I Finally Finished My Book — I Entered School, School Entered Me. Out Now!
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This book has proved to be one of the toughest yet painfully-thrilling to write. I had a lot of setbacks while drafting my ideas and thoughts, mostly cause of writer's block, and the occasional procrastination, but it has been a journey. One that I will forever be glad to complete and put down into words.
“I ENTERED SCHOOL, SCHOOL ENTERED ME.”
© Kingsley Uzuh
All rights reserved.
Published by; WBK (Written By Kingsley)
I've been thinking of a perfect caption for this post and I haven't quite found it yet, but I'm guessing this one felt intriguing enough?
The first thing I'd say about my book, judging by the memes, is that it was…not from a place of peace. It was unscripted. From the chapters, the plot, it didn't follow your normal book format. It was raw, authentic and most of all, relatable.
Ever looked back, (graduated or not) and just think “how did I even survive that last semester”?
The crazy unexpected turns, plot twists, 8 am classes, cancelled lectures that makes you want to curse under that long breathed sigh, and walking, losing calories from what seems to be called a ‘sun’ in school?
Then, this book is for you.
The first chapter, “pack your things, you're going to school,” is centered on the fact that I never expected or thought I HAD to go actually go to the university.
“Everybody knew that, but I didn't. It never came up as a discussion. What I saw it as, was simply writing a Jamb exam and getting my score.”
Then, with that comes the unspoken pressure from your family members to excel in your academics because they spent a lot to make you who you are and will be tomorrow. So, you can't just chose your life path and think it'd be that easy, growing up in an African home where our parents dictate how & why we get to live our lives. We owe them that.
“The pressure of choosing that perfect occupation you thought you wanted to study. Not because it wasn't good but because your parents debated that it won't fetch you money.”
How I wrote the book? Oh, that's easy. I just sat in front of my computer and wrote down the first things that came up. Well, that's if you want the it's the truth-but-also-a-lie kind of answer.
Otherwise, in real honesty, I had to go through a lot of emotional and psychological aspects of myself in order to write this book. Seems a little dramatic, doesn't it? But it's the truth.
I had to study, observe and watch other people (students — their attitude towards learning, studying, in classes and their complaints) that many of the experiences written, I hadn't experienced them but because I've been around those who have and listened to their complaints, I had the inspiration I needed to bring the book to life.
You could say the answers were all around me, I just needed to listen. My lodge, my course mates, my environment — the inspiration were all around me. I went home during the break and couldn't even put down a sentence because a change of environment meant a change of inspiration and being at home, gave me undoubted writer's block. But the soonest I got back to school, the light issues, water issues, students complaining about lecturers, exam scores and carrying buckets around, looking for a place to fetch water to write their exams in an hour, gave me a rush of inspiration that even I myself couldn't comprehend.
The book is meant to connect with you. You read it and go, “this is the realest thing I've ever read,” “this is so real.”
Art would have been nicer for me, wouldn't it? But, life does have other things in store for us. What that means is, I would graduate and forsake everything I've learnt about science and just write fiction til’ I die.
Can you relate to that? That feeling of “am I in the right place”? I feel that a lot. And being in university, isn't helping as much. But everyday I walk past faculty of arts and I just stop to breathe. I stop to reflect on their movie banners, their art, their unique style and I just reminisce about being enrolled there instead.
This is me. Raw. Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Exposed. And nervous same time.
Maybe because this book is about me. My life. School and what being in the middle of it all feels like. It's a bit overwhelming and I found no other way to tell it than putting it into writing, hoping it can help me resolve my problems much better than keeping it all in. That feeling of people are out there, reading your book, your words and your vulnerable moments you just couldn't help but to overshare in the name of wanting to write a ground breaking book that might one day, beat Chimamanda Adichie’s. It feels surreal.
And this too…
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Say, I accidentally left it lying around.
I so much love my friends from school. They support me in whatever it is I do. One of them gave me 5 ⭐’s on my customer review link, after she had threatened me purchased it.
I'm waiting for your 5 ⭐’s. Download the book today and explore a vast world of Kingsley's Mindscape, set before you. University being told from a fresher’s (me) POV.
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I guess you could say I was driven by all the crazy, messy, unfiltered life in-between. It was fun — writing this book, remembering all the bad & good memories I thought I had buried for good.
It's been a good run, writing this book (yes, I'd not stop yapping about it. I just..*sobs*)
Congratulations . This is really nice.
Congratulations
Nice one👏👏🙂🙂