Dear Medium,My name is Georgina Odafe, a writer in the faraway land of Nigeria, deep in the heart of Africa. Maybe not so far away because news of your fame reached me even when I didn’t know who you were. Every time I visited, I felt seen by your community of writers. You created a place…
I don’t know if this is a new writer thing, but I hardly ever feel like writing most of the time. It doesn’t mean that I don’t love to write because I do. I even find it hard to stop when I’m writing. But the most challenging part is starting. (And posting all my drafts, but…
What happens when you give different persons the same ingredients to prepare a meal? Will the meal will taste the same? What if you don’t give them the ingredients? You only tell them to prepare the same meal? That is where individuality comes in. Because each of them will prepare it differently. Some might even…
As a writer, you must have heard the not-so-much-spoken-about rule which says; “When you don't know what to write, write about not knowing what to write.” That's one of my reasons for writing this post. The second is the reason I don't know what to write about. I'm thinking and writing at the same time,…
What excites you about writing? The interviewer asked me. I was nervous because I did not know the answer to his question. How could I answer a question I have never asked myself? I was doing the nodding and smiling thing we all do during interviews, while twisting my fingers in my laps and scraping…
On Writing, On Living 