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[size=16] LITE PRESENT YEAR 2015'S NAIRALAND POETRY AWARD of THE YEAR[/size]

We need volunteers who will


1.count the vote and nomination.

Since Volunteers are mainly readers and writers, there will be no rule as regarding who can be a member of the panel.


2. Publicity team.

Instructions
To Voters

*..Only members who have been on Nairaland
between 2005 - October 31 are eligible to take
part in this competition.
* A Thread will be opened for only nomination.
This will also serve as the chat thread till the
competition ends.
* On November 1, we will open a thread for
nominations that will run for 30 days.

* On October 30, we will open another thread for
voting that will run for five days (dec1-5)

* Then, on December 10, the result of the vote will
be announced.

* Note: All voters can only nominate one candidate
for each genre.

* Candidates also can nominate and vote for
themselves or other candidates.

Instructions Pertaining To Candidates.

* Only Candidates that have written a story or
more between January 1st, 2015- 31st
2015 can be nominated.



We are picking the top three nominations

Categories for the awards
1.Action.
Best action write up of the year (collaborations
included.)

2.Adventure
Best Adventurous write up of the year
(collaborations included.)

2.Comedy
Best comedy write up of the year (collabos
included)

3.CRIME
Best crime write up of the year (collabos included)

4.Loveware
Best loveware Play/novel/short story of the year
(collabos included)

5.Fantasy
Best Fantasy Play/Novel/short story of the year
(collabos included.)

6.Horror
Best horrific Novel/Play/Short story of the year.
(Collabos included.)

7.POLITICAL
Best Political play/Novel/Short story of the year.
(Collabos included.)

8.Romance
Best romance Novel/Play/Short story of the year
(collabos included)

9.THRILLER
Best thriller novel of the year (collabos included.)

10.SCIENCE FICTION
Best science fiction of the year (collabos included.)

Readers...
11.Best Commentator
12.Best Critic
13.Reader Who Encourages the most(RWETM)

[size=16] LITE PRESENT YEAR 2015'S NAIRALAND Fiction AWARD of THE YEAR[/size]

It's started here.
https://www.nairaland.com/2630884/nairaland-fiction-school-teaching-thread

Good Morning, Nairalanders, and all that have the opportunity to read this work.
I want to welcome to an exciting time with LITEHELP as we introduce to the new course Fiction WRITING FOR BEGINNERS with the code FIWRI

FIWRI101- Introduction to Fiction Writing.
In FIWRI101, we will be studying the following topics.

What is Fiction?

Why do we write Fiction?

Why some Authors write
What inspires Authors To Write
Genre and its type
Theme
Plot
Character
Settings
Period
Mood
Point Of View
Psychic Distance
Narration
Epilogue
Prologue
Climax
Denouement

FIWRI102- Reviewing Books
Many stories by Nairalanders would be studied, and reviewed. We will be using some the things we have learnt to do these.
Some of the books that will be studied are,

Regrets by Buzzray-- Okadabooks

Unfulfilled Promises by Audreytimms-- Okadabooks
Collection of short stories by Royver- Roy Ofili--- Mobilebookshelf.com

Cyberlover- Frank Anozie( Frank317)—Mobilebookshelf.com
The Missing General- Ola Adepegba (simonhabby)… Mobilebookshelf.com
The Tenth Generation- Frank Anozie (Frank317)…. Okadabooks, Mobilebookshelf.com
False Pretence- Peju Amadi ( Repogirl)-- Okadabooks
The Vigilante: Curse of The Sword by Kachi Ugo (kachiugo)--Okadabooks
Locked In- Frank Anozie--- Mobilebookshelf.com
An Evening With Eva- Kelvin John( Kayemjay)- Okadabooks
The Brand Of Cain- Larry Sun ( Larrysun) - Okadabooks
Taking Chances- Princesa-- Nairaland.
Bloodline- Festwiz

*Other Books will be added as time goes. Links to these books would be sent to registered student only
Notice to Authors: If you want your book to be studied or you want, your books to be added to this list contact us @
Litehelp1@gmail.com or Akintayoakinjide0@gmail.com
Alternatively, on 07089578428 (SMS or WhatsApp only).

FIWRI 103- Note booking.
What? Why? When? Why? How?

FIWRI 104- Character Making
What?
Why?
How?
Studying People
Gestures and Quirks
A typical Character
Studying Characters From Five Books


The others would bepublish.


As we prepare our mind towards Next week when we will fully start working, it is expedient to know that only registered student would be given scripts of the interviews done with some writers.
Before today, registration was free but now if you really love to register contact Divepen1 at 08183323908 through SMS or WhatsApp.




This week.
We would like you all to know these courses are to help writers in the following way
1.Know some basics of writing fiction.

To help improve imagination.
To build diligent writers.
To train writers who would be sound in characters and still strive to be the best.

We are not
Teaching English.
Teaching any other type of writing except fiction.

Be Prepared.

Learn More @ www.litehelp.

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curriculum coming here

[size=16] Nairaland Fiction Writing School[/size]
Litehelps brings to Nairaland Fiction Writing lessons to Nairaland.

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[size=16] How It Works[/size]

1. It is free and Online.

2. The topics will posted on this thread.

3. AUdios and Videos will also be used in teaching the students.

4. Special materials will be sent to only registered student.

5. Certificate will be awarded to only to Registered Students who have meet the requirement of attending 60% of the class, and writing a story for Examination.

6. THe requirement is for you to know how to read and understand English Language.

7. Only Nairalanders stories will be used in this exercises.

8. Lessons will be posted on the first day of the week i.e it will come-in weekly.

9. Students will only be allowed to send any assignment given to them within two weeks.
[size=16] Registration Process[/size]
1. Download The form below and fill it

2.send it to Litehelp1@gmail.com

3. Applications closes on 30th August,2015

Like us on facebook @ www.facebook.com/litehelp
or follow our blog @ www.litehelp.

For Questions and Sponsorship
Talk to divepen1 on Nairaland or contact us @ 07089578428 or through our mail @ www.litehelp1@gmail.com

Follow us on Fb
@ https://m.facebook.com/litehelp


or through our blog @

litehelp.

MOBILE BOOKSHELF WRITE AND WIN COMPETITION Mobilebookshelf.com is a website for publishing, reading and downloading books. Mobilebookshelf is organizing a writing contest aimed at promoting and rewarding creative writing talent.

General Rules
1. The competition is open to all writers without any restriction. However, all monetary prizes will be paid in Nigerian naira to Nigerian bank accounts. 2. Writers are to choose any of the story starters listed in SECTION B of this article and develop it to a maximum of six thousand (6000) words, except for poetry which must be a maximum of 60 lines. There is no minimum word limit. 3. Only one submission per participant will be accepted. 4. All entries must have titles and must include the names (or pseudonyms), email addresses and phone numbers of the authors. 5. Submission must be new, original work of the author, must not have been previously published in any form and must not have won any competition before. 6. Submissions can be posted directly here, on any of the webpages created for this competition or sent to competition@mobilebookshelf.com 7. All submissions must end with #mobilebookshelfWaW 8. All submissions must be received on or before Saturday 15th, August 2015. 9. After submitting to mobilebookshelf, contestants are free to create as many webpages as they may wish for their writings and direct their readers to the poll to vote for them. 10. All entries will be published on www.mobilebookshelf.com and made available to the public to read and vote for the best entry. 11. The online voting will take place in two stages. The first stage will decide the top ten (10) entries that will proceed to the final stage. The process will be transparent and monitored by independent bodies. Details of the process will be announced later. 12. The competition will be coordinated by LITE Company.
[size=16] Prompts[/size]
You are to write a maximum of six thousand (6000) words, or 60 lines in the case of poetry, on any of the story ideas below. 1. Sci-fi: Your major character is a professor who spends many years carrying out research on the science of cloning. He is forced to dump his research when the United Nations orders all experiments on cloning to be stopped. But when his only son loses his girlfriend and the boy is ready to commit suicide unless a miracle or technology brings the girl back to life, your major character knows he has to go back to his experiment. 2. Eroti ca: Your major character is a lady who is raped by a man that has taken a dose of viagra, but ironically, she enjoys it. Instead of reporting to the police, she starts looking for the drug so that she can give it to her husband too to take and f*ck her even harder. This story must be intimate. 3. Romance: Your major character is a lady who loves a man but the man loves your major character's best friend. When the man approaches your major character and asks her to help him woo her best friend, your major character has three options: to tell the man about her feelings for him. To forget about her feelings and carry out the assignment or to do everything possible to ensure the man and her friend don't get along. 4. Thriller: Your major character applies for a job with a fake certificate. The interviewer discovers and threatens to report a case of forgery to the police except if your character is ready to carry out an illegal mission for him, a mission that, if fails, carries far more penalty than forgery. 5. General: Your major character is an Army General (or a powerful traditional chief), but he is wicked, power hungry and plots to forcibly oust the president (or the king). There should be a twist in this story and it should have a shocking end.
[size=14] Topic for Poetry [/size] Alone with my thoughts
[size=16]Prizes[/size] 1ST POSITION: N15,000.00 cash + Mobilebookshelf premium subscription valued at N15,000.00 2ND POSITION: N8,000.00 cash + Mobilebookshelf premium subscription valued at N8,000.00 3RD POSITION: N5,000.00 cash + Mobilebookshelf premium subscription valued at N5,000.00 4TH POSITION: N500.00 GSM recharge card + Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 5TH POSITION: N500.00 GSM recharge card + Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 6TH POSITION: N500.00 GSM recharge card + Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 7TH POSITION: N500.00 GSM recharge card + Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 8TH POSITION: N500.00 GSM recharge card + Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 9TH POSITION: Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 10TH POSITION: Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N500.00 ALL OTHER CONTEST PARTICIPANTS: Mobilebookshelf voucher valued at N200.00 each.
(TIMETABLE) Submission deadline: August 15th, 2015 First online voting: August 18th – August 31st, 2015 Final online voting: September 2nd – September 13th, 2015 Announcement of the winner: September 15th, 2015 Enquiries may be sent to competition@mobilbookshelf.com ending with #mobilebookshelfWaW visit www.mobilebookshelf.com for more details You can also reach our CEO/Manager on Nairaland with the username Divepen1

General Information

Name
Real name……….
Other name
Special name: If he/ she has, why? Who calls him or her that name?
Nickname: IF there is any what is its origin. Does he/ she love that name.?

Dates
Date of birth.
Time ( if it is significant)
Which celebrity was born that same day
How was the weather that day
Any major event that happen that day
Place of birth.
Name:
Address.
Reason for being born in that place
Any exceptional thing about the hospital

Ethnic Background
Name of Ethnic
Does he/she like to be associated?
Reason for your answer.

Religion
Type of religion
Degree of practice: Devoted or Once in a while or Warm towards such religion

Current Address
Does he or she rent the place or own it
Briefly describe the home
Does he or she live with anyone
Describe the area
Is this his/ her ideal home
If not, what does his/her ideal home look like?

Home
How is the decoration? Expensive or inexpensive
How is the room? Well planned or ill-planned
Comfortable or not.
How neat is it?
When someone walks in, what is his/her impression?
Pets
Do they have pet?
If No, why
If Yes, what kind?
How many?
Names
How important are they? How well are they treated?

Occupation
Current occupation
Any other source of income
Time spent in his current place of work.
The location of the place of work
Job title
Job satisfaction- Happy, Discontent, Ambitious etc.
Income level

Education

Cars he/she own

Sexuality--- Straight or Gay or Bisexual or Asexual or Unsure

Marital status
Single, in a relationship, or Married.
If Married or in a relationship, with whom?
For how long.
List of any significant previous romantic partners
What does the character call current spouse/partner i.e. pet name, nicknames etc.
How did they meet?

Offspring
Any child(ren)
If No, why.
If yes, what are their names, age
Were they mothered or fathered by another person? What is the name of their father or mother?
Describe relationship with each child( if any)

What do they smell like?
DO they wear their scent i.e. perfumes
Do they have a natural scent?


How would your character had look like some years earlier

Expect Physical Appearance in our next update.

Let us know how we have been of help to you.
For more visit

https://litehelp./2015/07/10/general-feature-of-your-characters/

LITE Character Chart
A character chart is the writing tool that helps writers know their ways around the characters of their story. This character chart is very useful, especially, for protagonist.

Usefulness of Character chart
Connection: It helps writer get connected to their protagonists, antagonists and all character of their story. J.K Rowling knew so much about Harry Potter before she wrote it that she wrote seven books about him.
Twist: It helps you to know the turn and twist you would give your character.
Length: It effectively helps elongate the story. For example, in the book Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, you would discover that, when Kambili’s sullen demeanour was discussed many pages were used just to make people see how she behaves.
It prevents sloppiness: I.e. you already have the information of your character at hand and do not would make little or no mistake. How will you feel after finishing a story about a boy who just lost his mother and you discovered you have told us in the story that he was an orphan.

It reduces misinformation: It helps you prevent misinformation. There are some vital information, which if missed at a certain point would reduce the quality of the story you are writing.


How to Use This Character Chart
You can decide not to use all the options in it
It would be good use it before starting your story.
It is always good to have a plot before starting (so we recommend you get our book of Story Prompt).
It is good that you do not cram all the information into one part of the story. Let them stay scattered.
Try make other characters reveal the real character in your character i.e their weakness and strength; don’t tell it.
Categories
General Features
Physical appearance
Speech and Language or Communicating
Gestures
Everyday Behaviour/ Habits
The past
Family or Origin
Relationship with others
Mental Attitude/ Personal Belief
Likes and Favourites.

Our Next Update will see us reveal things in the general features of a character. let us know how eager you are to start using this Character Chart.