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youngpol:
So with all your talk, all you really needed was to make frontpage?

This is not a polite statement. Besides, Nairaland frontpage is not the apex of publicity, so kindly stop assuming that every thread is created with the sole aim of gracing the frontpage.

If you had understood what the OP has written, you would have seen that he gave an honest opinion about what he saw to be wrong.

@Royver, there is no doubt that a great deal of errors can be blamed on our 'Thriller' writers; a large part of their gory descriptions is not that thrilling. Such crude descriptions are parts of the fulcrum of our literary disequilibrium. And the sex scene in every chapter makes me want to set fire to every bed in the world.

Frontpage isn't the original bone of contention. We're not placing ads in newspapers.

standd:
Hi @bolded, are you saying you want to stop people from posting on a public forum?
How do you plan on achieving this cos I'm sure the owner of the site won't even stop people from posting, he can only hide topics that break the rules of the site.
Or you want to find ways to help them improve?

My questions ask your questions. And the right answer is - as you last question demands - finding ways to make us improve.

senbonzakurakageyoshi:
Well, I think the fact that at least I've seen some of the familiar faces I met on this board and others who joined later and have kept the standard or even raised the bar weigh in on this discussion. They are the ones who know what this board was like and the standards it held. Forget all those paper tigers that post thirty topics in one week and call themselves established writers. They can avoid this thread all they want but if those of us here are determined to effect necessary changes here, they'll have no choice but to shape up or ship out.

Now that we know where the deck is, let's endeavour to place our hands on it. How do we wipe the board clean of the numerous jejune updates and set its standard up against the walls?

D9ty7:
In addition, I think the literature section shouldn't be about stories and stories alone. Many people don't visit this section because they are of the opinion that everything on this section are stories which is true. And what they say is, "why should I sit down with my phone and read stories written by unknown writers when I can download James Hadley Chase books?"
There was a time when cuddlemi was the moderator here, quizes and debates if I am not mistaken. Ishilove, I think you should take that up personally. Just anybody can't do it, people won't take it serious, but when a moderator, with their wealth of experience takes it up, people will want to see it. A typical example of this is this thread, for how many hours now, how many views and posts?
Please, do something about it and be sure that people will support you. In fact, you might not do anything at all, other than to create the thread and help us sticky it.

A brilliant suggestion.

The simple truth is, it is high time we started learning that the literary world we live in has gone beyond that of 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'. We writers should learn to say goodbye to our ostrich posture which leaves us with our brains firmly buried in the sand and unconscious of the fact that all we have to show for our being is our not so attractive sphincters. We are writers, granted. We all have stories to tell, granted. But when we tell our stories with grammatical lisps, even the stories - no matter how brilliantly plotted - would sound terrible to the listeners.

And on the part of the listeners, we are great listeners but our hearing is defective. We, therefore, suffer from selective audition when all we can give the lisply storytellers is 'Bravo!'.

I frown at what the board has become; both writers and readers are clad in terrible grammatical garbs. We design and wear costumes so laughable that we call them traditional sartorial prides.

The Literature board is a palace; but in this palace the kings, queens, princes and princesses set their tables with cutlery in gold only to have the hosts take lessons on table manners and etiquette from their servants. The Literature board is now a home where fur-covered lavatory seats are installed only for the owners to be taught that one needs to seat rather than squat on the seats. And still unfortunately, the pathetic hosts chastise their advisers and go ahead to squat, even in public toilets!

I still frown.

Agatha Christie all the way. Her books have only been outsold by Shakespeare and the Bible.

maishot:
Such humility. Hope u aren't patronizing thingz...

Patronizing? How? It was an honest post.

Wait! Isn't this Maishot? Wow! It's been a while.

princesa:
Soon voting will be off, if you've not voted, well... hurry up@
my votes:

best newcome: Jezuzboi

best writer: flow1979, larrysun

all the best guys

You're awesome, ma'am. Thanks.

*I used to think the moniker was Flow1759*

My votes:

Best Newcomer: Jezuzboi

Best Writer: Mollusco, Theorbiters or Thronekid

*May God bless all those who voted for me. Without you, there is no Larry Sun. You're all amazing. Lol! I'm not sure if I'll win and I'm already feeling like a champion. Weird. Lol! May the writers who deserve the winnings win. *

You are appreciated, sir.

Write in correct grammar for a start.

Dyoungstar:
Yea, I search my mail looking for your contact but I couldn't locate it.

Sorry about that, I already sent you a pm seems network didn't allow it as I didn't get a reply from you.

This is too sudden. You should have done better than this. I hope I make my tomorrow deadline. I'm not promising anything.

I wasn't informed about this. Why?

Just write anything that comes into your head. You'll get better with time.

tomayira:
Waoh! Interesting piece, just didn't want it to end. Well done, you're a great writer.

Thank you so much, ma'am.

LogoDWhiz:
Interesting!

Love your style of writing.
Keep it coming.

Thank you so much, sir.

ibolomo:
thought I was the only one that noticed, for in the prologue, he was no where to be found. Great update Larry. Keep the flag flying and the ink flowing.

Are you sure about that? Okay, we shall see.

Iaz93:
That one candlelight. Hmm! Basket will not make it to the end.

Goodness! Please, don't let anything bad happen to Basket.

Actually, I don't like tragedies.

Darus05:
Wow! Larrysun u ar real talent. Black nd Basket what a duo.

Thank you, sir. Friendship is sacred.

adeh39:
Omg! i wish i had a sweet frnd lyk Basket, he sooooooo......nice. but dat one candle got me wondering o.
Larrysun thanks 4 d update, expecting more frm u.

Thank you so much, ma'am. The sky is your home.

Danrizzle:
Feeling your story Mr larrysun. All my life I haven't given no street beggar no dime, I would say I'm psychologically disinclined to believe a beggar's story. But yesterday some remarkable event in my life occurred, there was this lil boy that came around to beg, at first I told him calmly that I had nearly nothing on me..., but when I remembered how black begged to save his already dead mother I called back the child who coincidentally should be as the same age as black... and I felt some kind of rare joy, like I had saved a life, given hope to the hopeless as priest Duba had done for peter black.
Keep up the good work.

Wow! This is beautiful! Awesome! Splendid! This comment just made me feel that I've not been wasting my time each time I write. God bless you, sir. May your generation never know suffering. It's really nice to give to the less-privilege. With people like you, the world can be a far better place to live in.

Let's try our best to help those we can. We are all one. One love. One family. One nation. One world.

ibolomo:
please na, post chapter two na. I am dying of suspense. And please a new post on "kanu:the journal of a rogue" would be nice.

For asking about Kanu, I shall dedicate my next post on it to you, sir.

Rizaria:
Your story is well written, you have managed to keep me interested and eager to see the fate of Young Mr Black.
Adding a companion brings comedy but also puts my heart at rest as he is no longer lonely.
So far I have deply empathised with this child and even shed a few tears. I was overjoyed when he found safety in the priest. And I grieved with him when he lost his mother.
The best story I've encountered on this site, absolutely beautifully written.
kudos to you.

Oh! Thank you so much, Rizaria. In short, I'm short of words. God bless you, sir/ma'am.

PBeni:
I've been here and there, you know, but am back now and this story brought me back.
More power to your elbow... Nice one

You're very much welcome, sir.

tohero:
Basket and vs Black

We shall see.

Missmossy:
Beautiful piece, LarrySun keep the flag flying. More wisdom to you, welldone.

Thank you so much, ma'am. Without you, there is no me.

Mourin:
Thanks 4 having me.... BTW thought like?

You must be filled with great wisdom.

Keep the ball rolling, ma'am.

I yearn for something mesmerising; I think I may find it here. Kindly continue, sir.

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DzTzl:
Larrysun shebi ure still typing?

Yes, ma'am.