As a child below 7yrs of age, i loved to draw stick figures and create scenes of picture stories while narrating them to my friends/classmates. I normally pause holding my pencil fixed to paper(probably thinking of the next scene) and saying "uhm","ehen" to punctuate or create suspense before drawing the next scene.
At the age of 13, i wrote a short love story(i was always fantasising about love) and gave it to a family friend to read. Annoyingly, she lost it(gave it to a friend who also gave a friend!). Then i never knew it was a talent.
Then i found myself writing poems! I kept it to myself for a while because i did not think anyone would love it until i started going for debates for my outstation C.Y.O.N group and i always WON! They noticed my writing talents(they read my debates) and encouraged me to post up motivational write-ups on our notice board. Though am not the prep-up kind of person, i still posted my poems. This gave me a challenge to write more as i wanted to see fresh articles every sunday. It made me happy. After i left for a higher education and the writings stopped.
At the beginning of my 2nd year, i got heart broken; my fantasies weren't real. I cried my heart out for three months(can you believe that?!). Later i was ready to pour it out to someone. He(val) cared about me(or so i thought; i liked daydreaming he was my TDH!) so i tried to say it all but i could not, then i brought out 3 poems i had written during my heart break. He said"wow! You have a great talent, what are you doing about it" bang! It hit my head that i was a born writer, then he said "hope you keep a collection of your poems". I felt bad for not keeping my poems. I decided to do so even if it was using my old school notebooks!
Another talent i found along side was drawing fashion wears. I drew designs for my Prom dress. My mum bought the wrong color, took it to the tailor and described something else:). In my 3rd year, i designed a beautiful top(it had a dropping neck line) and skirt for a room mate, she was so excited about the finished product(guess she had a good tailor!) that she asked me to draw designs she would use as a chief bride'smaid for a friends wedding! I was happy! I didn't draw for a long time. I had no motivation. In my final year, i drew a gown for my thanksgiving service. The tailor tried to get it but not exactly how i wanted it. It was still beautiful(at least thats what people said).
So now i know am creative. Oh! I forgot to mention that i started writing my own novel in my 3rd year. Great right?! Yeah, but my problem is motivation. I know if i put my mind to it and i have a pen and paper i would put beautiful thoughts on that paper. So now i tell myself"you have to be self-motivated because no one can bring out what you've got inside of you". Now i make it a habit to write or draw whatever i feel the moment i feel the urge instead of postponing or saying it ain't worth it. Thats why am writing this now.
So far so beautiful! Am glad to do this, but i've got to go now. See ya all later. Bye!