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Danpersie31: Bt abeg princesa hw e go b na.4my sake.Lets make it easy and convinient 4 me.#winks#

let me see the list of what you're offering

[quote author=Larry-Sun]Howdy, JH?[/quote]mother nairaland keeps reaching out to her children

welcome back, and as expected you've missed a lot. One week off nl and so much would pass you by, let alone months of sabbatical leave.

Hope you would stay with us a while?

Well, according to Mazi, the judges are supposed to read and then nominate 3 stories that they think deserves to be on the next round right?


Then that means Analysis aren't really compulsory,


Okay then, Mazi i would like to suggest that you increase the number of nominees from 3 to say 5, so as to give the over 20 contestants who applied more chances of scaling to the next round, seeing that the judges are just 8 (the last time i checked) and that would make the overall nominations 24, but with the increase in nominations, it totals the nominees to 40. And i think from there, we can easily pick those with highest nominations and still keep the number of those moving up to the next round at 8 or10, instead of five. I think that that would also give a fair chance to some people and encourage them to do better in the grand finale.

(this adjustment was allowed in the poets competition and it turned out nice)

so, what's your say?

Danpersie31: Princesa i 4 marry u o.Bt u too expensive.Bt nice words u ve spoken.Chistar u kept ur promise xo thank u.I promise u 3 goals against westbrom

yes i am expensive

@deiok
yeah, everyone is bound to move on

Ishilove:

Madam High priestess of souls, just a thought of you, person dey shiver...

I wonder what happens when he thinks about Efe


#una no go kill person!

chistar01: I didn't need d sympathy but I had to give an explanation because the comments I've been seeing required an explaination but since I can't give full details I just dropped a hint, I'll modify d post right away anyway.

About your attitude and keeping my distance? I think you have gotten something mixed up because I actually love you attitude.

I'll be expecting u then 4 d grand finale .

Choi

finally someone thinks am still cool when i blow hot or cold! #blushing#


am damn well keeping up with the kardasians chistar

Abu Mikey: Anytime I wan juss start to dey Pen down my Tori,I go juss dey see sometin wen be like Aunty Ishilove dey laff me

na one chance be that na

Deiok: Miss princesa has spoken.

hey you! Quite a while
still doing truths and lie?
And is nitlad still around the games section i miss him.

If you never wanted 'sorry' then you shouldn't have towed the 'family issue' line.

My point?

Nlanders are caring and ever ready to share ur pains. Tell them that you're sick, or getting married, or having a birthday, or lost a family etc etc, and then would commensurate with you...


So chistar, sorry for whatever happened in ur offline life



now to the story.

#hides face# erm... erm.... #wriggles hand# i know you know why am hiding my face, looking down and wriggling my hands



but anyways, I read the last update and twas captivating, one thing i like about your works are the side comments (parenthesis) you infuse into the stories, no wonder you're everyone's 'darling'

kudos chistar, I know my attitude made you keep ur distance, bt you're still my pal

#keeping a date with you for the grand finale.

Hmm, Interesting. This kain fast forward enh...


If i may ask, are you working with an already drafted plot outline?

Damex333: My views- My opinion- Speaking for my self
on d 10,000 words ish, is it 4 this maiden edition or subsequent edition, cos if it for this one, there will be a slight prob, the first range of words that was given was 1,500 words b4 it was upped to 2,500 so writers would have built their storyline and characters on that, so how do we fit in seven thousands five hundred without doing d unimportant! ?

make ur characters talk and talk and talk till they can talk no more

[quote author=Efemena_xy]Hello All,

Firstly, I'd like to commend Mazi for this idea of his - good stuff and it'll help a lot of budding writers, so kudos to him for this.

Well, as a judge, I'd like to let you all know that I'm quite harsh in my critiques. I don't do friends or favours here and will be looking at the technical content of your write ups. You must strive to impress. By impressing me and the fellow judges, you'll also help improve your writing skills. Now without further ado, here's what I'll be looking out for:

Plot – How complex is it? The more complex, the better
Setting – Should be easy for the reader to visualize. Even better if the five senses are engaged: sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch
Characterisation – Individual characters should be well thought out, unique and thoroughly 'fleshed out'
Action – The reader(s) must feel engaged
Dialogue – Excellent level of interaction needed with minimum dialogue tags.
Romance – for love and romance genres, fiction (for fiction), sci-fi (for sci-fi) and so on. Point is, the reader MUST feel the genre
Suspense – Same as above

In addition to that, I would be looking out for the following:

Spelling -- Including English vs. British Variances for Consistency
Typographical Errors
Capitalization
All Punctuation
Proper Paragraphing & Dialogue Transition
Sentence Structure (Run-On Sentences & Sentence Fragments)
Verb-Tense Consistency
Redundancy
Point-Of-View Consistency (Head Hopping)
Narrative Consistency (1st Person--2nd Person--3rd Person)
Scene-Change Clarity and Flow
Story Structure:

~ Imagery of Scenes
~ Character Development
~ Believability of Action, Plot, and Resolution
~ Historical and Data Correctness

I've also suggested to Mazi that he up the stakes for this competition with regards to the prizes on offer here. That notwithstanding, I'm willing to aid in this respect:

First prize $100
Second prize $50
Third prize $20

Not sure how Mazi plans to organize this but I'll leave that to him.

Nonetheless, bottom line here is that we'll or rather I, would be looking out for quality works. You must endeavour to show and not tell. Now what do I mean by this? Say for example, you're describing a character's physical appearance: don't tell me she's beautiful. Show me what makes her beautiful!

Finally, your very first paragraphs MUST have that hook to keep me glued to your story. If I'm bored, I'll toss your write-up over my shoulders.

Let's show the world that Nigerians have it in them to produce the finest, quality works ever. Make your country proud and moreso, yourself!

Goodluck![/quote]hello Mrs efe, being wanting to meet you! Now that i have, jeez am shivering...i wouldn't want to be in the hot seat that comes with all this rules, phew!



goodluck to the contestants, writing isn't easy, maybe thinking up the story is, but penning it down, is a different ball game..

As for me, I've got no 'serious' book of rules, little things impress me

Damex333: commot for road make i see road jawe, you think say my oga be you wey dey type with snail speed?

am a lady na, so i should always take my time


oga frank, na wah oh, please finish this chapter na, some lives are in danger here in Abuja oh

[quote author=Foxy_Flow]Trying to say other guys are not eligible eh? Forget bout me o, I believe that those works I refused to participate in crippled my chances.

And eh, I don't know you Black Behind refused to bleach [/quote][quote author=Foxy_Flow]Trying to say other guys are not eligible eh? Forget bout me o, I believe that those works I refused to participate in crippled my chances.

And eh, I don't know you Black Behind refused to bleach [/quote]well next time you just have to challenge urself and work it through so you don't miss ur chances. Believe me, i know the feeling cos am walking that path. knowing i dnt give a heck for serious sh.it, i still try to take my chances and face challenges head on, then after that is done...i can go shout 'yipeee' at the sunset beach. (now, i was heavily on sedative while i was typing this )


and who told you that i was ever thinking of bleaching, black and pretty all the way baby

[quote author=Foxy_Flow]O God.... You ma na judge. You see the ish with feminism ba. Now I understand who took my position.

Throw tantrums or not, if your judgment no sweet, I go point am out.

Simple [/quote]maybe i took ur soft, comfortable seat, but am loving it.

feminism my black behind

[quote author=Foxy_Flow]No o... Don't stop. I'm also in the mood to reply anything you throw at me.

Waiting for your crazy self to show up [/quote]it ain't worth it, no more tantrums from me, and i would love to 'portray' myself as a serious judge,

good thing i wont be seeing you on that seat

[quote author=Foxy_Flow]Kai.... My incomplete works don work against me o

Even if na una, una go fit complete 50 unfinished stories? [/quote]dayuum, am so tempted you enter you today, but....


Am cool, so keep acting up

Finally, I've caught up with you guyz...i must say, you're improving.

Frank has said what i would have pointed out, so please tie the knots already, and don't use one kain 'yeye' rope to tie it oh, you guys love going for so many sub plots, so let me watch you do the do..

One other thing, am yet to get the particular state this novel is set, maybe i missed it from the earlier posts, but pls be elaborate when stating the location of events therein.


And offcourse, sorry for your over a decade loss, nice poem to commemorate the remembrance too. Kudos!