:51pm On Dec 11, 2014
Divepen:
Ghostlady. Stuff46
.Queennelly. Levuls
Mescopaul

Let's start counting
Headlong all along.
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by LEvuls(m): 5:37pm On Dec 11, 2014
Noticed a typograghical error at our aims/objectives....d 2nd point there "become" i gueze was what op meant to write.
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 5:49pm On Dec 11, 2014
Divepen:
Ghostlady. Stuff46
.Queennelly. Levuls
Mescopaul

Let's start counting
yes dear,being waiting for you....the first topic I want to drop for this week is :" Education as it affects our daily life"......but I want you to acknowledge it first and give us more clues as to the procedures and how many chapters we should create for each story.
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by LEvuls(m): 6:18pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady:
yes dear,being waiting for you....the first topic I want to drop for this week is :" Education as it affects our daily life"......but I want you to acknowledge it first and give us more clues as to the procedures and how many chapters we should create for each story.
Hope u hvnt started already?
secondly am nt so good writting long scripts, perhaps time aint my friend but i can bet for long scripts for poem cos they re steady outpouring to my soul( can write on anything by His grace sha)


Wats ur tek on dis
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 6:21pm On Dec 11, 2014
LEvuls:

Hope u hvnt started already?
secondly am nt so good writting long scripts, perhaps time aint my friend but i can bet for long scripts for poem cos they re steady outpouring to my soul( can write on anything by His grace sha)


Wats ur tek on dis
am not starting yet until divepen acknowledges the topic,so let's wait for him...you know he is the master minder...cheesy
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by LEvuls(m): 6:24pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady:
am not starting yet until divepen acknowledges the topic,so let's wait for him...you know he is the master minder...cheesy
ok ma
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 10:02pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady:
yes dear,being waiting for you....the first topic I want to drop for this week is :" Education as it affects our daily life"......but I want you to acknowledge it first and give us more clues as to the procedures and how many chapters we should create for each story.
From the topic you cited, it seems u are talkng of writing stufs lyk article, essay...
I was (or is it "i am"wink thinking differently..
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 10:27pm On Dec 11, 2014
Mescopaul:
From the topic you cited, it seems u are talkng of writing stufs lyk article, essay...
I was (or is it "i am"wink thinking differently..
no dear,its gonna be a story that reflect on that topic....you will have your own story title,but the body of the story will be based on the topic...I don't know if u understand now?
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 10:51pm On Dec 11, 2014
Ghostlady:
no dear,its gonna be a story that reflect on that topic....you will have your own story title,but the body of the story will be based on the topic...I don't know if u understand now?
Alrt, so the topic will serve as a central point, and all stories will be pointing to it? I think i understand now..

So where's Divepen

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Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 7:24am On Dec 12, 2014
Hairs ruffled, eyes blurred, yawn stiffens...knocks, ...knocks again, silence...finds the handle, turns it, gently pushes the door open..a stale breeze welcoms me, everywhere is stuffy, the air very stale...everywhere is deserted, seat lies vacant...

WHERE IS EVERYBODY NA??
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 7:24am On Dec 12, 2014
Hairs ruffled, eyes blurred, yawn stiffens...knocks, ...knocks again, silence...finds the handle, turns it, gently pushes the door open..a stale breeze welcoms me, everywhere is stuffy, the air very stale...everywhere is deserted, seats lies vacant...

WHERE IS EVERYBODY NA??
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 10:02am On Dec 12, 2014
I replied yesterday...I did not know it did not enter....
I think for a starter...we should go on with a short story...
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by stuff46(m): 10:47am On Dec 12, 2014
Mescopaul:
Hairs ruffled, eyes blurred, yawn stiffens...knocks, ...knocks again, silence...finds the handle, turns it, gently pushes the door open..a stale breeze welcoms me, everywhere is stuffy, the air very stale...everywhere is deserted, seats lies vacant...

WHERE IS EVERYBODY NA??

here na
divepen what do say about he topic??
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Therock5555(m): 11:12am On Dec 12, 2014
I for register o but I barely sleep reach 5hours each day so where I wan see time join sef?
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 11:23am On Dec 12, 2014
Divepen:
I replied yesterday...I did not know it did not enter....
I think for a starter...we should go on with a short story...
You have a diff topic aside Ghostlady's?
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 2:02pm On Dec 12, 2014
stuff46:


here na
divepen what do say about he topic??
That is just the theme
Mescopaul
... Our topics will be different
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 2:16pm On Dec 12, 2014
Divepen:

That is just the theme
Mescopaul
... Our topics will be different
So?
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 2:35pm On Dec 12, 2014
Mescopaul:
So?
The theme is the same: How education affects our daily life...
However, Our Titles for it will be different
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 3:14pm On Dec 12, 2014
Divepen you tell US when to start....we are all waiting for you to blow the whistle...
Cc:
Mescopaul
Stuff46
Queennelly
Levuls
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Mescopaul(m): 3:25pm On Dec 12, 2014
Divepen:

The theme is the same: How education affects our daily life...
However, Our Titles for it will be different
So what are the guidelines?
How many chapters, how long shud each chapter be, when to begin, when and where to post (you said somethng about creating a new thread) etc..
Re: Checkmate- A Nairaland Competition by Nobody: 8:06am On Dec 13, 2014
Ghostlady:
Divepen you tell US when to start....we are all waiting for you to blow the whistle...
Cc:
Mescopaul
Stuff46
Queennelly
Levuls
For now let us restrict to at most 1500 words...
And let us first post it here.. So that we will correct it together before posting on a nre thread so that we dont present ourselves as Mediocres...
Let us start immediately...
No Guideline than the o

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