Behind The Gate of Lakeview

Questions and Answers

And we have a 100k reads 💃💃💃💃♥️♥️♥️😩😩😩

So here are the questions asked and my answers to them.

Q: Your School?

      I'm a final year student at the University 
      Ilorin.

Q: Tell us about yourself.

      Hmmm, I'm a girl 😂😂. Okay, I'm a
      bibliophile. I read a lot. My favorite
      genre are teen fictions and thrillers. I
      have a thing for historical fictions too.
      I'm an advocate for mental health, SDG's
      4 and 5 too. If I'm not reading, I'm
      writing or watching kdrama.

Q: When did you start writing?

      A long time ago. I think I was 8 or 9. The
      first story I remember writing was an
      historical fiction. I wrote more than 20
     stories when I was in Secondary school.
     My classmates would read it and leave
     their comments at the back of the story.
     They were all preparing me for BTGOL, I
     guess.

Q: Was your secondary school life similar
      to this in and what way?

      Yeah, there were lots of similarities
      between my secondary school days.
      Like the day they finished their external        exams, what their Principal said to them
      was exactly what our principal said to us
      to and a couple of other things too.
      Writing Behind the Gate of Lakeview
      was like reliving my days at secondary
      school.

Q: Are there scenes that were totally 
     unplanned?

     Yeah, definitely. Infact, most scenes were
     unplanned. Most times, I just start  typing      without a plan. Most things worked out
     themselves. I guess it's all depends on the
     gods of inspiration. Like the scene where
     hugged for the first time, that was totally
     unplanned. Ayisha and Akin becoming
     an item were totally unplanned.

Q: How many times did you ever think
     of giving up this book? What stopped
     from doing so?
     I never thought of giving up BTGOL.
     There was a time when the reads was
     so low and I was so frustrated but that
     still wasn't enough to make me think of
     giving up the book.

Q: How did you come about the title?

     Hmm. I actually can't say. The title was
     actually the first thing that came to me
     even when I've not finalized the plot. I've
     always had the name; Lakeview at the
     back of my mind tho , it was the name of
     an estate in a Ghanaian novel I read and I
     fell in love with the name. So when I got
     the idea of writing a secondary school
     story, the title BEHIND THE GATE OF
     LAKEVIEW was the first title that came to
     mind.

Q: Are there some personal experiences
     you added in BTGOL?

      Yeah, like I said earlier, writing Behind
      Gate of Lakeview was like reliving my  
      secondary school days. Most of the high
      school drama were things that actually
      happened. Though they were modified.

Q: Do you think high school relationships
     can lead to marriage?

     Yeah, it's very few but it happens. I have
     an Aunty who started dating her
     husband when she was in SS2, she was
     15. Now, they have three kids.

Q: Do you research your kissing scenes
     or are they related to your real life
     experience?

     😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 The funniest question
     actually. I couldn't stop laughing when I
     saw this question. I've never researched
     my kiss scenes and yes, they're related to
     my real life experiences but even much
     more than that, I just know these things.
     They're just spontaneous to write.

Q: What was the last thing Michelle
     wanted to talk about?

     She was going to apologize to Uthman.
     She probably couldn't stand the LOHL
     not talking to her. Shioo.

Q: Was there any time you brought out a
     real life situation or something you've
     experienced during the writing  
     process of this book. If yes, was it
     you or someone you know and what
     particular event was that?

     Hmm, not exactly. Except some high
     school drama that were based on what I
     experienced, every other thing in the
     book was fictitious.

Q: If you want to rename your book, what
     name would you give it?

     Because I've had this title for almost five
     years, I've never actually thought of this
     book having another title. To me, that's
     the perfect title for the story.

Q: How did you get all these ideas?

     Well, it's the god of inspiration and
     creativity and probably because I read a
     lot too. When you read a lot, it naturally
     makes your writing better.

Hmm hmm

We've come to the ultimate end of BTGOL. My heart is heavy and I still can't believe this. It's a wrap and the fact that were actually ending this with a 100k reads in less than 8 months. Mehn, I never actually thought I was going to come this far when I started but then, because of every single person that read voted, commented and shared, BTGOL was able to come this far.

We'll see in Perfectly Imperfect though.

Peace out.

Ciao 😩😍🤗