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funpen commented on the post, Better Writing For Dummies , Newbies And Caine Prize Winner Wannabees. Part One 1 day, 15 hours ago
thank you for this great article. I enjoyed it. Everything is true. The reading aloud thing was something I used to do to drown out noise (kids, and siblings when I was younger) and it works […]
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funpen commented on the post, Better Writing For Dummies , Newbies And Caine Prize Winner Wannabees. Part One 1 day, 15 hours ago
thank you for this great article. I enjoyed it. Everything is true. The reading aloud thing was something I used to do to drown out noise (kids, and siblings when I was younger) and it works […]
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funpen replied to the topic Aspects of creative writing in the forum Writers Gateway 1 day, 23 hours ago
yes, i started writing poetry by falling in love with nusery rhymes and I am a huge fan of poetry with rhymes. The most interesting part of writing poetry for me, has got to be the art of finding the words that have a similar ending or sound with the last word in the line above, which also makes the poem make sence. it is a truly creative process…[Read more]
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funpen commented on the post, 4 out of 5 Stories in the Caine Prize 2013 Shortlist by Nigerians 1 week, 1 day ago
This is a great development. I wish them all well
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funpen commented on the post, The Mystery of the Goat-leg Pepper-soup 1 week, 1 day ago
Ha, Ha Ha!
funny, thumbs up sir. I love mystery stories too and I was laughing at the end. The police men ate the evidence, what an end. I loved it, i didn’t even see the typos. The only thing though, I had to […]
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funpen commented on the post, Writing Prompt May 6 – Wedding Dancing [Picture Prompt] 2 weeks, 2 days ago
im still laughing. i can totally picture this!
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funpen commented on the post, May Featured Writer Mimi Adebayo – I Read Books and Learn from Them 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Congratulations Mimi, over 500 readers, is great!
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funpen commented on the post, Writing Prompt April 22 – It Rained That Day 1 month ago
It rained that day. Large drops of water merged with the tears that ran down her face, and Toye found that he couldn’t do it.
Writing the note had been easy. Driving to her house even easier. He had considered […]
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funpen commented on the post, Naija Stories signs MOU with Worldreader for Contests and Publishing 1 month, 1 week ago
This is a welcome development. Thumbs up to you NS, you guys are really doing a lot to lift the platform of writing in Nigeria.
Thank God for the day the NS vision was born, and I pray ou keep getting stronger, […]
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funpen commented on the post, Love is a Language 1 month, 1 week ago
Hi, thanks. Though I prefer it that way, short and to the point, but thanks.
Ps- I voted for u.
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funpen commented on the post, Writing Prompt April 8 – Shattered 1 month, 1 week ago
Halima and I stood outside the door to her bedroom listening. We could hear them on the spring bed as it thumped repeatedly.
She brushed past me, running to the living room. I followed and saw her grab the […]
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funpen commented on the post, Writing Prompt April 8 – Shattered 1 month, 1 week ago
Could have made the story better, by seperating the dialogue from the main body of the work. It doesn’t add to your word count but makes your story have finesse
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funpen commented on the post, Writing Prompt April 8 – Shattered 1 month, 1 week ago
Well, It incorporated the word shattered in a nice way. I guess its a tragedy and most people have enough in real life to want to read more in stories. Nice one.
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funpen replied to the topic Who are your favourite foreign authors? in the forum NaijaStories Reading Club 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I love,
Francine Rivers, because she has the ability to pull out deep emotions from her characters that her readers can resonate with.
Frank E. Perretti, because he makes me forget that I’m reading a […]
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funpen joined the group Prizes,Awards & Other Fun Stuff 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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funpen commented on the post, Lookout for Miss Right- Episode 25 1 month, 3 weeks ago
looks like people didn’t mind paying. your story is good.
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funpen commented on the post, Manner Of Approach 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I love this story, and it translates to all aspects of our lives too. people are just plain rude. On the streets, in schools, in offices, in shops, to strangers, even driving on the roads people horn loudly behind […]
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funpen commented on the post, Elevator Ride 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ha ha ha ha ha
Still laughing. please interview him well, give him a chance o!
loved the piece.
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funpen commented on the post, Headaches and Admirers 1 month, 3 weeks ago
loved the tiny way you injected our nigerian superstition (wondering about the kind of soap she used to bathe) without making a big deal out of it.
Lovely story, it ellicited a couple of chuckles from […]
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funpen posted a new activity comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago
In reply to: adebayo caleb posted an update There are just times when I feel the urge to write…and yet there’s just no time. There’s always one thing or another to do, while I sadly crave the solitude of my thoughts Viewi totally feel you. That’s exactly how i feel every single day
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funpen commented on the post, The Short Story Challenge From Chinyere Obi-obasi 1 month, 3 weeks ago
This is nice.
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funpen replied to the forum topic Your Favorite Work From The Great Chinua Achebe in the group Creative People 1 month, 3 weeks ago
What trips me the most is that he published the book when he was twenty eight. He must have spent years thinking about it and penning the words down. He was thinking far ahead of his contemporaries, and he had […]
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funpen joined the group Creative People 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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funpen commented on the post, Musings Of A Hustler (episode 14) 2 months ago
ok, I guess i have to read from the beginning.
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funpen commented on the post, Heart Surgery 2 months ago
Finally,
poetry that resonates with me, or is it the other way around??@topazo, loved this
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funpen commented on the post, The Man Whose Pen Woke The World To Africa 2 months ago
Lovely
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funpen commented on the post, Achebe Is Not Dead 2 months ago
Fantastic piece!
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funpen commented on the post, Yet Another Love Story 2 months ago
This is different and well told. It’s nice to know that she had something to fill the missing void, her pet and God.
Thanks for sharing this.
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funpen commented on the post, He that invades the house ……….. 2 months ago
except i’m mistaken, the strangled girl was his sister and not the Blessing he was expecting.
dark humor is not really my thing, but I was thoroughly shocked at the end. Kudos. keep writing.
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funpen commented on the post, A New Role For The Nollywood Stakeholder 2 months ago
LOL,
Loved your article,
I agrre with all the shooting,
and I’m laughing at the fact that though we know it’s symbolic, we wish it could be true. I do not agree with murder anyway.Great article.
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