Writers must develop their own imagery
ARTS & CULTURE
Every writer is taught to show instead of telling. One way writers are taught to do this is by use of imagery, which consists of metaphors and similes.

By Lucas Wafula | 4 years ago

Writing should be a humbling experience
Writing and the position of being a writer sometimes, if not always, elevates you – the writer – to a certain level above your readers.
Lucas Wafula | 4 years ago
Authors can help publishers market books
Curiously, none of these people who congratulate the new author buys a copy of the new book; they all admire the gratis copies the author has received from the publisher.
Lucas Wafula | 4 years ago
Publishers do not seem to 'prioritise creative works’
Goro wa Kamau’s appearance shouts ‘beware, Professor on the prowl’ even before he speaks. Yet his easy-going manner sets you at ease. “I don’t think I have a reasonable answer why I write,” he says and busts out laughing when I ask him why he writes.
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After a long time, I read compositions by high sch...

By Lucas Wafula | Apr 08, 2016
Any editor will tell you that the number of unsol...

By Lucas Wafula | Mar 26, 2016
In fact, some people think they can’t write fict...

By Lucas Wafula | Mar 19, 2016
We are in the auditorium of Gorilla Hall, at Hillt...

By Lucas Wafula | Feb 21, 2016
Editors are not easy to work with. They always hav...

By Lucas Wafula | Jan 30, 2016
Carey Francis is best known as a mathematician yet...

By Lucas Wafula | Jan 23, 2016
I strain nowadays to read the so-called literary c...

By Lucas Wafula | Nov 08, 2015
During the Great Debate at this year’s Nairobi I...

By Lucas Wafula | Oct 25, 2015
Any writers who have been reading the Literary Dis...

By Lucas Wafula | Oct 24, 2015
Last week on Thursday, I was glued to the screen o...

By Lucas Wafula | Oct 17, 2015
The speed at which Nile was flowing, coupled with ...

By Lucas Wafula | Sep 27, 2015
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