Olu E. Afolayan

Olu is here to collaborate with you, to bring your vision for your book to life. When he commits to a voice, a personality, a backstory, he immerses myself completely in it.


From the Artist:

I love writing, in all its forms. The myriad ways you can bend and shape the English language in elegant, precise or moving ways is something that captivates me. I am currently working on two short stories and a novel. I have also regularly written poetry, spoken word and music lyrics since I was in middle school in the early 2000s. Whenever I am writing or analyzing writing I imagine how I would narrate it. The characters speak to me as well as each other. I wonder and often practice saying their words in the truest tone and with the right depth of feeling.

Although I am new to this platform, as a teacher, over the past eight years, I often narrate various texts for my students. It is vital that they grasp the gravity, the levity and, all in all, full human experience of the text we are analyzing. It is important that I capture the voice, the tone, and emotional truth behind what each character is saying, even if it is an internal monologue. Co-teachers and students often request that I narrate texts. I have made it a point of pride to consider the author's choices in characterization and world-building as well as several other narrative factors in portraying each character and shading their responses, assertions, and musings in just the right way.