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Adebayo Ilerioluwa's avatar

Thanks for sharing this well detailed guide to finding and telling our stories. Will definitely try to answer the question β€œWhat matters most to you, and why?” and share what I discover on my substack. Great Job πŸ‘

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Arinze O.'s avatar

Thanks a lot for reading, Adebayo! Good luck with answering that question. I hope it does for you what it did for me 😊

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Christabel's avatar

When I was applying to college and reading the essays that "got in", I could tell that they stood out because (of how) they told their story. Since then, I've tried to do the same but I hadn't quite figured out how until now. Thank you so much for sharing your process! I will definitely be using this as a guide from now on.

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Arinze O.'s avatar

I swear, I only figured it out as I was writing this piece. I was like "Aha! So that's how I did it?" πŸ˜‚ It's a funny thing to learn from yourself lol. I'm happy this could be helpful to you 😊

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Ryan, The Protean's avatar

Hey, Arinze. I want to drum how significant the work you're doing is, but that'll probably be a blog post someday. Don't stop.

I've read several articles/newsletters/pieces that eventually, because of their author's originality and the work's essence, became published as books. I pray this is one of them. I pray this is one of them❀.

And yessss. J.K for the win! Haha.

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Arinze O.'s avatar

Oh my! Thank you so much for these kind words! Never actually thought about compiling this into a book. But if I ever get to be consistent for 100 weeks without skipping any week, I'll do the book things as a treat to myself haha. JK for the win, always!

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Ryan, The Protean's avatar

Haha. Love to see it. T minus 91 weeks.πŸš€

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Chep's avatar

Thank YOU for this. Loved every bit.

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Arinze O.'s avatar

You're amazing! πŸ–€

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Napoa Sandow's avatar

You are such a beautiful writer Arinze.

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