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Music/Radio / Did You Know: There Are Over 40 Radio Stations On Lagos Airwave by advertoonist(m): 7:35pm On Jan 18, 2023
Did You know:
There are over 40 radio stations on Lagos airwave and hundreds of programmes to choose from.

Follow and DM Radio Guide Lagos on Twitter to get the full list
twitter.com/radioguidelagos or WhatsApp on 07054577795

Literature / Monthly Earnings For Storytellers & Poets In Our Telegram Group by advertoonist(m): 6:38pm On Sep 08, 2021
Naija Writers United's Monthly Earnings For Storytellers & Poets In Our Telegram Group

Hey! Wordsmiths
Naija Writers United here to announce to all members in our Telegram group that after careful deliberation we the admin(s) have fashioned out a way to bring incentives to aspiring writers and poets to put their sleeping talents to use.

Starting from the month of Feb, 2022 and every month henceforth, we'll be rewarding our members with monetary earnings for their creative efforts.

Members who are serious about their writing will be receiving monthly earnings if their submitted works is adjudged 'The best piece of literary work of the month'

So to create a democratic process and a level playing field, the best Short stories/Poems will be chosen based on popular votes among the group members.


*Also to inform all that our mandatory monthly membership subscription will commence on December, 31, 2022

*The funding for rewarding our members creative efforts will be pool from the group's monthly subscription (mandatory) for all members who wish to continue to belong to this family.

So Wordsmiths, is time to devise ways to fend off online distractions killing creativity and rekindle your love for reading and writing

Details of our Members Monthly Earnings will be announce on January 10th 2022.

To make our group's monthly earning bigger it behooves on members to invite in their fellow writers and book lovers to join our creative community.


Start Writing Now.

*To join our group send a WhatsApp or Telegram message to +2347033443215 or @naijawritersunited_frontdesk

Literature / Hey Aspiring Writers Our Writers Group Is Now On Telegram by advertoonist(m): 4:59pm On Sep 07, 2021
Our writers group is no longer on WhatsApp. Join us now on Telegram
Dm us to join 2347033443215 or @naijawritersutd
https:///naijawritersutd ( /naijawritersutd)

Literature / Are You One Of These Special People Scattered Across Nigeria And In Isolation by advertoonist(m): 4:14pm On May 08, 2021
You must be lost soul the family been looking for. Join them now +2347033443215 on Telegram or WhatsApp.
Or aren't you a writer?
Literature / We Switched From Whatsapp's Group Of 256 To Telegram 200,000 Membership Capacity by advertoonist(m): 5:07am On May 07, 2021
Greetings Wordsmiths,

                                  Reasons for the Switch to Telegram, Explained

A new frontier had been discovered for the advancement of our group. A new Home where our community is more tolerant and richly accommodating. TELEGRAM MESSAGING APP IS OUR NEW HOME

(Send a message to our Telegram number +2347033443215 to get the group invite link)

You're all welcome to the Naija Writers United group for writers, aspiring and newbies who are seeking inspiration and resources and wish to join a community of creative talents

Membership
WhatsApp, our erstwhile platform could only accommodate 256 members, but the Telegram group can host a membership capacity of 200,000 to 500,000

Listed below are reasons which necessitated Naija Writers United switched from WhatsApp group to Telegram group.

Security 
Our members can now substitute their phone number for a @username to interact in the group comfortably. No more +234.......Keep....My....Number.....Safe

Messaging
Sending and recieving messages, images and files are not stored on your phone but on Telegram. 
No need for chat backup

Posts
You can EDIT and DELETE sent messages in group chats. 
You can also SCHEDULE your posts

Chat History For New Members
New members will see the messages the were sent before they joined the group.  

Download the Telegram Messaging app on the Google Play Store or Apple Store and join us in our new home.

(Send a message to our Telegram number +2347033443215 to get the group invite link)

Naija Writers United is an exciting and interactive classroom for the aspiring writers who are passionate about writing fiction and also wish to belong to an exclusive group of would-be published authors.

Naija Writers United was created to inspire a revolution in the Nigerian Entertainment industry by raising a community of writing talents across Nigeria and beyond. We are on the lookout for the next John Grishams, Sidney Sheldons, Nora Roberts, Stephen Kings, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies and Tomi Adeyemis in our midst.

Our classroom is for writers, aspiring or newbies into fiction writing. It's a well-organized learning hub for those who are passionate about books, writing fiction and for those pursuing a career publishing great stories.

Naija Writers United is a serious group and it’s governed by rules and managed by competent moderators. It maintains zero tolerance policy on unruliness commonly found in many social groups.

We are a mix group of different literary background and experience, so there’s a lot to learn, teach and share among members.
You are welcome to our special family

Music/Radio / Are You Searching For Quality Radio Programmes On Lagos FM Stations by advertoonist(m): 10:55pm On Nov 17, 2020
� Your Daily Radio Guide

The radio is turned on, and your hand is poised on it's tuner, ready to scan the airwave. But do you really know where the FM dials are or what they're offering?

The Lagos airwave is packed with over 30 radio stations and hundreds of programmes to choose from…

Tunein Lagos Channel - Guides listeners daily to informative, entertaining & brain stimulating contents across Lagos FM stations

We send out daily notifications of carefully selected quality radio programmes scheduled broadcast time to Nigerians home & abroad (4am to 10pm GMT/UTC +1)

Join our channel on the Telegram Messaging app with this Number +2347054577795
Download the Telegram messaging app on Google play store and Apple iOS stores

Let's spice your listening experience

Social Media Instagram & Twitter @tuneinlagos
Facebook @tuneinlagoschannel

Literature / Get A Free PDF Copy Of - A Guide Book Into Mastering The Craft Of Storytelling by advertoonist(m): 9:04am On Nov 15, 2020
Get it via a WhatsApp message to +2347033443215 or the link below- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sen6t5Hz1vgquA1fehEXzokobXD3jilh/view?usp=drivesdk

A Guide book into the nuts and bolts of writing fiction
Are you struggling writing those stories crowding in your head? Or do you sit up for hours staring at the blank page on your computer screen and agonizing over the words that wouldn't come out? Then get yourself a copy of Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction Writing.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’ is a research material loaded with compilations culled from journals, articles, essays, write ups and videos conveying different teaching methods, opinions, suggestions, critiques and ideas about the art and craft of writing fiction by international bestselling authors, editors, and educators from renowned institutions, forums, websites, blogs, seminars and literary groups across the cyberspace.

Is a well packaged educational material for aspiring writers who’d like to acquire the knowledge to unraveling the intricacies of the writing craft and streamlining their creative energy.

It contained texts, images and tutorial videos links to aid the teaching of writing great characters, plotting your novel, outlining, and finding your voice

The PDF textbook is 656 pages long and it contained almost all that is needed to learning the craft of storytelling.

For any one serious about writing fiction or want to take the professional route to a novelist career will benefit immensely from this book.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

Teaches you how to: Become a Writer
• Taming the beast call creativity
• Finding the writer in you
• Inventing your writing style
• Finding a narrative voice
• Building words and prose
• Understanding various genres
• Developing a discipline reading and writing habit

To Write Fiction Books

• Brainstorming on Ideas
• Structuring those Ideas
• Creating Setting, Tone and Mood
• Developing Characters
• Plotting the Story
• Editing and Polishing
• Reviewing and Revising
• Proof Reading
• Publishing and Earning

Literature / Naija Writers United-Reasons For Our Writers Group Switch To Telegram, Explained by advertoonist(m): 8:49am On Oct 02, 2020
Due to the deluge of requests to join our writers group on WhatsApp with 256 membership limited slot, we are now on Telegram with a membership capacity of 200,000. Please download the Telegram app on Google Play, Apple or Windows stores.

A new frontier had been discovered for the advancement of our group. A new Home where our community is more tolerant and richly accommodating.

TELEGRAM MESSAGING APP IS OUR NEW HOME - https://paystack.com/pay/creativewriting

Note: This is not in anyway making a comparison with WhatsApp.

Telegram is a cloud-based messaging service which is ever expanding like the universe - accommodating more participations and features.

Here are some of the listed features which necessitated the reason for the switch to Telegram.

Security
-Telegram allow members privacy option.
Our member can now substitute his or her phone number for a @username to interact in the group comfortably. No more +234......keep.....my.....phone number......safe.
In the privacy settings you can choose who can see your phone number, which is nicely supplemented with a username, which you can use to add people without changing phones.

Flexibility
The Telegram Messaging app is device friendly. It's cloud-based advantage make sure your device's internal & SD cards storages are burden free from the traffic and weights of files been shared in our group (text, images, audio and videos)

In a nutshell, you don't need to buy a memory card because Telegram afford you the opportunity to stored and re-download any files directly from it's server. You can upload up to 1.5GB file on Telegram

Also the Telegram app offer multiple device interactions.Telegram is cross-device and cross-platform. You can connect to multiple phones and tablets and PC.
So access and interact with our group and members through multiple device and platforms - Android, iOS, and Windows, all with on one single telegram account)

Messaging
Sending and recieving messages is not stored on your phone/device but on Telegram. No need to back-up chats when you switch phones or devices.

Posts
You can EDIT and DELETE sent messages on personal and group chats. You can also SCHEDULE your posts

Chat History For New Members
New members will see the messages that were sent before they joined the group. (The entire group chat)

Membership
Our current platform (WhatsApp) officially can accommodate 256 members only, but the Telegram group can host a membership capacity of 200,000.
And to make membership accessible to all aspiring writers, we have made our NWU private group on Telegram a yearly subscription, still at a thousand Naira (N1000 only)

Our NWU Online Masterclass
Will now hold twice a month on our Facebook Closed Group. We have secured the services of creative writing teachers and authors. They will be teaching us the different aspects of writing fiction via Live streams.

You can join our Telegram group via the Paystack payment channel link below

https://paystack.com/pay/creativewriting

Please send your questions and inquiries about our transition excercise

WhatsApp - +2347033443215

Telegram @naijawritersutd

Crossover now to our brave new world

Malik Olanrewaju
Chief Admin

Follow, Like and Share us on our Social Media platforms @naijawritersutd Facebook, Twitter & Instagram

Join us

Adverts / Don't Forget To Join Rotus Later Today On Business Hub On Smooth FM Radio 98.1 by advertoonist(m): 10:44am On May 12, 2020
Indebt look at businesses, SMEs, business structures and featuring interviews of important people in business and success stories in small businesses.

To receive the notification of the start of this show and other interesting FM programs, subscribe to our tunein Lagos broadcast channel on Telegram

Search for tunein Lagos on Telegram

Jobs/Vacancies / At 2:30pm Today 12th July, 2019 Get Ready To Voice Out Your CV Live On Radio. by advertoonist(m): 12:36pm On Jul 12, 2019
At 2:30pm today 12th July, 2019 and very friday, get ready to voice out your CV in 30 seconds to prospective employers on the Dish, your favorite talk Show with your favorite ladies on Lagos Talks FM 91.3. 

The segment dedicated to job seekers. Tunein and tell us your profile, qualifications, contact and the type of job you're seeking in 30 seconds.
In Lagos turn your dial to 91.3 or listen Live online via this link - http://www.lagostalks.com/listen-live
Here are the studio lines.
08091913913, 08092345913, 08092220913

Download the tunein mobile app to remind you weekly of this and other job/career shows on Lagos FM Radio stations.
It's available on Google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.tuneinlagosapp

Good Luck

Jobs/Vacancies / At 2:30pm Today 5th July, 2019 Get Ready To Voice Out Your CV Live On Radio. by advertoonist(m): 2:06pm On Jul 05, 2019
At 2:30pm today 5th July, 2019 and very friday, get ready to voice out your CV in 30 seconds to prospective employers on the Dish, your favorite talk Show with your favorite ladies on Lagos Talks FM 91.3. 

The segment dedicated to job seekers. Tunein and tell us your profile, qualifications, contact and the type of job you're seeking in 30 seconds.
In Lagos turn your dial to 91.3 or listen Live online via this link - http://www.lagostalks.com/listen-live
Here are the studio lines.
08091913913, 08092345913, 08092220913

Download the tunein mobile app to remind you weekly of this and other job/career shows on Lagos FM Radio stations.
It's available on Google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.tuneinlagosapp

Good Luck

Jobs/Vacancies / Voice out your CV in 30 seconds on the Dish on Lagos Talks FM 91.3 by advertoonist(m): 2:58pm On Jun 28, 2019
Every Friday, 2:30pm, voice out your CV in 30 seconds to prospective employers on the Dish show on Lagos Talks FM 91.3.
The show dedicated to job seekers. Tunein and tell us your profile, qualifications, contact and the type of job you're seeking in 30 seconds.
Download the tunein mobile app to remind you weekly of this and other job/career shows on Lagos FM Radio stations.
It's available on Google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.tuneinlagosapp

Jobs/Vacancies / For Job/vacancies Shows, Download Tunein Lagos On Google Play Store by advertoonist(m): 10:27am On May 24, 2019
Get notification messages of shows like

The Money Show
Sell your CV on the Dish
The Job Factory

tunein Lagos App is an FM radio program notification mobile app alerting radio listeners daily to informative, entertaining and brain stimulating contents across Lagos FM stations

Download on Google play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.tuneinlagosapp

With over 30 radio stations in Lagos frequency modulation space alone and hundreds of programs to choose from… tunein Lagos app provides radio listeners anywhere in the world with daily real time notifications on choice contents’ broadcast time and star OAPs schedules on their smartphones

Business / For Your Business Shows, Download The Tunein Lagos App On Google Play Store by advertoonist(m): 7:05am On May 24, 2019
Get alert messages of shows like

Your Business, My Business
Business Express
Money, Business and Economic Show
Talk Business
The Marketplace
Business Hub
Business Etiquette
Fidelity SME Platform...etc

tunein Lagos App is an FM radio program notification mobile app alerting radio listeners daily to informative, entertaining and brain stimulating contents across Lagos FM stations

Download on Google play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.tuneinlagosapp

With over 30 radio stations in Lagos frequency modulation space alone and hundreds of programs to choose from… tunein Lagos app provides radio listeners anywhere in the world with daily real time notifications on choice contents’ broadcast time and star OAPs schedules on their smartphones

Music/Radio / Download Tunein Lagos App On Google Play Store, Locator Of Best Shows On Radio by advertoonist(m): 4:16pm On May 23, 2019
tunein Lagos App is an FM radio program notification mobile app alerting radio listeners daily to informative, entertaining and brain stimulating contents across Lagos FM stations

Download on Google play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.tuneinlagosapp

With over 30 radio stations in Lagos frequency modulation space alone and hundreds of programs to choose from… tunein Lagos app provides radio listeners anywhere in the world with daily real time notifications on choice contents’ broadcast time and star OAPs schedules on their smartphones and other mobile devices.

Business / Sampling Of Building Materials Products Is Now Done Via Live Video (instagram) by advertoonist(m): 5:13pm On Jan 07, 2019
Live Video sampling of building material products via Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

We Supply quality sand and granites across Ogun state. We are located along Sango, Ifo Abeokuta expressway.

Call or WhatsApp 09091500737 for enquiry, details, and supplies.

Reliable and trusted for your real estate projects.

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Literature / For New Members Of Our Whatsapp Group For Writers +2347033443215 by advertoonist(m): 1:43pm On Aug 27, 2018
Hey Wordsmith
Welcome to the family. You have been added to the groups on offer.
You can now start visiting these groups to engaging other members - there's a lot to teach, learn and share among members.

With the aid of our study material as reference you can take each sections in the table of content i.e Character Development, writing Dialogues and take them to the groups designated to it for study and discussions.

Note: Please create enough internal space on your devices for these groups activities or get yourself an SD Card (External space) to accommodate our contents - text, image and video materials.
Or
Backup the activities on these groups in your Google drive if you're on Android and ICloud for IOS users. (For later reference)

To avoid the continuous irritations of notification sounds, please go to the group info on the top right hand corner of the app and locate the mute button to silent the activities of certain groups not in use currently.

For example if you're having an interesting discussion on i.e in Plot, Scenes & Settings group, and you don't want interferences from other busy groups you are not involved with, please mute them (silent).

You can silent all other groups in 'absentia' while you concentrate on the discussion of interest. Later you can revisit the groups timelines past contents and continue the conversation thereon or start another one with other participants.

You and other members will be converging in the Amphitheatre group, the venue of our general class to be hosted by different guest authors, creative writing coaches and professional editors. The date of the classes will be announce as when due.

The Book Club will be starting next month. A book will be chosen for all members to read for the month of September and in August, we will be having discussions and sharing opinions and different perspectives on the story, writing and the authors.
Once again, welcome to our writers school on WhatsApp and let's turn our passion into livelihood.
Malik Olanrewaju. +2347033443215

The groups to aid learning are as follow (19 in total)

The List of Groups to aid Learning
1. Character Development
2. Plot, Structure & Outline
3. Description, Scene & Settings
4. Writing Dialogues
5. POV, Style & Narration
6. Words and Prose
7. Drafting, Editing and Polishing
8. Writing Thriller/Crime
9. Writing Romance
10. Writing Comedy
11. Writing Horror Stories
12. Writing Literary Fiction
13. Discussing Authors Works
14. The Amphitheatre – Venue of our Weekly Class
15. The Book Club – Our Official monthly Reading group
16. The Cinema – Discussion about Films and Screenplay Writing
17. The Book Project – Help Center for members Manuscripts
18. Brainstorming on Ideas
19. The Poetry Room

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Sports / Create Ur Own Sport Show/podcast/posts To A Large Audience & Get Steady Income by advertoonist(m): 5:06pm On Aug 20, 2018
I'm Malik Olanrewaju, a fiction writer and a member of the Patreon community.
Am no sport pundits, caster or analyst, but I believe we have strong passion for what we do and will like to be rewarded for our passion.
Members of Patreon community numbering over 2 million + uses this platform to create various contents to different audiences - music, films, broadcasts, comedy, writing, games, photography etc

Patreon provides you a platform, audience and supports, and you have to provide consistent contents to get monthly incomes. I.e use music studios nearest to you to record your shows and post it on your own page daily, weekly or monthly and get pay by audience who love your broadcasts or sport write ups.

Having Patreon community's 'pledged' ongoing supports means you can spend less time thinking about incomes, and more time enjoying creating sporting contents for your audience in the community.

Register now to become a patron https://patreon.com/invite/ggmzmv

Best,

Malik Olanrewaju

Music/Radio / Re: As A Musician You Can Get Supports And Income By Joining The Patreon Community by advertoonist(m): 1:56pm On Aug 19, 2018
Click on the link inside the messsge body
Fashion/Clothing Market / As A Fashion Expert, You Can Get Support And Income By Joining Patreon by advertoonist(m): 12:52pm On Aug 19, 2018
I'm Malik Olanrewaju, a fiction writer. Am no fashion experts, designers, or model. But you are creators who have something or designing ideas to sell.

We all can get regular income from supporters through Patreon community

Having Patreon community's 'pledged' ongoing supports means we can spend less time thinking about business, and more time enjoying creating.

Register now to become a patron https://patreon.com/invite/ggmzmv

Best,

Malik Olanrewaju

Gaming / As A Game Developer You Can Get Support And Income By Joining The Patreon by advertoonist(m): 12:38pm On Aug 19, 2018
I'm Malik Olanrewaju, a fiction writer. Am no comedian, musician, actor, film maker, producer, photographer, artist, game maker, cartoonist and animators. But we are all entertainers and creators who have intellectual properties to sell.

We all can get regular income from supporters through Patreon community

Having Patreon community's 'pledged' ongoing supports means we can spend less time thinking about business, and more time enjoying creating.

Register now to become a patron https://patreon.com/invite/ggmzmv

Best,

Malik Olanrewaju

Celebrities / As An Entertainer U Can Get Supports & Income By Joining The Patreon Community by advertoonist(m): 11:37am On Aug 19, 2018
I'm Malik Olanrewaju, a fiction writer. Am no comedian, musician, actor, film maker, producer, photographer, artist, game maker, cartoonist and animators. But we are all entertainers and creators who have intellectual properties to sell.

We all can get regular income from supporters through Patreon community

Having Patreon community's 'pledged' ongoing supports means we can spend less time thinking about business, and more time enjoying creating.

Register now to become a patron https://patreon.com/invite/ggmzmv

Best,

Malik Olanrewaju

Music/Radio / As A Musician You Can Get Supports And Income By Joining The Patreon Community by advertoonist(m): 11:25am On Aug 19, 2018
I'm Malik Olanrewaju, a fiction writer. Am no comedian, musician, actor, film maker, producer, photographer, artist, game maker, cartoonist and animators. But we are all entertainers and creators who have intellectual properties to sell.

We all can get regular income from supporters through Patreon community

Having Patreon community's 'pledged' ongoing supports means we can spend less time thinking about business, and more time enjoying creating.

Register now https://patreon.com/invite/ggmzmv

Best,

Malik Olanrewaju

Jokes Etc / As A Comedian Or Joke Creator You Can Earn From Your Talent By..... by advertoonist(m): 11:15am On Aug 19, 2018
I am Malik Olanrewaju, a fiction writer. I am no comedian, musician, actor, film maker, producer, photographer, artist, game maker, cartoonist or an animators. We are all entertainers and creators who have intellectual properties to sell.

We can get regular income from supporters through Patreon community

Having Patreon community's 'pledged' supports means we can spend less time thinking about business, and more time creating.

Register now https://patreon.com/invite/ggmzmv

Best,

Malik Olanrewaju

Literature / Request An Excerpt Of The Book On Mastering The Craft Of Storytelling by advertoonist(m): 6:06pm On Jul 21, 2018
Are you struggling writing those stories crowding in your head? Or do you sit up for hours staring at the blank page on your computer screen and agonizing over the words that wouldn't come out? Then get yourself a copy of Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction Writing.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’ is a research material loaded with compilations culled from journals, articles, essays, write ups and videos conveying different teaching methods, opinions, suggestions, critiques and ideas about the art and craft of writing fiction by international bestselling authors, editors, and educators from renowned institutions, forums, websites, blogs, seminars and literary groups across the cyberspace.

Is a well packaged educational material for aspiring writers who’d like to acquire the knowledge to unraveling the intricacies of the writing craft and streamlining their creative energy.

It contained texts, images and tutorial videos links to aid the teaching of writing great characters, plotting your novel, outlining, and finding your voice

The PDF textbook is 656 pages long and it contained almost all that is needed to learning the craft of storytelling.

For any one serious about writing fiction or want to take the professional route to a novelist career will benefit immensely from this book. This manual is working for me. And I'm sure it will work for you too.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

Teaches you how to: Become a Writer
• Taming the beast call creativity
• Finding the writer in you
• Inventing your writing style
• Finding a narrative voice
• Building words and prose
• Understanding various genres
• Developing a discipline reading and writing habit

To Write Fiction Books

• Brainstorming on Ideas
• Structuring those Ideas
• Creating Setting, Tone and Mood
• Developing Characters
• Plotting the Story
• Editing and Polishing
• Reviewing and Revising
• Proof Reading
• Publishing and Earning

Send Request to Whatsapp number +2347033443215

Literature / Need Help With Your Novel? Writing Characters, Setting, Plotting, Or Suspense by advertoonist(m): 5:21pm On Jun 11, 2018
Are you struggling writing those stories crowding in your head? Or do you sit up for hours staring at the blank page on your computer screen and agonizing over the words that wouldn't come out? Then get yourself a copy of Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction Writing.

To read an excerpt https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Laywj5wfsClL_hWudW-KG5yZp369RGh/view?usp=drivesdk

To get a full complete copy click on this https://paystack.com/pay/creativewriting

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’ is a research material loaded with compilations culled from journals, articles, essays, write ups and videos conveying different teaching methods, opinions, suggestions, critiques and ideas about the art and craft of writing fiction by international bestselling authors, editors, and educators from renowned institutions, forums, websites, blogs, seminars and literary groups across the cyberspace.

Is a well packaged educational material for aspiring writers who’d like to acquire the knowledge to unraveling the intricacies of the writing craft and streamlining their creative energy.

It contained texts, images and tutorial videos links to aid the teaching of writing great characters, plotting your novel, outlining, and finding your voice

The PDF textbook is 656 pages long and it contained almost all that is needed to learning the craft of storytelling.

For any one serious about writing fiction or want to take the professional route to a novelist career will benefit immensely from this book.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

Teaches you how to: Become a Writer
• Taming the beast call creativity
• Finding the writer in you
• Inventing your writing style
• Finding a narrative voice
• Building words and prose
• Understanding various genres
• Developing a discipline reading and writing habit

To Write Fiction Books

• Brainstorming on Ideas
• Structuring those Ideas
• Creating Setting, Tone and Mood
• Developing Characters
• Plotting the Story
• Editing and Polishing
• Reviewing and Revising
• Proof Reading
• Publishing and Earning

Famous Quotes

“I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories.
This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being,
but left the end of our story untold.
That mystery is troubling to us.
How could it be otherwise?
Without the final part, we think, how are we to make sense of all that went before:
which is to say, our lives?

So we make stories of our own,
in fevered and envious imitation of our Maker,
hoping that we'll tell, by chance,
what God left untold.
And finishing our tale,
come to understand why we were born.”

Literature / Need help with your novel? writing characters, plotting,outlining or motivation? by advertoonist(m): 2:06pm On Apr 03, 2018
Are you struggling writing those stories crowding in your head? Or do you sit up for hours staring at the blank page on your computer screen and agonizing over the words that wouldn't come out? Then get yourself a copy of Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction Writing.

Send ‘Buy’ to Whatsapp number +2347033443215 and get a PDF copy sent to you now on Whatsapp and start learning and mastering the craft of telling your own stories.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’ is a research material loaded with compilations culled from journals, articles, essays, write ups and videos conveying different teaching methods, opinions, suggestions, critiques and ideas about the art and craft of writing fiction by international bestselling authors, editors, and educators from renowned institutions, forums, websites, blogs, seminars and literary groups across the cyberspace.

Is a well packaged educational material for aspiring writers who’d like to acquire the knowledge to unraveling the intricacies of the writing craft and streamlining their creative energy.

It contained texts, images and tutorial videos links to aid the teaching of writing great characters, plotting your novel, outlining, and finding your voice

The PDF textbook is 654 pages long and it contained almost all that is needed to learning the craft of storytelling.

For any one serious about writing fiction or want to take the professional route to a novelist career will benefit immensely from this book.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

Teaches you how to: Become a Writer
• Taming the beast call creativity
• Finding the writer in you
• Inventing your writing style
• Finding a narrative voice
• Building words and prose
• Understanding various genres
• Developing a discipline reading and writing habit

To Write Fiction Books

• Brainstorming on Ideas
• Structuring those Ideas
• Creating Setting, Tone and Mood
• Developing Characters
• Plotting the Story
• Editing and Polishing
• Reviewing and Revising
• Proof Reading
• Publishing and Earning

Famous Quotes

“I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories.
This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being,
but left the end of our story untold.
That mystery is troubling to us.
How could it be otherwise?
Without the final part, we think, how are we to make sense of all that went before:
which is to say, our lives?

So we make stories of our own,
in fevered and envious imitation of our Maker,
hoping that we'll tell, by chance,
what God left untold.
And finishing our tale,
come to understand why we were born.”

Clive Barker, English Novelist and Author of Sacrament

Table of Contents

Preface
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Nigerian authors are taking over the world - Temi Adeyemi
Part I For the Love of Writing
Introduction
Big Question – Writers Ask Write Why do we Write?
Can You Teach Creative Writing?
Should I Do A Writing Course?
Why I Take a Writing Class?
The Essence of Creative Writing Schooling
Freedom and Self-Expression in Creative Writing
The Basics of Storytelling
Types of Stories
Part of a Story: Introduction, Body & Conclusion
The Writer’s Toolkit
Creative Process- Toolbox Self – Improvement
The working Process
Authors Different Takes On Writing
Letter to a Young Writer
Where Do You Get Your Ideas
When Things Start To Happen
The Writing Tips They Never Teach You
The Writer’s Ultimate Workspace
Planning Ahead
Inspirations is for Amateurs
Permission to Write
I Started Here
How Do You Begin A Novel?
Getting Started
Do Your Research (and the character will write the book for you)
Research, Atmosphere & Setting
Over-Active Research Syndrome
Fusing Real Life into Fiction
Pouring ‘Real Life’ into Fiction
How to Gather Ideas, Turn them into a Novel & Finish it
How I Reluctantly Learnt to Write What I Know
The Writing Rules
Practical Tricks For Writing Your First Novel
PD James’s Tips for Writing Novels
Ways to Hook Your Reader

Part II Finding the Writer in You

2. Voice, Style, and Point of Views
Established a Narrative Voice
Finding a Voice
Choosing Your Narrative Voice
Don’t Find Your Voice – Use Your Voice
To Boldly Write in the Voice of a Child
Point of View (POV)
Introduction
List of Narrative Styles
Advantages and Disadavtanges of First Person POV
What is Third Person Narrative
What Does the Omniscient Point of View Mean?
Advantages of Third Person Omniscient
Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Point of Views
Why Point of View is so Important for a Novel Writer
How to Write from the Opposite Gender’s Point of View

3. Narration, Description, Plot, Scenes, Structure and Outlining
An Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative
What Are Narrative Strands?
Writing Dual Narratives
Narrating Past and Present
Jumping Between Past & Present: The Payoff and Pitfalls
Ways to Pull Off Dual Timelines in Your Novel
Description
How to Write Description in Fiction
Writing Description in Fiction
Description and Why it’s Important
On Description with Meaning
Example of Descriptive Narrative in Action
How to Describe a Landscape
Scene
Making a Scene
How to Construct Scenes in the Most Efficient Way Possible
Plot and Structure
Definition
The Secret Plan of Your Story
Take Your Novels Plot and Structure to the Next Level
The Narrative Arc
Elements of a Story Plot
Tips for Structuring Your Novel
How to Create the Six Key Moments in Story Structure
Structuring Put in Practical Exercise
Settings
Setting is Not a Place; It’s an Emotion
Different Setting Ideas
How to Design a Fictional Town and City
Creating a Memorable Sense of Place in Your Writing
World Building
Outlining
Outlining Your Novel - Why and How
How to Outline a Novel (Even if you’re not an Outliner)
Ways to Outline a Novel

4. Character Development
How Characters Involved in Stories
The First Rule of Creating Fictional Characters
Creating the Character
The ‘PEPSI’ Formula for Creating Characters
Creating Interesting Characters
How to Create Authentic and Powerful Fictional Characters
The 16 Archetypes to Create Unforgettable Protagonists
How to Create a Character Web to have an Unforgettable Cast
Creating Complex Protagonists
Key Elements - Your Characters are True to Life
Make Your Characters Your Best Friend
Example of a Character Profile
Example of a Character Profile (2)
Tips and Tricks for Creating Memorable Characters
How to Create a Compelling Character
How to Describe Your Characters (Creating Believable Individuals)
Character Backstory (How to Create a Character Backstory that Feels Real)
Nail Your Character’s Backstory with One Simple Tip
How to Weave in Backstory to Reveal Character
The Importance of a Strong Character
Ways to Write Better Characters
How to Create a Protagonist (Who is very different from you)
What is a Minor Character (Understanding the minor characters’ roles)
How to Write Effective Supporting Characters
The Difference between Character Habits and Quirks
How to Describe a Character’s Neighbourhood
Mastering Facial Expression
Write the Hard Stuff: Facial Expressions
100 Words for Facial Expressions

5. Dialogue, Words and Prose, and Conflict
Dialogue
Rewriting the Rules of Dialogue
Words and Prose
Understanding the Importance of Word Choice
Clothe Characters Well – Choose Words that Fit
Story – Specific Words – Fitting Words to Story
Conflict
Defintion
Authors Different Views and Usages of Conflict in Storytelling
Examples of Possible Conflicts in a Story
Story Conflicts Possible in Your Book
Types of Conflicts
Tragedy of Fate Vs. Tragedy of Character
Types of Narratives Conflict You Can use in Content Creation
Types of Conflicts in Stories
Character Conflicts
A Brief Description of Conflict

6. Drafting, Editing, Polishing, Review, Proofing and Publishing
Drafting
Genius Tips that will Help You with Drafting a Novel
Tips to Write Your Draft Quickly
Common Openings/Omissions in First Drafts
How to Write a Rough Draft: Finish Your Novel Faster
Should You Fast-Draft Your Novel?
How Can You Fast-Draft Successfully
Ways to Improve a First Draft
What to do after the First Draft’s done?
How to Balance Action, Narrative, and Dialogue in Your Novel
Polishing Tips
Editing
Being Edited
Discover the Art of the Rewrite
Writing is Rewriting
Making of a Book: Editing Process
What to do Before Hiring a Professional Editor
Proofing Your Manuscript –Tips
Publishing
Pitch Perfect
Advice for Debut Authors
Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing

7. Writers Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them
A Writer Who Doesn’t Read
Things that will Doom Your Novel
The Biggest Fiction Writing Mistakes & How to Fix Them
Tips Guaranteed to Rescue Your Story

8. Literary & Genre Fiction, Mastering Suspense Writing
Literary Fiction & Genre Fiction: Distinction
The Debate (Literary Fiction vs. Popular Fiction)
On Character Driven vs. Plot Driven
Literary Fiction
Writing Literary Fiction
How to Structure Your Literary Fiction Novel
Genre Fiction
How to Write Thrillers
How to Write Horror Story
How to Write Comedy
How to Write Romance Story
Mastering Suspense Writing

Part III Now, The Writer in You Has Arrived

9. Writers Motivation
What would it Take to Start You Writing Today
Stay Motivated & Write Your Book
Keeping Up Morale
Make Writing Your Friend
Skills You Probably Already Have That Can Help Your Writing
Writing, Practice, Writing
To Write Without Fear
Balancing Your Writing Life
Your Writing Zone
Writing as Therapy – When the Past Demands to be Acknowledged
Properties of Creativity (And how they can help with the writing process)
What Inspires Your Writing
Writers’ Block (The Art of Letting Go)

10. Extra, Extra, Insights From Writers
How Different Forms of the Arts Shaped a Writer
How Writing Online Influenced My Writing Career
Beetles & Books: My Journey to Publication
Writing within Four Walls
Magical Realism and the Creative Act
The Musicality of Writing
The Writer’s Choice: Short Story versus the Novel
Why I Write Cross-Genre Fiction

11. List of Writing Terms

12. Some Recommended Books

13. Famous Writers’ Quotes

14. Sources of Materials, and Acknowledgements

The Researcher

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What the Nigerian Entertainment Industry is Lacking

“If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood” – Peter Handke

The Nigeria Entertainment industry is yet to consolidate on her final missing limb. The American entertaining book world, the source of inspiration for many Hollywood’s screen masterpiece, is a billion dollars industry providing jobs and opportunities for many across board.

Just like the revolution that exploded the Nigerian music and film industries onto the global scene, we believe a convergence of fiction writers, editors, readers, critics, publishers, and booksellers into a strong unit i.e. (Naija Writers United Group on Whatsapp +2347033443215) will birth a new beginning for a sleeping industry that could provide jobs for Nigerians in the book world.

It’s time Nigerian novelists plug in the last limb into the entertaining industry with our very own blockbuster thrillers, comedy, romance, horror, adventure, drama stories…etc

Let the Revolution Begin!

Education / Join The Daily Creative Writing Class For Fiction Writers On Whatsapp Group by advertoonist(m): 6:50pm On Apr 02, 2018
Are you an avid reader of fiction books and wish you could write your own story?

Are you passionate about writing your own novel and getting it publish but don’t know how?

Does the Blank page on your notebook or laptop in front of you scare you to beat?

Are you thinking of applying for a creative writing program in a university abroad but the hassles and expenses of student visa and school
intuitions stares you down?

Do you need tutoring of some sort to birth forth the creativity roaring inside of you?

If this is you, you don’t need to worry about these hurdles any longer.

Join the Class for aspiring writers called ‘Naija Writers United’ on whatsapp is now open to all those who are passionate about taking the craft of writing seriously.
You are all invited to taking part in a daily interactive class with other members in teaching, sharing, and encouraging one another and buying and selling the works of members.

And our recommended textbook is ‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’
To join the class on whatsapp you’ll need to get a copy of this book (only on this whatsapp number +2347033443215, where each phone number will be added to the NWU group.

The benefits of joining the ‘Naija Writers United’ group on Whatsapp +2347033443215

• Encouraging reading and writing daily

• Studying our textbook ‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

• Motivating members on constant writing exercises

• Sharing different daily writing process and approaches

• Critiquing of members’ works

• Readers Club

• Sharing of inspiring ideas, videos, images, audio materials

• Help build a community of buyers and readers of our works

• Hosting of Workshops where members get to meeting one another

• Making new friends


Understanding
the
Mechanics
of
Fiction Writing
Mastering the Craft of Storytelling



A guidebook into the nuts and bolts of writing fiction

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’
is a research work on different teachings, opinions, suggestions, critiques and ideas about the art and craft of writing fiction

Is a well packaged educational book for aspiring writers who’d like to acquire the knowledge to unraveling the intricacies of the writing craft and streamlining their creative energy.

The book is 419 pages long and it contained almost all that is needed to learning the craft of storytelling.

For any one serious about writing fiction or want to take the professional route to a novelist career will benefit immensely from this book as I have.

‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’


Teaches you how to: Become a Writer

• Taming the beast call creativity

• Finding the writer in you

• Inventing your writing style

• Finding a narrative voice

• Building words and prose

• Understanding various genres

• Developing a discipline reading and writing habit

‘If a story is in you, it has got to come out.’- William Faulkner

To Write Fiction Books

• Brainstorming on ideas

• Structuring those ideas

• Creating setting, tone and mood

• Developing characters

• Plotting the story

• Editing and polishing

• Reviewing and revising

• Publishing

TABLE OF CONTENT


Part I – For the Love of Writing


Introduction


Can You Teach Creative Writing

On Writing: A Letter to young writer

The Basics of Story Writing

Part of a Story: Introduction, Body, Conclusion

The Writing Rules

Writer’s Toolkit

Creative Toolbox

Writing Fiction (Getting Started)

Hook Your Reader

Practical tricks For Writing Your First Novel

Part II – Welcome to Class (Learning the Practical)


Voice, Style and Point of Views


Finding a Voice

Choosing a Narrative Voice

Don’t Find Your Voice- Use Your Voice

To Boldly Write in the Voice of a Child

Point of Views (POV)

Why Point of View is so Important For Novel Writers

How to Write from the Opposite Gender’s Point of View

Types of POV Narrative Techniques

Advantages and Disadvantages of First Person POV

The Advantages of Third Person Omniscient

How to Write in First Person

Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Point of Views

Narration, Description, Plot and Scenes

What are Narrative Strands

Writing Dual Narratives

Narrative Past and Present

Jumping Between Past and Present – The Payoff & Pitfalls

Examples of Narrative in Action

Scene

Plot

Story Structure

Structure Put in Practical Exercise

Settings

How to Design a Fictional Town & City


Character Development


First Rule of Creating Fictional Characters

How to create Authentic and Powerful Character

16 Archetypes to Create Unforgettable Protagonist

How to Create a Character Web to have Unforgettable Cast in Fiction

Examples of Character Profile

Examples of Character Profile (2)

Tips and Tricks For creating Memorable Characters

How to Create Compelling Characters in Fictional writing

How to describe Your Characters (Creating Believable Individuals)

The Importance of a strong Character

8 Ways to Write Better Characters

How to create a Protagonist (Who is different from you)

What is a Minor Character (Understanding the Minor Character’s roles)

How to Write Effective Supporting Character

The Difference Between Character’s Habits and Quirks

Mastering Facial Expressions

Write the Hard Stuff: Facial Expression


The ‘PEPSI’ Formula for creating characters

This is an interesting writing system and it’s called Pepsi.

P-Physical, how they look
E-Emotional, how they emotionally react to certain situations
P-Psychological, how they think
S-Societal, how do they fit in, are they known for anything in particular, are they popular?
I-Interpersonal, the relationships of the character and how they get along.

Dialogue

Rewriting The Rules of Dialogue

Words and Prose

Understanding the Importance of Word Choice

Clothe Characters Well – Choose Words that Fits

Types of Conflicts in stories

Character Conflicts

Writer’s Motivation


How Different Form of Arts Shaped a Writer

The Writing Process

Freedom of Self- Expression in Creative Writing

Make Writing Your Friend

Writing, Practice, Writing

Drafting Tips


Common Openings/Omissions in First Drafts

b]Editing and Polishing Tip
[/b]

Reviews Tips


Publishing

Mistakes Writers Must Avoid

Literary Fiction Versus Popular Fiction

On Character Driven or on Plot Driven

Genres

How to Write Thrillers

How to Write Horror Stories

How to Write Comedy

How to write Romance Fiction

Mastering Suspense Writing

Literary Fiction vs Popular Fiction


Part III – Now, The Writer Has Arrive

Extra, Extra Opinions from Writer

List of Writing Terms

List of Books and Literature Programs on Lagos FM Station

Famous Writers Quotes


Famous Quotes


“I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories.
This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being,
but left the end of our story untold.
That mystery is troubling to us.
How could it be otherwise?
Without the final part, we think, how are we to make sense of all that went before:
which is to say, our lives?

So we make stories of our own,
in fevered and envious imitation of our Maker,
hoping that we'll tell, by chance,
what God left untold.
And finishing our tale,
come to understand why we were born.”

Clive Barker
[/b]English Novelist and Author of [b]Sacrament




Part I


For the Love of Writing


What the Nigerian Entertainment industry is lacking

“If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood” – Peter Handke

The Nigeria Entertainment industry is yet to consolidate on her final missing limb. The American entertaining book world, the source of inspiration for many Hollywood’s masterpiece, is a billion dollars industry providing jobs and opportunities for many across board.

Just like the revolution that have exploded the Nigerian music and film industries onto the global scene, we believe a convergence of fiction writers, editors, readers, critics, publishers, and booksellers into a strong unit will birth a new beginning for a sleeping industry that could provide jobs for Nigerians in the book world.

It’s time Nigerian novelists plug in the last limb into the entertaining industry with our very own blockbuster thrillers, comedy, romance, horror, adventure, drama stories…etc

Let The Revolution Begin!!!


Introduction


The Big Question - Writers Ask Writers: Why do we write?

Why we pursue writing in the first place.
I feel the compulsion to write all the time, but explaining why or where that comes from feel like explaining why I walk on my feet and not my hands. So here are a few reasons I could come up with, and then I will pass you over to my fellow writers

1. To Understand and Preserve My Own Experiences
When I started writing, as many writers do, I kept a journal. Writing was a way to commandeer my own experience as a young man: to try to condense and understand all the things I wanted for my life. When I began, my life didn’t feel very interesting, but I wrote small things down because I wanted to preserve them, like pressed flowers long-forgotten, so that one day, my future self might look back on them and understand how I had changed (or remained the same).

2. To Experience a Life Other Than Mine

I don’t remember precisely the first time I sat down to write fiction. I remember the result: a cliched novel about a Math professor and an artistic dreamer who fall in love. It was inspired by a Keats poem, and explored the clash between the arts and the sciences and whether they can ever be compatible.

The thing I do remember is the joy of being lost in another person’s head. Writing offers you the chance to imagine a life wildly different to your own, and being a dreamy teenager at the time, any life seemed more interesting than my mish-mash of school and home. It also gives an outlet for that overactive part of your mind, which if left to its own devices can become destructive rather than creative. If that latent imaginative energy is trained on my own life, I find that I overanalyze aspects of my life and make myself unhappy. There is a sense of relief in directing that energy towards creating a life for my characters.

3. To Understand Others

I have always been an observer. I like to take stock of my environment and the people I meet. I have always been a big reader as books offer an insight into other people that you rarely get from talking to them. People have so many defenses, even against themselves, and fiction is one of the only things I know of that gets beyond them, showing a person’s true motivations (even if they’re not real!). When writing my personal statement to get into universities, I remember trying to articulate this as a reason why I wanted to study English Literature. Reading obviously is a huge part of the job of a writer, and I began writing partly because I wanted to get under the skin of character and recreate this experience for someone else.

4. To Challenge Myself

During the transition from the gawky teenager writing angst in her diary, to the person who writes novels, a remarkable thing happened. I found an immense satisfaction in setting myself the challenge of imagining I was someone far removed from my own experience and seeing if I can achieve it successfully. With my first book, it was Marta, who depending on your interpretation is either deeply traumatized by an experience she has had, or is suffering from a mental illness. With my new book, it is Rook, a photographer who is looking back over his experience covering the Vietnam War. When I begin, I know very little, and the joy of writing for me is in researching to build up a picture of the setting, character, place and time, and then trying to keep all these aspects balanced with the plot, or what actually happens in my story.

5. For the Lifestyle
The final reason why I write is because I love to work for myself: to choose what I pursue and set my own workload. I can be a hard task-master, and sometimes it feels like I have homework all the time. But the flexibility of working from home, of being able to travel, and of feeling free are worth the somewhat stringent boss I can be to myself. Even when I was younger, I idealized this lifestyle and freedom, and it was this that attracted me to the writing life. I knew enough from reading about other writers that it was rare to become rich through pursuing this aim, and all I want for myself is that it is a sustainable career so that I can continue to work at it.

I would be lying if I denied that part of the reason I wanted to be a writer was to be published. I dreamt of seeing my book in a book shop, of holding it in my hands. It wasn’t my main motivation, but it something I held like a freshly laid egg, warm and perfect in my hands, while struggling through How To Be A Good Wife. And all the things that came after it happened were as wonderful as I had hoped they would be.
It does happen. First novels are bought for extraordinary sums; effective marketing gets the book into readers’ hands, readers respond to it and (cue sparkle of stars) that’s a career. The day job’s given up, you travel, you have that which is more prized than either – time to write.

It’s a story with all the magic of the lottery. It could be you. It gets you through sweeping out the fireplace, anyway. And because life is composed of rather more fireplace sweeping than most people like, fairy tales assume a greater portion of our thoughts than is healthy.
We lap them up and are supplied with more. But the supply of fairy godmothers - and indeed of princes – is a limited one, and real life fairy tales are rarely cut from whole cloth.

There will be days of clear and glorious and full of flowers, and times when you can’t see the path. But whether, as a writer, you’re aspiring, published its same path.

On the Importance of Reading

We all start out as readers before we begin to write — even non-writers. But continuing to read is more important to writers than to anyone else on the planet. You must read. And these writers tell you why.

If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write. – Stephen King

If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape. Ray Bradbury

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you’re trying to be a writer. Because it’s the only apprenticeship we have, it’s the only way of learning how to write a story. John Green

The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book. Samuel Johnson
Reading usually precedes writing and the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer. Susan Sontag

You are what you read. Esko Valtaoja


‘Can you teach Creative Writing?’
[/b]There have been and will continue to be well-publicized arguments about whether something so individual can or should be taught. The answer, though, should depend on what we mean by “taught”. Creative ability can’t be learned by rote, or recited like a times table. However, good habits and stimulus from a good teacher will provide an introduction to key techniques that encourage the student to move forward towards their own discoveries.

[b]‘Can you learn Creative Writing?’
[/b]You can always become more fluent in your own voice. If you are a writer, at any stage in your career, you should never stop learning. The longer and more successful the career the more true that is, so if you’re a relative beginner you have no excuse not to be learning creative writing.
[b]OBSERVE the world around you.

Like Sherlock Holmes in his deductions, you get more out of making no assumptions than trying to blend the world to fit your expectations or hopes. Everything is observation, from self-knowledge and emotional intelligence to describing a physical horizon or emotional landscape. Your notebook will keep what your brain cannot. The only kind of immortality in our grasp is ideas.
Perception drives reality. So pay attention.

……………………..Get Yourself a Copy Now
Literature / Join other fiction writers on Naija Writers United Group on Whatsapp by advertoonist(m): 1:20pm On Apr 01, 2018
Are you an avid reader of fiction books and wish you could write your own story?

Are you passionate about writing your own novel and getting it publish but don’t know how?

Does the Blank page on your notebook or laptop in front of you scare you to beat?

Are you thinking of applying for a creative writing program in a university abroad but the hassles and expenses of student visa and school intuitions stares you down?

Do you need tutoring of some sort to birth forth the creativity roaring inside of you?

If this is you, you don’t need to worry about these hurdles any longer.

Join the Class for aspiring writers called ‘Naija Writers United’ on whatsapp is now open to all those who are passionate about taking the craft of writing seriously.

You are all invited to taking part in a daily interactive class with other members in teaching, sharing, and encouraging one another and buying and selling the works of members.

And our recommended textbook is ‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

To join the class on whatsapp you’ll need to get a copy of this book (only on this whatsapp number +2347033443215, where each phone number will be added to the NWU group.

The benefits of joining the ‘Naija Writers United’ group on Whatsapp +2347033443215

• Encouraging reading and writing daily

• Studying our textbook ‘Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’

• Motivating members on constant writing exercises

• Sharing different daily writing process and approaches

• Critiquing of members’ works

• Readers Club

• Sharing of inspiring ideas, videos, images, audio materials

• Help build a community of buyers and readers of our works

• Hosting of Workshops where members get to meeting one another

• Making new friends


Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction Writing -Mastering the Craft of Storytelling


A guidebook into the nuts and bolts of writing fiction

‘[b]Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’
is a research work on different teachings, opinions, suggestions, critiques and ideas about the art and craft of writing fiction

Is a well packaged educational book for aspiring writers who’d like to acquire the knowledge to unraveling the intricacies of the writing craft and streamlining their creative energy.

The book is 419 pages long and it contained almost all that is needed to learning the craft of storytelling.
For any one serious about writing fiction or want to take the professional route to a novelist career will benefit immensely from this book as I have.

Understanding the Mechanics of Fiction writing’


Teaches you how to: Become a Writer

• Taming the beast call creativity

• Finding the writer in you

• Inventing your writing style

• Finding a narrative voice

• Building words and prose

• Understanding various genres

• Developing a discipline reading and writing habit

‘If a story is in you, it has got to come out.’- William Faulkner

To Write Fiction Books

• Brainstorming on ideas

• Structuring those ideas

• Creating setting, tone and mood

• Developing characters

• Plotting the story

• Editing and polishing

• Reviewing and revising

• Publishing


TABLE OF CONTENT

Part I – For the Love of Writing

Introduction

Can You Teach Creative Writing

On Writing: A Letter to young writer

The Basics of Story Writing

Part of a Story: Introduction, Body, Conclusion

The Writing Rules

Writer’s Toolkit

Creative Toolbox

Writing Fiction (Getting Started)

Hook Your Reader

Practical tricks For Writing Your First Novel

Part II – Welcome to Class (Learning the Practical)

Voice, Style and Point of Views

Finding a Voice

Choosing a Narrative Voice

Don’t Find Your Voice- Use Your Voice

To Boldly Write in the Voice of a Child

Point of Views (POV)

Why Point of View is so Important For Novel Writers

How to Write from the Opposite Gender’s Point of View

Types of POV Narrative Techniques

Advantages and Disadvantages of First Person POV

The Advantages of Third Person Omniscient

How to Write in First Person

Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Point of Views

Narration, Description, Plot and Scenes

What are Narrative Strands

Writing Dual Narratives

Narrative Past and Present

Jumping Between Past and Present – The Payoff & Pitfalls

Examples of Narrative in Action

Scene

Plot

Story Structure

Structure Put in Practical Exercise

Settings

How to Design a Fictional Town & City

Character Development

First Rule of Creating Fictional Characters

How to create Authentic and Powerful Character

16 Archetypes to Create Unforgettable Protagonist

How to Create a Character Web to have Unforgettable Cast in Fiction

Examples of Character Profile

Examples of Character Profile (2)

Tips and Tricks For creating Memorable Characters

How to Create Compelling Characters in Fictional writing

How to describe Your Characters (Creating Believable Individuals)

The Importance of a strong Character

8 Ways to Write Better Characters

How to create a Protagonist (Who is different from you)

What is a Minor Character (Understanding the Minor Character’s roles)

How to Write Effective Supporting Character

The Difference Between Character’s Habits and Quirks

Mastering Facial Expressions

Write the Hard Stuff: Facial Expression

The ‘PEPSI’ Formula for creating characters

This is an interesting writing system and it’s called Pepsi.

P-Physical, how they look

E-Emotional, how they emotionally react to certain situations

P-Psychological, how they think

S-Societal, how do they fit in, are they known for anything in particular, are they popular?

I-Interpersonal, the relationships of the character and how they get along.

Dialogue

Rewriting The Rules of Dialogue

Words and Prose

Understanding the Importance of Word Choice

Clothe Characters Well – Choose Words that Fits


Types of Conflicts in stories

Character Conflicts


Writer’s Motivation

How Different Form of Arts Shaped a Writer

The Writing Process

Freedom of Self- Expression in Creative Writing

Make Writing Your Friend

Writing, Practice, Writing

Drafting Tips

Common Openings/Omissions in First Drafts

Editing and Polishing Tip


Reviews Tips

Publishing


Mistakes Writers Must Avoid

Literary Fiction Versus Popular Fiction

On Character Driven or on Plot Driven

Genres

How to Write Thrillers

How to Write Horror Stories

How to Write Comedy

How to write Romance Fiction

Mastering Suspense Writing

Literary Fiction vs Popular Fiction

Part III – Now, The Writer Has Arrive

Extra, Extra Opinions from Writers

List of Writing Terms

List of Books and Literature Programs on Lagos FM Station

Famous Writers Quotes


Famous Quotes

“I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories.
This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being,
but left the end of our story untold.
That mystery is troubling to us.
How could it be otherwise?

Without the final part, we think, how are we to make sense of all that went before:
which is to say, our lives?

So we make stories of our own,
in fevered and envious imitation of our Maker,
hoping that we'll tell, by chance,
what God left untold.
And finishing our tale,
come to understand why we were born.”

Clive Barker

English Novelist and Author of Sacrament




Part I

For the Love of Writing


What the Nigerian Entertainment industry is lacking

“If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood” – Peter Handke

The Nigeria Entertainment industry is yet to consolidate on her final missing limb. The American entertaining book world, the source of inspiration for many Hollywood’s masterpiece, is a billion dollars industry providing jobs and opportunities for many across board.

Just like the revolution that have exploded the Nigerian music and film industries onto the global scene, we believe a convergence of fiction writers, editors, readers, critics, publishers, and booksellers into a strong unit will birth a new beginning for a sleeping industry that could provide jobs for Nigerians in the book world.

It’s time Nigerian novelists plug in the last limb into the entertaining industry with our very own blockbuster thrillers, comedy, romance, horror, adventure, drama stories…etc

Let The Revolution Begin!!!


Extract


Introduction

The Big Question - Writers Ask Writers: Why do we write?

Why we pursue writing in the first place.

I feel the compulsion to write all the time, but explaining why or where that comes from feel like explaining why I walk on my feet and not my hands. So here are a few reasons I could come up with, and then I will pass you over to my fellow writers

1. To Understand and Preserve My Own Experiences

When I started writing, as many writers do, I kept a journal. Writing was a way to commandeer my own experience as a young man: to try to condense and understand all the things I wanted for my life. When I began, my life didn’t feel very interesting, but I wrote small things down because I wanted to preserve them, like pressed flowers long-forgotten, so that one day, my future self might look back on them and understand how I had changed (or remained the same).

2. To Experience a Life Other Than Mine
I don’t remember precisely the first time I sat down to write fiction. I remember the result: a cliched novel about a Math professor and an artistic dreamer who fall in love. It was inspired by a Keats poem, and explored the clash between the arts and the sciences and whether they can ever be compatible.

The thing I do remember is the joy of being lost in another person’s head. Writing offers you the chance to imagine a life wildly different to your own, and being a dreamy teenager at the time, any life seemed more interesting than my mish-mash of school and home. It also gives an outlet for that overactive part of your mind, which if left to its own devices can become destructive rather than creative. If that latent imaginative energy is trained on my own life, I find that I overanalyze aspects of my life and make myself unhappy. There is a sense of relief in directing that energy towards creating a life for my characters.

3. To Understand Others
I have always been an observer. I like to take stock of my environment and the people I meet. I have always been a big reader as books offer an insight into other people that you rarely get from talking to them. People have so many defenses, even against themselves, and fiction is one of the only things I know of that gets beyond them, showing a person’s true motivations (even if they’re not real!). When writing my personal statement to get into universities, I remember trying to articulate this as a reason why I wanted to study English Literature. Reading obviously is a huge part of the job of a writer, and I began writing partly because I wanted to get under the skin of character and recreate this experience for someone else.

4. To Challenge Myself
During the transition from the gawky teenager writing angst in her diary, to the person who writes novels, a remarkable thing happened. I found an immense satisfaction in setting myself the challenge of imagining I was someone far removed from my own experience and seeing if I can achieve it successfully. With my first book, it was Marta, who depending on your interpretation is either deeply traumatized by an experience she has had, or is suffering from a mental illness. With my new book, it is Rook, a photographer who is looking back over his experience covering the Vietnam War. When I begin, I know very little, and the joy of writing for me is in researching to build up a picture of the setting, character, place and time, and then trying to keep all these aspects balanced with the plot, or what actually happens in my story.

5. For the Lifestyle
The final reason why I write is because I love to work for myself: to choose what I pursue and set my own workload. I can be a hard task-master, and sometimes it feels like I have homework all the time. But the flexibility of working from home, of being able to travel, and of feeling free are worth the somewhat stringent boss I can be to myself. Even when I was younger, I idealized this lifestyle and freedom, and it was this that attracted me to the writing life. I knew enough from reading about other writers that it was rare to become rich through pursuing this aim, and all I want for myself is that it is a sustainable career so that I can continue to work at it.

I would be lying if I denied that part of the reason I wanted to be a writer was to be published. I dreamt of seeing my book in a book shop, of holding it in my hands. It wasn’t my main motivation, but it something I held like a freshly laid egg, warm and perfect in my hands, while struggling through How To Be A Good Wife. And all the things that came after it happened were as wonderful as I had hoped they would be.
It does happen. First novels are bought for extraordinary sums; effective marketing gets the book into readers’ hands, readers respond to it and (cue sparkle of stars) that’s a career. The day job’s given up, you travel, you have that which is more prized than either – time to write.

It’s a story with all the magic of the lottery. It could be you. It gets you through sweeping out the fireplace, anyway. And because life is composed of rather more fireplace sweeping than most people like, fairy tales assume a greater portion of our thoughts than is healthy.
We lap them up and are supplied with more. But the supply of fairy godmothers - and indeed of princes – is a limited one, and real life fairy tales are rarely cut from whole cloth.

There will be days of clear and glorious and full of flowers, and times when you can’t see the path. But whether, as a writer, you’re aspiring, published its same path.

On the Importance of Reading


We all start out as readers before we begin to write — even non-writers. But continuing to read is more important to writers than to anyone else on the planet. You must read. And these writers tell you why.

If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write. – Stephen King

If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape. Ray Bradbury

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you’re trying to be a writer. Because it’s the only apprenticeship we have, it’s the only way of learning how to write a story. John Green

The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book. Samuel Johnson

Reading usually precedes writing and the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer. Susan Sontag

You are what you read. Esko Valtaoja


‘Can you teach Creative Writing?’


There have been and will continue to be well-publicized arguments about whether something so individual can or should be taught. The answer, though, should depend on what we mean by “taught”. Creative ability can’t be learned by rote, or recited like a times table. However, good habits and stimulus from a good teacher will provide an introduction to key techniques that encourage the student to move forward towards their own discoveries.

Can you learn Creative Writing?’

You can always become more fluent in your own voice. If you are a writer, at any stage in your career, you should never stop learning. The longer and more successful the career the more true that is, so if you’re a relative beginner you have no excuse not to be learning creative writing.

OBSERVE the world around you.

Like Sherlock Holmes in his deductions, you get more out of making no assumptions than trying to blend the world to fit your expectations or hopes. Everything is observation, from self-knowledge and emotional intelligence to describing a physical horizon or emotional landscape. Your notebook will keep what your brain cannot. The only kind of immortality in our grasp is ideas.
Perception drives reality. So pay attention.
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