WordsAreWork (WAW) is the premier literary hub in Africa, for Africans, by Africans; obsessed with connecting writers to reward. Their event titled Use Technology to Make Your Writing Pay, in collaboration with Social Media Week Lagos.

Time of Programme: Thursday, March 2, 2017. 4pm

To be taken at (country): Lagos, Nigeria

Type: Events and Conferences

About the Programme: For a long time, African writers have earned peanuts or nothing at all as compensation for their work. It comes with very good publicity for you; it is an excellent opportunity for you to showcase you talent; or the most popular, you will get very good exposure was often the response when a writer asked to be paid.

Thankfully, all of that is changing with the evolution of technology and social media. Writing is slowly but steadily evolving as a well-paying profession, as more and more tech-savvy writers are earning good money in exchange for their work. How?

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Core questions that will be addressed in this masterclass are:

• Is writing even profitable in these climes (i.e, Nigeria and Africa)?
• How can I convert my digital stories, articles, essays and poems to money?
• Technology and social media play a big role in this, you say, can you tell me how?
• This sounds mighty good; but wait, are there people already doing this–earning well from their writing–or will I be faced with the daunting task of trailblazing?
• Where do I start?

Host: Chisom Ojukwu, WordsAreWork (WAW)

Panelists:

– Sally Kenneth Dadzie, Moskedapages (bestselling author, Okadabooks)

– Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Speculative Fiction writer (The Writer 2017, courtesy The Naked Convos)

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