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Phones / Re: Umidigi A5 Pro Screen NEEDED by davestead(m): 5:19pm On May 13, 2021
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Please I need one for my A5 pro. How much is it. I stay in Onitsha
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How to Create Perfect Logical Flow in Writing
Attaining perfection in any field of human endeavor does not come easy. There's always a price to pay. It requires learning, dedication and an awful lot of practicing. The same obtains in writing. That many people fail to achieve perfect logical flow in their contents makes writing a nightmare for too many people. Yet, creating fluency in writing isn't a rocket science.

Achieving this objective should not be an exclusive preserve of few writers. It simply requires knowledge and application of the components that give your writing a seamless flow and rhythm. But before I analyze this all-important theme in writing, you must first understand what flow means in writing.

The Concept of Flow in Writing involves Flow is a smooth transition between ideas or thoughts and between sentences and paragraphs in content. Flow, as a concept, is not easy to capture in a single definition. This is because it incorporates many aspects that make a content coordinated, coherent and engaging.

As a writer, imagine yourself as a cab driver and your content as the car, wherein sits your reader as the passenger. If you can navigate the bends and bumps gracefully, your client will certainly call you the next time out. But he will avoid your service like a plague, if you give him a torrid time with a reckless driving. So, how do you create flow in your writing?

Prepare an Outline:

You just don't rush into writing anything worthwhile. You must reflect deeply on the theme you want to write about. An outline is the logical layout of your topic. It's the sum total of the strategies you want to adopt in writing your text. You must put them down on paper as they pour forth from your mind. Many people make the "suicidal" mistake of writing contents without outlines.


This is a recipe for disastrous texts. Creating an outline is like carefully butchering a cow. You must dissect it into different parts to have good and neat chunks of beef. Your content also is made up of many aspects. You must take the pain to meditate on the methods you want to use to address each aspect. Putting the main points you are to discuss on paper will prevent you from straying into irrelevance.


Organize your Thoughts:

It's not sufficient to have a good outline. You must arrange items you want to employ logically. Imagine yourself walking into a room that is richly furnished. But items of furniture, electronic gadgets and clothes are jumbled together on the floor. This disorganization surely will not appeal to your eyes. In the same vein, your good outline will not compensate for the chaotic ordering of your thoughts.


I need to stress it that this is a function of your mind. It must be settled and coordinated. You must train it on the subject of your writing. Human mind can be very unruly. So, the onus lies on you to tie it to the aims of your discourse. How well you do this will, no doubt, manifest in your final draft. The target here is that you discipline your mind to only roam around things that are relevant to your document.


Impress with Good Topic and Introduction:

You need to start strongly. Your topic must be aptly crafted to capture the essence of your content. It connotes your reader must know what you want to write about by merely glancing at your topic. Remember it's your first chance to connect to your reader. It's your maiden opportunity to hook or lose him/her. Right from your topic, the reader begins to assess your competence or otherwise.


It is, therefore, vital that you dig deep within you and produce a master class of a topic. Trailing your topic is your introduction. The manner and expertise through which you write your opening sentence is very critical to the success of your text. If you have baited your reader with a catchy topic, you can easily discourage him with a weak or an errant first sentence.


You must sustain his /her interest by following up with a sentence that will kindle his/her desire to read on. It's really like advertising your wares to a prospective buyer. The way you comport yourself and brand your product will dictate the reaction of your buyer. In writing, these are reflected in your style and tone.


These are the non-verbal cues that market your content to your readers. They are the mirror via which your readers look at your personality.


Use logical connections between your ideas:

This concept means your ideas must meaningfully relate to one another. You must not bring in a thought that doesn't gel with the theme of your discourse. This is why you should focus your mind strictly on the purpose of your writing. Human mind are usually wild, riotous and uncoordinated. You will do well to tame it. So, don't allow your mind to stray while writing. As your reader follows your sequence of thoughts, be careful not to lose him by injecting irrelevant materials into your discourse.



Begin your Paragraphs with Topic Sentences:

You should let your reader knows the focal point of your discussion at the beginning of each paragraph. This is precisely what a topic sentence does. It reveals the point to be dissected in the paragraph. A topic sentence tells the reader the main point of a paragraph. Therefore, the reader knows what to expect in that paragraph.

You must be careful not to deviate from this point. It's is unprofessional to lump two points into the same paragraph. The topic sentence is the chief sentence of the paragraph. All other sentences must elaborate on the topic sentence. Because it is the foundation upon which other sentences are built, you must make it clear, straight-to-the-point and apt.
It must be devoid of ambiguities. Topic sentences help the reader to navigate through your text and follow your train of thoughts. It must etch the message vividly in the mind of your reader.


Deploy Transitions to Link your sentences:

Transitions are indispensable linguistic tools that create flow in writing. Transitions are like guard rails that prevent readers from falling off. Transition is a crucial term in government.

Elections are media via which a government hands over power to another. When the electoral processes are not credible, the baton of power cannot be successfully exchanged. This often results in chaos in a country. The same applies to a content that lacks proper transitions. It will end up in chaotic disruption of the reader's understanding. Transitions are like paddles by which readers steer between sentences and paragraphs. It's not enough for you to just employ transitions in your text.
The emphasis is to use the right one in the right context. A writer whose content lacks transition is just as guilty as the one who uses them inappropriately. There is a vast pool of transitions from which a careful writer can draw.

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Health / Re: 15 COVID-19 Cases In Bauchi Are From Cross River - Governor Bala Mohammed by davestead(m): 11:29am On Jun 11, 2020
Omoiyaa:
must you lie? You're just displaying nothing but hatred for the north in your post and I'm very sure you're an igbo. This same Almajiri system you are using to insult the state is no more. As for light and development bauchi is far batter than all the eastern. I did my service in bauchi and I will chose bauchi over any state in the south east any day any time

Must you tag Igbo people into a topic that doesn't even concern them? The level of tribalism on this platform is really alarming

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Celebrities / Re: John Dumelo: 'I Give My Tithes To The Needy, They Need It More Than The Church' by davestead(m): 5:14pm On Nov 20, 2018
naijjaman:


Me too. I stopped tithing and now give money to the needy through my foundation named after my loving mother.
Over 50 families have benefited from my foundation, including a couple of people here on Nairaland and I am happy.

The truth is that most Churches and pastors are corrupt and out of touch with the people they are meant to protect and care for.

I am still a Christian and I am actually ready to go hell for giving to the needy and not promoting the negative and adulterous lifestyles of the pastors is the main reason.

Ask yourselves this hard question: why is it that 5 out 10 richest pastors in the world are Nigerians?

God bless you bro. May your purse never run dry and may God continue to bless you abundantly.

I love what you're doing. Although I haven't started making some real money cos I'm completing school soon but your model is the one to follow. Remain blessed.

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Education / Re: UNIBEN vs AAU Fight Dirty On Twitter.(see hilarious tweet) by davestead(m): 11:40am On Oct 21, 2018
Dumetroniks:


Don't mind the yeye fellow. Think say people no dey naira land from the departments he was mentioning. I graduated from production 2010 and trust me no be beans. Our's was the first post ume set so we saw real hell in exams and results from mechanical especially. How u want take sort those prof dem wey no get time pass church and research.

My brother, I swear, production Engineering haven't changed a bit. We still see pepper from Mechanical till date. The lecturers remain as dormant as ever. Prof Akpobi with his complex design courses, even though he teaches them to be easy for us. The no of church going professors is still growing exponentially. I feel for your set o, our exam setting is really hard o. I'm glad to meet a senior colleague... It's an honour.

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Education / Re: UNIBEN vs AAU Fight Dirty On Twitter.(see hilarious tweet) by davestead(m): 11:14am On Oct 21, 2018
Digitalwitch:

I know uniben more than you. I have seen students that sort from 100 level to final year in engineering especially production engineering. Ask anyone in production engineering if they don't sort there. Go to Eco stat and ask if they don't sort there too or is accounting that they don't. Don't let you friend deceive you. She was too dull to see the hand writing on the wall. Her father doesn't want to join the sorting team because he may soil his name. One of the few department that don't sort is Mathematics.

Dude I don't usually reply people here on nairaland, but you just wrote nonsense. I'm currently in Uniben Production Engineering 500 level and I can confidently say that our lecturers are mostly the Deeper life and Redeem church going types. My 100 level course adviser is a pastor that has his own church for that matter and never allowed me to carry beards or even grow hair(old school). Like 3 more of them are pastors in their churches. In fact, Production Engineering lecturers do not protest results given to them from other engineering departments no matter the rate of failure, unlike their counterparts. So I know for sure that you don't know what you're saying. When it comes to Physical science, Mathematics is the most corrupt and they sort aimlessly. My friend there is continuously harrased for sex in by their randy lecturers. The only strict department that rarely sort in physical science is Chemistry. Before you speak about Uniben, get your facts right bro. My two cents.

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Celebrities / Re: Ronke Tiamiyu: "Yoruba Boys Talk Too Much, Igbo Boys Are Coded To Date” by davestead(m): 5:23pm On Aug 05, 2018
kenex4ever:
I no hate yorubas at all. It's clearly the other way round that's y u are quick to declare that it's mutual without knowing I don't hate yorubas.


My issue is that many times I open my heart to relate to most of my yoruba friends but sooner than later I will realise they don't like me, they just think I'm competing with them. And before you know it, they form some tribal interest group and start communicating with only yoruba even when they know the topic of discussion involves you, thinking you don't understand yoruba at all. But if you try to speak your own language they get uncomfortable n angry.

I digressed from d topic because of ur quote.

I still have some yoruba guys I confide in but after they have proven to me that they are not like the majority.
So true. I've experienced this severally

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Romance / Re: Dear Fellow Ladies, Men Owe Us NOTHING Financially! by davestead(m): 9:47am On Aug 01, 2018
Amarabae:

Oriaku mu is different from Oriaku di ya cheesy
Nne you're more like an odozi aku. Keep it up dear. You're truly a bae.
Politics / Re: Female Soldier Buried In Camouflage After Her Tragic Death In Port-Harcourt.PICS by davestead(m): 10:20pm On Oct 25, 2017
OKUCHI11:
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amen..
please what is she doing in that picture

She's been given the national flag plus a boot and belt as is being done by military personnells during funerals. She'll keep it as a relic for the fallen soldier.
Religion / Re: Pastor David Ibiyeomie Gets A Car As 55th Birthday Gift (Photos) by davestead(m): 4:29pm On Oct 25, 2017
Benita27:
And the same bible said "suffereth not a witch to live" what does that mean? Bible student. grin

Happy Belated Birthday to papa.

Madam, you still didn't give an intelligent and constructive defense of why a Christian should say that. It's kinda hypocritical.
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Romance / Re: Help Me I'm In Love With Him!!! by davestead(m): 4:49pm On Oct 15, 2017
BigSarah:
So there's this guy in my department looks so much like my primary school sweetheart who passed away .
Anytime I see him I get so drawn to him.. I'm a really shy person like nervous, Sweating,heartracing kinda shy, only around him though.
So I took his number off my department group chat and started sending him all sort of texts and he replied back well for the first 3days but he kept saying that I should tell him who I'm (I didn't use my number got a new line, just for that purpose). As of Yesterday He Sent me this mean text

.Mtchew.... Wtf
Sarah or whatever ur name is, dont call nor text me again
Who cares abt who u are.
Let's dis be the last time u call and text me..
To hell with u, mtchew ..

I didnt call him throughout that day, but I called today he still asked who is dis, I ignored the question then he hanged up.
What do I do now? Telling him it's me is gonna be so embarrassing to me I've poored out my heart shamelessly in those texts and it'll be horrible if he ends up not dating me after the revelation.
I don't wanna miss him please Tips
Well op, everyone seems so eager to tell you one thing or the other but none is bothered to address the feelings you have for this guy. From the title, it says you're in love with him, it wasn't even that you like him but the word used was love and the reason for this feeling according to you is cos he resembles someone you loved dearly that passed away. I'm not gonna judge you but are you sure you aren't chasing after this guy for the wrong reasons. It's better to ask yourself this question to avoid getting hurt in the end. This guy is definitely a different personality to the friend that you lost and it might be a disaster equating him to your deceased friend. I think you should try getting to know him first before coming out with your feelings cos for all you know he might be totally different from what you might expect. Approach him with the truth(not the one about how you feel about him o) , come clean before him. A reasonable guy will understand where you're coming from and then try to get to know him better and then if it's meant to me, it will. This is reality sweetheart, it's not the movies. Good luck.
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Politics / Re: For How Long Can Nigeria Wait For A President Who Is Incapacitated?- Ayo Fayose by davestead(m): 4:43am On Jul 06, 2017
naijaguy123456:
See Ayodele chukwudi, when you finished your term you are going to jail.
You are depicting your fellow countrymen as monkeys only to travel abroad and cry foul when you are called a monkey by the white foreigners. Any white man watching this your post will laugh Africa to scorn. Isn't that hypocrisy at its peak? I SMH for we Africans. We are our own problems. I blame the whites no more.
Crime / Re: Nigerian Drug Traffickers Caught In Malaysia And Interrogated On Camera (video) by davestead(m): 7:15am On May 01, 2017
Watching this type of video makes me so sad to be an Igbo guy. I can remember the number of times I've been intimidated back home in the presence of rich home coming guys from God knows where. They are even set as examples of success by some oblivious and naive parents and guardians. I know that I can make it by God's great and at His own time through determination and hard work. It does not matter how many of your peers that gets to ride that latest car in town before you, but.. ....God's time is the best. Peace guys.
Crime / Re: Nigerian Drug Traffickers Caught In Malaysia And Interrogated On Camera (video) by davestead(m): 7:07am On May 01, 2017
kropotkin33:
Bros shut up and accept the fact that your people tarnish our image by doing drugs
He wasn't denying it. He also stated a fact, one which you conveniently choose to ignore.
Education / Re: OKEOWO OLUWASEYI PAUL: Best Graduating Student Federal University Oye Ekiti by davestead(m): 7:49pm On Oct 07, 2016
Congrats to him. He is a great pioneering engineering scholar. Bright future ahead.
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Education / Re: UNIBEN Student Kept All The Pens He Used Till Graduation (Photo) by davestead(m): 4:21am On Sep 13, 2016
SammyT95:
UNIBEN STUDENT ( @phoenoria ) TWIT PICS OF 72
USED PENS THROUGH 6 YEARS OF
UNDERGRADUATESHIP. YOU
ARE A KEEPER BRO!
This is a very thorough guy. I hardly use the same pen for more than 3 days in school. Nice one. Proudly UNIBEN.
Politics / Re: What Buhari Promised Nigerians Vs What He Has Delivered - Kenyans Blast Nigerian by davestead(m): 6:03am On Sep 04, 2016
specimenC:


Some of those tweets are from biafran. Currently on twitter. It's these people are disease. They deserve another round of genocide.
Dude, normally I don't reply to tribal sentiments on this forum but wishing for a genocide on an entire tribe goes to show how heartless and wicked you are. Stop taking the moral high ground as you are not even better than those you are attacking.

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Celebrities / Re: Kenyan Reporter Shades Nigeria As Zuckerberg Leaves Nigeria For Kenya by davestead(m): 10:07am On Sep 02, 2016
Berbierklaus:

As long as we agree we have a problem the truth has to be said,whether by a foreigner,this should be a wakeup call,not an issue to be flexing abusive power on.


If someone shades me with a flaw about my family,the right thing for me to do,is try and understand the criticism,and adjust not forming violence or big mouth.

How is that a solution to the flaw my family has?
How has the Nigerian abusive skills helped them?

Na for social media we dey flex muscle

Oga shut up and stop being so inferior. That guy was not criticizing Nigeria. It sounded more like an insult. Did you even see the pic he posted?

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