I have applied and written thousands of essay writing competitions and scholarships and I have received numerous rejections, disappoinment and also acceptances. I got sad each time I received rejections and disappoinment but I don’t allow the sadness to weigh me down. I always console myself with one word,”This organization just rejected a star, but they won’t stop me from shinning.”
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What creativity is, really, is thinking unconventionally and generating unconventional—or, at least, novel—ideas.
“It’s not easy at all. It starts from my own mindset. While some writers write because of the passion or as a hobby, I do it as a duty. The way I map out time for my academics, my official tasks and so on, is the same way I map out time for Essay writing and follow it as a duty.” Find out how Evans-Ibe Savictor, S., a multiple award winning essayist, manages to combine essay writing with his academic pursuits and other extracurricular activities.
University of Nigeria Essayists' Group 