Ask the Author: Tolulope Popoola
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Tolulope Popoola
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Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
The Marriage Monitoring Aunties’ Association by Ola Awonubi
The Parlour Wife by Foluso Agbaje
Tolulope Popoola
I'm still trying to wrap my head around why one of my best friends betrayed me. So that could be the plot of a new story.
Tolulope Popoola
I'm from Ogun State.
Tolulope Popoola
Yes! I plan to write a story based in Nigeria soon.
Tolulope Popoola
Read. Read a lot of books. Also read a lot of short stories. Don't limit yourself to one genre or style, so read widely.
And practice writing a lot. Pay attention to the ideas that come your way, and have a place, you store your ideas, whether in a device or in a notebook.
And practice writing a lot. Pay attention to the ideas that come your way, and have a place, you store your ideas, whether in a device or in a notebook.
Tolulope Popoola
I have just written a collection of flash fiction stories, titled "Memoirs of a Serial Best Man" which will be released soon. I got the idea when I was at a wedding with a group of friends, and one of them was a groomsman and he was being teased because he had been a groomsman or best man at several other weddings. SO I decided to write a collection of stories of his adventures at different weddings that he had been asked to take part in.
Tolulope Popoola
I read lots of other things written by other people. I listen to music, I listen to other people's conversations. I can get inspired any time, sometimes I even dream about a story!
Tolulope Popoola
Take a break from working on the book for a couple of days. Take a walk, listen to music, eat chocolate, read a book by an author you admire. Do all your pending chores (I've had mental breakthroughs while washing the dishes), then come back to your writing with a refreshed mind. If you want to, you can skip the particular niggling bit of the story and work on something else. Once you get into the flow, you'll be fine!
Tolulope Popoola
A collection of flash fiction stories.
Tolulope Popoola
Not having to commute to work.
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