Hi Cribbersss, it's Diary Night with the Stars 🤩🔥. Who's ready to dive into their lives in the Project Pen House?
Let's start....

PEN MASTER 005 TRAFALGAR

Q: How do you think the competition has influenced your growth as a writer?

A: If it's anything I'd say it's the creativity aspect. A lot of story ideas I would never have come up with in this competition. Respect. 🗿🗿

Q: If you win, how will you utilize the platform and resources to further your writing career?

A: I've actually thought about this before and I'd say Alternative pop

Q: What's the most significant lesson you've learned throughout this competition?

A: Humility? 😂😂

Q: If you could switch writing styles with any contestants for a day, who would it be and why?

A: I'd sayyy... Maybe THEPENREAPER, there's a light-heartedness to his writing, which I lack.

Q: Which challenge or prompt was the most difficult for you, and how did you overcome it?

A: This last one. Believe it or not, writing three genres at the same time and pulling it off with a convincing plot twist while the judges are expecting a plot twist, is infact not easy. I don't even know if I overcame it.😂😂🫠

Q: Who do you think is your toughest competition, and why?

A: To be honest, I don't know again. I've underestimated and overestimated, and I've been wrong a lot of times.

Q: What do you think is the most critical factor in winning Project Pen?

A: Just write a good story. I really think it's that simple. Write something you would read or see (like a movie).

RANDOMS

Q: What's your go-to writing snack or beverage?

A: Malt or Smirnoff and Groundnuts (I will not apologize for my weirdness 😂😂)

Q: If your writing was a music genre, what would it be?

A: Alternative pop

Q: Would you rather have a magical pen that never runs out of ink or a notebook that never runs out of pages?

A: Notebook. Harder to loose.

Q: If you could turn your writing into a visual art form, what would it be (e.g., painting, photography, film)?

A: Filmmmmm🥹🥹
I love cinematic art.

PEN MASTER 010 SETH

Q: How do you think the competition has influenced your growth as a writer?

A: I've really developed from it, all round.

Q: If you win, how will you utilize the platform and resources to further your writing career?

A: Project Pen is going to be one of the biggest Nigerian Writing competitions some day, so whatever I get from them at this stage, will always hold a big impact in my writing career.

Q: What's the most significant lesson you've learned throughout this competition?

A: Knowing how to write, and having great ideas isn't always all it takes.

Q: If you could switch writing styles with any contestants for a day, who would it be and why?

A: All the writers are wonderfully spectacular, but I'll go with Medusa, because I really love how vivid her imagery is.

Q: Which challenge or prompt was the most difficult for you, and how did you overcome it?

A: "Humor me," I consider myself averagely funny, but channeling it into writing at that stage, seemed a bit hard. I think I overcame it by just thinking of a story, and then inputing subtle hints of humor. Not my most gracious moment, but thankfully I scaled through.

Q: Who do you think is your toughest competition, and why?

A: At this stage; Man of Steeze. I always enjoy their storylines.

Q: What do you think is the most critical factor in winning Project Pen?

A: Understanding the theme, and making your story flow well.

RANDOMS

Q: What's your go-to writing snack or beverage?

A: I don't have, I just make use of whatever is available.

Q: If your writing was a music genre, what would it be?

A: Dark pop, like Billie Eilish kind.

Q: Would you rather have a magical pen that never runs out of ink or a notebook that never runs out of pages?

A: The notebook

Q: If you could turn your writing into a visual art form, what would it be (e.g., painting, photography, film)?

A: Film, I have so much I want to see acted out.

PEN MASTER 022 MAN OF STEEZE

Q: How do you think the competition has influenced your growth as a writer?

A: Project Pen influenced my growth a whole lot. I know realize my endings are somewhat shaky and I'll be working on that aspect.

Q: If you win, how will you utilize the platform and resources to further your writing career?

A: I'm not sure about winning, but if I do, I'll definitely add it to my portfolio. I believe Project Pen is going places, and being part of its journey would be something I'm proud to showcase to the whole world.

Q: What's the most significant lesson you've learned throughout this competition?

A: I've learned that execution is the main koko. You'd get a bomb idea but when the execution is poor everything falls flat. And yes, I've learnt how discipline works in writing too.

Q: If you could switch writing styles with any contestants for a day, who would it be and why?

A: I'm not sure I'd want to switch writing styles, but I'll say maybe Penreaper. His writing style always shows some kind of confidence.

Q: Which challenge or prompt was the most difficult for you, and how did you overcome it?

A: It will be this stage. With the mix of mystery, thriller, another sub-genre and the pressure to write something that'll make me win, it was so hard. While writing, I realized I wasn't executing the story well, so I ended up changing almost everything at the last minute. And I'm not even sure I overcame anything.

Q: Who do you think is your toughest competition, and why?

A: At first it was Penreaper. Then it was Trafalgar. But after reading our works, I'd say Seth.

Q: What do you think is the most critical factor in winning Project Pen?

A: Creativity and execution with a little dash of agidi.

RANDOMS

Q: What's your go-to writing snack or beverage?

A: Soft, slightly burnt, plantain chips and coke

Q: If your writing was a music genre, what would it be?

A: it'd be R&B and soul.

Q: Would you rather have a magical pen that never runs out of ink or a notebook that never runs out of pages?

A: A notebook that never runs out of pages. I hate it when books finish 😂

Q: If you could turn your writing into a visual art form, what would it be (e.g., painting, photography, film)?

A: Film! I can already imagine my next work and first novel as a film.

Commentary: We've heard from them... Would you love to see your fave's work as a film?

Well, till next time Cribbers 🤍