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mikezuruki:
did you marry the girl?

We are separated but we are still very good friends.

I only quoted him

cupidora:
We are separated but we are still very good friends.

I only quoted him

Oh! Missed that part. Thanks for spotting that to me. I looked through your (little) works on your sig, I am a fan

Life is the greatest inspiration. About 70% of my characters are based on real people, and the storylines are also taken from reality (I got the idea for The Other Woman's Wedding years ago when a listener called a late-night radio host crying over her failed relationship with a married man). I find myself asking what I would do in their situation, or how would others react. Most times I carry out intensive research for accuracy, and every so often I visit my local museum, asking myself if there's another story behind the picture. I may even listen to song lyrics to get into the character's mind. When I finally put words to paper, I take into account every emotion the character feels, but I take it a step futher by revealing their innermost thoughts, the emotions/words you never actually see/feel in real life. Then I edit. And edit. And edit...

Riele:
Your books are expensive sha .

Any recommendations on books to improve my vocabulary ?


Souloho19 your books are amazing . You inspire me to write .

Expensive? Go On Amazon Then Come Back And Tell Me My book Is Expensive

Riele:
Your books are expensive sha .

Any recommendations on books to improve my vocabulary ?


Souloho19 your books are amazing . You inspire me to write .

just Do A Google Search On How To Improve Vocabulary

LarrySun:
I really can't tell, honestly. Stories just pop into my head and I write. But the more I write a story, the better the plots get. Also, I'm a fan of surprise endings; therefore, no matter what story I write, I try my best to infuse the surprise.

Perhaps I can say my inspiration is drawn from the fact that I want to prove to the world that Nigerians can also come up with great storylines.

I used to read a lot of novels while growing up. It got to a stage where I started feeling that I could write better stories than some of the novels I read. But I was scared of writing. I could only read, I didn't believe I could write. Indeed, I couldn't speak anything grammatically-accurate. At a time, I debated about the idea of writing in my local language, but hell, I suck at that too. Yet, the stories forming in my head couldn't leave me alone.

Ironically, I was the best English Language student in my class, but I couldn't speak the language perfectly. Funny but true. I didn't believe in myself. I saw writing a story as a very big deal. I didn't know I had to start from somewhere.

The ideas in my head eventually took over. I started with a very short story, an incomplete one. I showed it to some of my friends, but they didn't show interest in it because they weren't accustomed to reading stories. The story went without a single person reading it. But that first attempt helped me a lot. It helped me to start believing in myself. It inspired me to go push further. If I could write something like that, then I should be able to write something better.

I started my first novel in 2007 and ended it in 2010. It was my most fulfilling three years. Nobody knew I was writing a story. I would lock myself in my room and write. I finished it within the first year, of course, but I spent the remaining two years polishing and repolishing it, adding and subtracting ideas. When I was done. I locked it away in my shelf. No one knew about it. I told nobody.

[b]In 2011, I had a girlfriend. Lol! She encouraged me further. I came out of my shell and told her I wrote a story. I think it just came out unexpectedly. She wasn't a novel-reader either, I had no reason to tell her. But it slipped out. As soon as I said it, she got interested. She begged me to read it to her. I was scared. A lot of things bothered me. She might be bored like my initial friends. The last thing I wanted to do was to shove what I had done down the throats of people who gave no damn. But she continued begging me to read it to her. I decided that I would give her the manuscript to read herself. I was sure that she would drop it after the first page like my other friends had done with my initial short story. Besides, I didn't have the best handwriting in the world.

She insisted that I read it to her. She wanted something romantic, hearing me read to her was her idea of a perfect romance. Perhaps she thought I wrote a romantic story. But what I wrote wasn't Romance, it was Detective Mystery. Surely, she would sleep off, or just ask me to shut up, please!

I started reading while she lay on my laps. Oh Lord! For hours, I was reading the story to her. She listened to me quietly. When I thought she had gone to sleep, she would ask me a few questions just to show that she was following. By the time I got to a few chapters, she was no longer laying her head on my laps, she was sitting and resting her head on my shoulder and watching my mouth. Lol! She was probably seeing the characters and actions from my speech. Halfway, she was totally enthralled. By the time I finished, she had cried and laughed and jumped with happiness. She confessed that it was the best story she had ever read. From the way she said it, I believed her.

That statement is what has been keeping me going till today. She believed in me when I didn't even believe in myself. Although I am not yet a complete writer, I still have a lot to learn; but I owe everything I am today to her because she is my first reader. We are separated but we are still very good friends.[/b]

After that, I started nursing the idea of typing the story. I couldn't afford to pay to get it typed, I would go anywhere I could find a free PC to type. To cut everything short, I discovered Nairaland shortly after typing it in 2012. There were a lot of like-minded people here posting their stories. I was initially scared that my story would be stolen if I posted it online. After much thoughts, I decided to give it a go.

Mehn! It was one of the best decisions I had made. Almost everyone who read it loved it. They all inspired me. It became such a sensational NL work that a lot of other people plagiarised it on their various platforms. Someone even publicly claim ownership to the work. Lol! To be honest, I never thought I would write any book after that one. I only wrote it to prove that I could write a better story than some of these bestselling writers. But the raves from Nairaland inspired me to write a sequel, which a lot of people told me was even crazier than the first book.

I apologise for this long epistle. Lol! I just want to tell you that anyone who desires to become a writer can be. There's nothing stopping you except you. You have to believe in yourself. If I can do it, then you can definitely do it. Forget about the fear of being mocked for errors. You will only get better. If you have that story in your head, WRITE IT! However, whichever, whenever!

Peace!

LSD

@Bold:

Why are you guys no longer together?

She believes in you.

ghostwritter:
There I sat on the third row by the edge watching Jide starring at his beautiful bride, both grinning to one another as they stood by the foot of the altar ready to be committed in vows.

“I promise to love you, to be your best friend, to respect and support you, to be patient with you, to work together with you to achieve our goals, to accept you unconditionally and to share my life with...” Agnes vow in the presence of the congregation was cut short by sudden burst of wind which took everyone by surprise. the atmosphere in the church began to darken. everyone grumbling and murmuring in fear.
There from behind of the hall appeared something strange, it was a reptile, an anaconda, one big enough to swallow two grown men crawling slowly towards the altar in it shinning scales and it red glowing eyes, its tongue flipping. I stared petrified in horror just like everyone else, unable to speak or move, we could only watch as the serpent crawled it way to the altar to transform into something else, into a woman. OMG! I couldn't believe who it was, Cynthia...Jide's ex.

the above narration came into my head this Saturday attending my friend's wedding, Jide. now am even planning to develop the story into a crazy love‐horror tale.
Inspiration for me is like air, it's everywhere for me and attacks me every seconds. I have got over a hundred unpublished mind blowing stories in my PC. and countless jolted titles. my biggest problem is time to develop the stories and money to have them published into the kind of standard I soooo wish.

my biggest gift to me by God Almighty is my weird imagination in every environment I find myself. I never get bored being alone. I create my own movies inside my head and just laugh or cry to it. Unlike Larrysun, my babe no dey send me at all, she wouldn't even read a lines from it, all she cares about is the realities around her. Fun lady I must say, she is missing out.

a lot of writers and readers here inspired me many years back. love you all.

I wish I could " love " react to the story up there !.

You're an amazing writer .

joey150:
The only way to excel at anything is to continuously do it.

When you write, if you find that anything sounds or reads odd, Google the phrase.

Also, a great way to expand your vocabulary is to have a thearasus dictionary handy. There are a lot of synonyms for everyday words that you can infuse to your writing.

Finally, read as much books as you can in your niche. Generally, I advocate just reading enough quality articles regardless of the niche.

Some writers excel in only one niche or aren't very versatile. Find the area you excel most in, and concentrate all your talent in it. Better to be master of one, then be a jack of all trades.

Thanks

Riele:
I wish I could " love " react to the story up there !.

You're an amazing writer .

Thank you Ma.

Depression

I write well when I'm depressed

www.tushstories.com

Specially made for writers

Riele:
Litlanders , I've read lot of stories here that leaves me Wowed especially Larrysun .

I can't help but wonder your inspiration behind each stories you write .

So hey , here I am trying to find out .

What inspires you to write ?

I imagine alot, am more like a daydreamer
I always wonder why I was different from other people
When am angry,sad and frustrated
I write
I never let my pen and paper outta my side
Am also inspired by people and things around me...
Am also ready to learn from ogas at the top and people are good at it...

PP

Crazy Environment( cultural, social, political, psychological, marital, financial, economical etc)




Crazy world!!!!

Listen to "Crazy " by Shatta Wale

Just joking

Riele:
Litlanders , I've read lot of stories here that leaves me Wowed especially Larrysun .

I can't help but wonder your inspiration behind each stories you write .

So hey , here I am trying to find out .

What inspires you to write ?

About [color=#000000]Apostle Joshua Selman[/color]

I think my love for stories inspired me to write my own. In primary school, I read short stories like Sugar girl mini and malaria and the rest. In junior secondary school I read a lot of stories such as chike and the river, without a silver spoon, one week one trouble, double trouble, Eze goes to school and a lot more.
When I got to senior secondary school, I realized that I craved for more. A friend introduced me to foreign romance novels and I read them like craze. During exams, while my mates we're reading to pass, I was reading romance. I read the whole of Catherine coulter's bridal series. They are like 9 in number. I read the whole of Johanna Lindsey Sherbrooke's series. They were also like 9 in number.
Reading became like a chocolate stain in my life that wouldn't let go and at a point, I began to toy with the idea of writing my own story.
I didn't get to write it until the year 2013, ASUU went on strike and I was in my final year. I began my first story, "The Reluctant Bride." Today, I have written countless stories and get paid for them.
It's really good to get paid for what you love doing.
Writers are readers. I still read and I don't think i can ever stop reading or writing.

LarrySun:
I really can't tell, honestly. Stories just pop into my head with happiness. She confessed that it was the best story she had ever read. F

LSD

Hi bro. have you published any of your books? I'm currently writing an academic text, Need to know about safeguards for copyright.

LarrySun:
I really can't tell, honestly. Stories just pop into my head and I write. But the more I write a story, the better the plots get. Also, I'm a fan of surprise endings; therefore, no matter what story I write, I try my best to infuse the surprise.

Perhaps I can say my inspiration is drawn from the fact that I want to prove to the world that Nigerians can also come up with great storylines.

I used to read a lot of novels while growing up. It got to a stage where I started feeling that I could write better stories than some of the novels I read. But I was scared of writing. I could only read, I didn't believe I could write. Indeed, I couldn't speak anything grammatically-accurate. At a time, I debated about the idea of writing in my local language, but hell, I suck at that too. Yet, the stories forming in my head couldn't leave me alone.

Ironically, I was the best English Language student in my class, but I couldn't speak the language perfectly. Funny but true. I didn't believe in myself. I saw writing a story as a very big deal. I didn't know I had to start from somewhere.

The ideas in my head eventually took over. I started with a very short story, an incomplete one. I showed it to some of my friends, but they didn't show interest in it because they weren't accustomed to reading stories. The story went without a single person reading it. But that first attempt helped me a lot. It helped me to start believing in myself. It inspired me to go push further. If I could write something like that, then I should be able to write something better.

I started my first novel in 2007 and ended it in 2010. It was my most fulfilling three years. Nobody knew I was writing a story. I would lock myself in my room and write. I finished it within the first year, of course, but I spent the remaining two years polishing and repolishing it, adding and subtracting ideas. When I was done. I locked it away in my shelf. No one knew about it. I told nobody.

In 2011, I had a girlfriend. Lol! She encouraged me further. I came out of my shell and told her I wrote a story. I think it just came out unexpectedly. She wasn't a novel-reader either, I had no reason to tell her. But it slipped out. As soon as I said it, she got interested. She begged me to read it to her. I was scared. A lot of things bothered me. She might be bored like my initial friends. The last thing I wanted to do was to shove what I had done down the throats of people who gave no damn. But she continued begging me to read it to her. I decided that I would give her the manuscript to read herself. I was sure that she would drop it after the first page like my other friends had done with my initial short story. Besides, I didn't have the best handwriting in the world.

She insisted that I read it to her. She wanted something romantic, hearing me read to her was her idea of a perfect romance. Perhaps she thought I wrote a romantic story. But what I wrote wasn't Romance, it was Detective Mystery. Surely, she would sleep off, or just ask me to shut up, please!

I started reading while she lay on my laps. Oh Lord! For hours, I was reading the story to her. She listened to me quietly. When I thought she had gone to sleep, she would ask me a few questions just to show that she was following. By the time I got to a few chapters, she was no longer laying her head on my laps, she was sitting and resting her head on my shoulder and watching my mouth. Lol! She was probably seeing the characters and actions from my speech. Halfway, she was totally enthralled. By the time I finished, she had cried and laughed and jumped with happiness. She confessed that it was the best story she had ever read. From the way she said it, I believed her.

That statement is what has been keeping me going till today. She believed in me when I didn't even believe in myself. Although I am not yet a complete writer, I still have a lot to learn; but I owe everything I am today to her because she is my first reader. We are separated but we are still very good friends.

After that, I started nursing the idea of typing the story. I couldn't afford to pay to get it typed, I would go anywhere I could find a free PC to type. To cut everything short, I discovered Nairaland shortly after typing it in 2012. There were a lot of like-minded people here posting their stories. I was initially scared that my story would be stolen if I posted it online. After much thoughts, I decided to give it a go.

Mehn! It was one of the best decisions I had made. Almost everyone who read it loved it. They all inspired me. It became such a sensational NL work that a lot of other people plagiarised it on their various platforms. Someone even publicly claim ownership to the work. Lol! To be honest, I never thought I would write any book after that one. I only wrote it to prove that I could write a better story than some of these bestselling writers. But the raves from Nairaland inspired me to write a sequel, which a lot of people told me was even crazier than the first book.

I apologise for this long epistle. Lol! I just want to tell you that anyone who desires to become a writer can be. There's nothing stopping you except you. You have to believe in yourself. If I can do it, then you can definitely do it. Forget about the fear of being mocked for errors. You will only get better. If you have that story in your head, WRITE IT! However, whichever, whenever!

Peace!

LSD

You Larrysun, divepen, repogirl, tiffanyj, Roy we there was this other guy that writes fantasy/adventure I’ve forgotten his name but we got an acronym for his story then OMG his name is at the tip of my tongue anyways I was going to say literaturelanders especially the people I’ve just mentioned were my first inspiration to write.

What drives me personally is the fact that books have done a whole lot to me. I’ve read books like Francine Rivers that made me cry like really reflect and cry.
Books have brought me where I am today. Books are powerful and are capable of changing lives forever, a book like alchemist etc have made lifelong impacts in my life.

That’s what I want, make someone better or be a part of someone’s joy or success story through my writing

obamartins:
For me, it's money. Sold $2800 last month. The first over a million naira sales in a month. Money is my motivation to write. God has been faithful.

Imagine making this amount as far back as 2019. I was just graduating secondary school then😭😂

Now that should be about 4 million Naira per month. 4 million Naira! Like 4 million Naira! Chaiii you have to work for an NGO or be a general to earn that big.

Sorry for quoting I I’ve just been following your former posts to use it for gingering myself.

Pls who can help me with this book "how to succeed in business by breaking all rules by Dan Kennedy.