15 WAYS TO WRITE FASTER & BETTER
It’s important to be able to capture all the great ideas appearing in your head while writing. If you write fast, you have all the chances to do so. Here...
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIAN LITERATURE: A TREATISE BY HILLARY UGO UZOMBA
What is the problem? We need solutions. But I figured a popular problem is that there are fewer books by Africans (Nigerians in view) to take our experiences to the...
4 SIMPLE HABITS THAT CAN MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL WRITER
Whenever young writers are gathered, one question that is always asked – in varying forms, is ‘how can one become a successful writer?’ It goes without saying that this poser has...
9 MUST-FOLLOW NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR NIGERIAN WRITERS & READERS
A new year is here. 2019 has arrived as a blank book and a pen in your hands for you to write whatever you please. While you decide what to...
MYSTERIES IN WRITING: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT WITH A DIFFERENCE
Sometimes you don't even know how to explain what you have written. You look at yourself after reading what you have written and ask yourself if truly you were the...
WRITING IS NOT FOR LITTLE CHILDREN: A TREATISE BY JOHN CHIZOBA VINCENT
Each time I try to do it right, I fail myself. I've tried all I could but I keep getting it wrong. The other day, someone's comment on my wall...
WHY I WRITE: WRITING IS EVERYTHING by Ruth Dahiru
I can’t imagine it. Not for lack of trying because I have, tried that is. A countless number of times, if I’m to be honest, but the end is the...
THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY AND GREAT LITERATURE
Poetry has always been a part of human life. It is an art that lies in the soul and spirit of man since the beginning of time. A poet writes...
THE CONCEPT OF GODHOOD IN POETS: HOW POETS BECOME GODS an essay by Aremu Adams Adebisi
There is something about poets that makes them gods. It is not the relativism of their works or their verisimilitude. It is not the aptitude of their word usage or...
WRITING POETRY: 22 2S BREAKDOWN
The poem, 22 2s was inspired by a song by one of the greatest rappers of all time; Jay-Z. In his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, there’s a song by...