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Some stories are never meant to stay inside us. ✍️

Writing gives our thoughts a place to breathe, our emotions a voice, and our imagination a way to become real.

“Writing is the doorway to the soul.”

What would you write if you knew no one would judge you?

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She came home to bury her mother.

Ten years in London had taught Yetunde how to bury more than grief including the singer she used to be.

Then, on a rainy Lagos night, the radio played a song she knew by heart

A song she and Femi had never finished

So how was it on the radio

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Maybe your story hasn't found its reader yet. 📖✨
Keep writing. Keep learning. Keep creating.
Because somewhere out there, someone is going to discover your words and think:
“This is my favorite author.” ❤️
Your story matters. Your voice matters. Don't stop writing. ✍🏾

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He told her to come to his office. Immediately. 👀

Tope thought Demilade was calling to confront her about the lie…

But the look on his face said this was something else. 😳

She walked in confident.
Then one look at him—

“Shit.”

Whatever Demilade is about to say…

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He thought it was just another ordinary morning… until one unexpected lie was about to change everything. 👀

Tope said she was engaged.
The problem?

She named HIM. 😳

And Demilade is about to find out.

Part 2 is where things get complicated. 🥂💍

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Stay till the end. You won’t believe who she names. 👀

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She only wanted to escape one uncomfortable question… so she told one very dangerous lie. 👀

“I’m engaged.”

But there was one problem…

She had to explain who the man was. 😳

And that’s where everything started to go wrong.

🎬 The Investment — Part 1

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reading, daydreaming, trying to sleep, or doing absolutely nothing.
Writers, when do your best ideas usually appear? 👀
🌙 Late at night
🚿 In the shower
🚶🏾 While walking
📖 While reading
💭 Randomly during the day
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Being a writer is funny sometimes. 😂✍🏾
You can spend the entire day staring at a blank page…
Then your brain suddenly goes:
“Here’s a GREAT idea.”
At 4:00 AM. 😭
But maybe that’s part of the magic — ideas don't always arrive when we invite them. They show up while we're walking

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Somewhere between reading stories and dreaming about them, the writer in us quietly wakes up. 📖✍🏾
Maybe you started by getting lost in someone else’s world…
then one day, you wanted to create a world of your own.
The reader became the writer because the dreamer never left. ✨

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To every writer who is still dreaming, still learning, and still putting words on the page — keep going.
Your story might be waiting for you to write it.
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Somewhere between reading stories and dreaming about them, the writer in us quietly wakes up. 📖✍🏾
Maybe you started by getting lost in someone else’s world…
then one day, you wanted to create a world of your own.
The reader became the writer because the dreamer never left. ✨

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So… which one of your notes deserves to become a real story?

Tell us the title. 👇🏾

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What usually gets you stuck — ideas, characters, plot, or motivation?

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What if you received a letter… from your future self? 👀📩

The letter is dated 10 years from today.

You open it.

You read the first line.

And suddenly, everything you thought you knew about your future changes.

What do you think the letter says? ✍🏿

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Every writer has a story they haven't told yet. ✍🏿

Maybe it’s sitting in your Notes app.
Maybe it’s hiding in an unfinished draft.
Maybe you’re still waiting for the “right time” to write it.

But a story only becomes real when you give it a chance to be read. 📖

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Readers, this one's for you. 👀📖

You open a new story.

What makes you stay?

Is it a character you immediately connect with?
A mystery you need answered?
A plot twist you didn't see coming?
Or simply the feeling that something important is about to happen?

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Readers have a limit. 👀
Sometimes a story just doesn't make us want to continue.
And that's okay.
But knowing why readers leave can help writers create stories that keep people turning the page.
So readers:
What's the biggest reason you abandon a story?
And writers…

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Or maybe the story simply makes you feel something.
A good story doesn't just give you words.
It gives you a reason to turn the page. ✨
So, be honest
❤️ Characters
🧩 Mystery
⚡ Plot
💭 Emotion
Which one keeps YOU reading?
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📖 What makes YOU keep reading? 👀
Some stories make you say:
“Just one more chapter…”
…and suddenly you've finished the whole thing.
Maybe it's a character you can't stop thinking about.
Maybe there's a mystery you NEED answered
Maybe the plot keeps throwing surprises at you