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Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Nobody: 9:18pm On Jun 21, 2015 |
ipicasso:i agree with you bruh |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by ipicasso: 10:40pm On Jun 21, 2015 |
ShakurM: That's why I like self-publishing. When you publish it yourself, you let the people decide if the book is acceptable or not. 1 Like |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by safarigirl(f): 11:47pm On Jun 21, 2015 |
alphalpha:yes, it does sound like porn to kids and addolescents. But the target audience is adults, you know, people who can tell romance from ero-tica |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by illiad1(m): 12:04am On Jun 22, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: Lol! Interpreter is Wole Soyinka's only novel. And the first sentence in it goes thus; 'Metal on concrete jars my drink lobes.' Lol I am sure you can't even explain that with the help of a dictionary. Now that's what you call difficult writing language, not Achebe's over simplified English. Pls don't refer to yourself as a writer. You're not even a book lover to start with. If ever you aspire to be a writer someday, start by being a book lover, an avid reader, that's the only way to becoming a writer. And FYI on Achebe, he's the simplest user of language. He writes English like its spoken by Nigerians. And no other nigerian world class writer writes that simple, not even Okri or Chimamanda. Have a good day ahead. |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Nobody: 7:35am On Jun 22, 2015 |
illiad1:lol.......Am an avid reader bro and am writing my first book come August. Without reading the book you quoted I understand perfectly what wole soyinka is saying with that clause.It has nothing to do with dictionary. Think of Chinua Achebe he used ambiguous words. All the same, A writer ought to be simple. |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by chizidgreat(m): 7:45am On Jun 22, 2015 |
Good. Especially for we upcoming writers. search out my maiden novel soon 'pieces of......" |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by illiad1(m): 8:36am On Jun 22, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: OK good to hear and I wish you a successful publishing. Now do two things for me here; 1. Post a page from your writings here. Let me have a look. Just a page; any page. 2. What was Soyinka saying in that first sentence of the Interpreters? [& pls that's a complete sentence, not a clause as it might have seemed to you] Here it is again; "Metal on concrete jars my drink lobes." |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Writeditor: 11:11am On Jun 22, 2015 |
ipicasso:Not so. No amount of patience or even skill qualifies you to be your own final editor. You need a pair of eyes other than your own to read your work before you click the "send" button. 1 Like |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Nobody: 1:39pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
illiad1: 1 I used the future tense. 2. He meant to say something caught his attention or have an effect on him. |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by PrettySpicey(f): 2:17pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
vimi: Thanks for the title, mister. And while you're receiving air, receive sense too. Adios |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by illiad1(m): 2:32pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: Lol I must admit to be oblivious of whatever you must have meant by future tense. And that being the case, refrain from referring yourself as a writer until you can speak in present tense. On Wole Soyinka's Interpreters. "He meant to state that the clangs of metal on concrete was having a severe effect on his already drunk head." Now that's overly esoteric, of which Our WS is renowned for unlike Achebe who has rather oversimplified his use of language. |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Nobody: 3:19pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
PrettySpicey:Lol.. ii neva insulted uu, why the attitude |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Nobody: 3:22pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
illiad1:I mean am starting the writing by August my research will begin soon. Have in mind that have not read Interpreter yet our explanation is close despite I interpreting without putting it in context. When I begin the writing I shall post a page here. |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by free37: 3:59pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
Nice. 1 Like |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by PrettySpicey(f): 6:36pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
vimi:No attitude, dear fellow. Just keeping the peace |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by bimbod(m): 8:16pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
Nice talk bro.. Now my mind is relaxed. 1 Like |
Re: Career As A Writer - Little Things That Go A Long Way In Selling Your Book by Nobody: 9:06pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
PrettySpicey:ii av heard uu, peace ambassador, ii do read n write buh along the line one thing led to another, further compounded by social media, had to quit all of that. Ma challenge now iis sleeping whenever ii start reading what diagnosis do uu advise? |
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