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THE END OF LOVE - 3: LIFE GOES ON

I had friends who texted, emailed, and called me all the time. My mother and my sisters also visited and stayed with me at different points in those first six months. They were [...]

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THE END OF LOVE - 2: HARD TO LET GO

Four days after we broke up, my ex moved out. That was three days earlier than he said he would. That day I had come back from work to see that he had [...]

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THE END OF LOVE - 1: BREAK UP

My ex was my first real boyfriend. I met him when I was twenty-one and in my third level in university. I was doing my internship with a bottling company and he was [...]

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A Kind of Bravery

“Zube, come on, it’s break time.” “I don’t want to go.” Twelve years old Zube shrank in his seat and looked up through the corner of his eyes at the person standing above him and gesturing. Ike was turned sideways, one leg already turned to the direction of the door. [...]

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Ways to help polish your writing

This was one of the recurring questions at the last meet up.

Every story you write needs to be edited before they will be published here. This also goes for other material you may [...]

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MAIN CHARACTER WORKSHEET

Before you start writing your novel, do you outline? How do you work in your characterization, especially for the main characters? This worksheet was developed by Jody Hedlund, an author herself, to help novelists visualize and realize the protagonists, in order to have, not only a well rounded MC but also a consistent one. [...]

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The Thing Around Your Neck - Audio Review

Listen to a review of The thing around your neck, and The Road Home, two books about the immigrant experience. KUOW Seattle interviews Myne Whitman on her thoughts about leaving home and settling in a new place. [...]

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Editing and the Writer

In my experience of writing, especially the way it is done these days, being a writer is not such a solitary work anymore. Previously, a writer suffered over their books alone and when it [...]

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Getting over writer's block

Writer’s Block is something that we as writers frequently pass through. You’re writing and suddenly, the words stop coming. These are words that seemed to flow from the tip of your pen earlier, rushing [...]

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Introducing the Editor's Blog

As most of you know, Naija Stories was set up based on my experience writing my blog and publishing my book, A Heart to Mend online. I felt I had something to offer as [...]

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The Beautiful Truth - November

Our Featured Writer for the month of November is TheBeautifulTruth. Her story, Nnamdi, got the highest views in the month of October. TBT has also previously won Best of the Month in July with [...]

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Marya Kudos - October

Our Featured Writer for the month of October is Marya Kudos. Her story, ‘Corporate Affairs series’ topped the Best of the Month board with the highest comments and views in the month of September. [...]

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Boomingsols - September

Our Featured Writer for the month of September is Boomingsols. Her story, ‘Oh Pastor!’ topped the Best of the Month board with the highest comments and views in the month of August. To read [...]

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