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@uzygirl: thanks for the encouragement and your tips.
I think you misunderstood my (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) list above a bit.
Each item on that list can be a standalone movie. That's a list of new movie ideas.

I think I need more female input in this matter!! Iice and Damsal, where are you?

Everyone else is posting chapter one and you are posting chapter 2! Wouldn't it be confusing to us?

Anyway, I think a story published as a home video will make more money than a novel.

Why?
1) Many Nigerians don't read anything apart from school books.
2) A video can be enjoyed by a group of friends at the same time.
3) A video is more engaging since it has both pictures and words.

Thanks for the comic. It was rather interesting. The main challenge you have is lack of copyright ownership!

Also, I wish the layout was a uniform (2x4 or 3x3 or 1x3 grid) and not random like what you have!

Thanks for sharing these stories. How do you think your grandmother in the village learnt them?

To those who have given detailed reviews: thanks!

90% of the problems with my story outline seem to stem from the religious references. I could explain everything but the story should be self-excplanatory.

I think the story will need a complete rewrite. I need a story that will really grab peoples' attention until the end and that people will want to show others.

The next story I'll write could be:
a) Mary's motorbike adventures.
b) Story of how Mary became rich.
c) Story of how Bashiru fell in love with Mary.
d) Story of how someone dealt with tribal violence.
e) A more dramatic sequel I outlined before the one above.

I'm tending towards (a). A Movie that starts with Mary on her motorbike with lots of money in her account. The story would follow her as she goes from town to town trying to solve minor problems and is later engulfed in a much bigger major problem that she finally solves in the last few moments in the story. What do you think?

Here are the things I hope to do to make the story more attractive to my audience:
1) Remove the 'confusing' names associated with religion.
2) Focus more the quarrels and family relationships in the story.
3) Rewrite the scenes involving Mary and Bashiru to include more[b] comedy[/b].
4) Focus more on the action in the story. Bike chase, robbery, assault and self-defense.

I think this post would have attracted more attention if I did not post everything at once. That way people would have asked for "more, more" after each installment of the story until the end. I envy mrmayor and others!