Adedokun does not merely exhort, he provides a practical, step-by-step framework for identifying compelling book concepts, overcoming writer’s block, perfecting one’s craft, navigating the publishing landscape, and ultimately launching a supplemental literary career. Elders from the East say that “Whenever a man wakes up is his own Morning.” But, sometimes, it will take an already-awake neighbour to rouse him from slumber.
That neighbour is what Niran Adedokun’s latest literary offering is to all journalists and writers who have not authored their own books. Every Journalist Should Write a Book is Niran Adedokun’s clarion call to his peers in the field of Journalism, both print and broadcast, to put down their pen and microphones, for a moment, and birth the book within them. Simply described, this book is roadmap for journalists everywhere to transmute their storytelling prowess into the realm of book authorship.
Spread across eleven insightful chapters, this remarkably concise yet comprehensive work alternates between a passionate rallying cry and an actionable guide laced with Adedokun’s hard-won wisdom. A celebrated columnist who has penned multiple acclaimed books, including biographies, short stories, and essays, Niran Adedokun holds nothing back in his effort to share with his comrades in penmanship the very strategies that have allowed him to flourish as an author. In my reckoning, what elevates Every Journalist Should Write a Book is Adedokun’s deft f.