Most young writers in Nigeria fall into the fallacy of thinking they possess something that their forerunners did not. Adaobi Nwaubani the award-winning author of “I do not come to you by chance” demonstrated this recently in an article published [...]

“When did you start writing?” A Heart to Mend had been published, reviews were trickling in and the interviews quickly followed with their questions. The easy answer is that I started writing as a child but what I think is [...]

I’m sure you’ve read books in which the writer came up with an expression that you had never heard of before. You probably picked up your dictionary to check and it wasn’t even there! It sounded good, though and sort [...]

Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you’re certain it’s as good as your finite powers can be. - Jon Winokur   When I started writing, I wrote only [...]

First published HERE Yesterday, I had a rather interesting Internet chat with another writer friend based in Aberdeen. The chat was a spill-over from a text message he sent me earlier on during the week to comment on my new [...]

As promised, a selection has been made as to which story will be selected for the review that will serve as the basis for the workshop for this week. ‘Linger‘ by Scopeman and ‘The Husband, The Wife, The Doctor‘ by [...]

This is week two of the Naija Stories Online Interactive Workshop, and following the review that has now been published of Good For Something‘, we are once again inviting submissions from members of Naija Stories to be critically reviewed. The reviews [...]

As promised, a selection has been made as to which story will be selected for the review that will serve as the basis for the workshop for this week. ‘Good For Something‘ by Ayokunle Falomo has been chosen, and below is [...]

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 want to send off to contests, [...]

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.

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 was purchased by a publisher, they [...]

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 through your head and your heart, [...]

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 a way of giving back to [...]

Writing is an essential part of human interaction and existence; it is an important tool for sustaining the heritage and soul of any particular group of people. Writing means different things to different people; it is appreciated at various levels [...]

As mentioned below, the review of ‘She Calls Me Broda’ by Fred Nwonwu and ‘Rule Number One’ by Uche have been done by Tola Odejayi, and are now both  published below. ********* Review of ‘She Calls Me Broda’ She walked [...]