Complexity Is Not Depth
Segun Iwasanmi@iwasanmisegun212159
16 days ago
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I once heard someone say his story was "too deep" for people to understand, and I almost believed him… until I read it. I wasn't confused in a good way, I was just lost. Names everywhere, timelines as consistent as NEPA light in this side of Nigeria 🫥, and somehow nothing was actually happening. That one no be depth. That's just noise wearing a book cover
Many writers think if a story is not complicated, it's not powerful. So they keep adding layers on top of layers, like someone cooking soup and pouring every spice inside just to prove they know how to cook. Meanwhile the person eating is just suffering quietly.
The stories that people enjoy reading are not the ones that stress your brain. They're the ones you follow easily, feel deeply, and can still explain the next morning. Even a child can retell it, but an adult will sit with the meaning long after.
When I was working on a fiction manuscript once, the writer had real ideas, genuinely strong ones, but they were buried under so much noise the story couldn't find itself. We sat together in the space Whatsapp provided (chat), pulled out what actually mattered, and gave each moment space to breathe. By the time we were done, the story felt lighter but hit harder. That's the thing about good fiction, it doesn't need to carry everything at once to mean everything.
Depth is not how many twists you hide in one chapter. It's how much one simple moment can carry without shouting. And some stories just need someone to sit with them quietly, help them say less, and trust that the right reader will feel every bit of it. That kind of help is not always easy to find alone.
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Book Writer | Screen and Scriptwriter | Creative Fiction writer | Book Editor.
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