The Brutal Betrayal – Featured Story #9

April 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment

The Creative Writing Club presents a story of friendship and betrayal by 11-year-old Lolade. The narrative follows Nora’s emotional journey as her best friend Ben moves away, her family suffers financial hardship, and their reunion is soured by his new and cruel girlfriend Ruby. As they rekindle their friendship and Ben reveals his mother’s illness, Nora confronts her feelings of betrayal. Through adversity, Nora maintains her grades and resilience, buoyed by her father’s support, while ultimately discovering Ben’s true feelings for her.

The club encourages young writers to join and express their creativity.

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“I Have Several Unfinished Projects” – Overwhelmed with Ideas?

July 2, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Hello again creative people! Welcome to start of the second half of 2017! It’s July, and it’s summer time! Schools are going on holidays, the sun is shining (it’s raining heavily in Lagos though) and there are plans for travel, fun times, swimming outdoors and barbecues! Whatever you and your children get up to during […]

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“What If My Work is Rubbish?” Self-Doubt is a Struggle.

June 30, 2017 by 3 Comments

Hello creative people! I hope you are having a great day and week. Those of us in Lagos have enjoyed the rain since the beginning of the week, but thankfully today has been quite sunny! Grateful for little mercies! Today, I’m going to talk about something that ALL writers face, whether you’re working on your […]

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New Edition of “Reversing the Rot in Nigeria” now available!

March 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The new International Edition of “Reversing the Rot in Nigeria” by Olusegun Oyegbami is out now! This long-awaited, much needed book is now available to buy at all online retail outlets in both ebook and paperback formats. If you care about Nigeria, and you want to understand where the root of corruption stems from, and how […]

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What is an Author Platform? Do I Need One?

February 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment

There is much talk among writers, agents, editors and publishers about “author platform”. But what is it? What does it mean for you as a writer, whether you’re published or not? There are a few definitions of platform. Starting with the first thing: your platform is your audience. As a writer, who are the people […]

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