I use my pen to reconstruct
lives – Adewale Adedigba
By:NGOZI ECHENDU
Tuesday,
October 2, 2007
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Adewale
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Adewale Adedigba is a motivational speaker and a highly influential
communicator with a mission to create significant changes
in people. He is committed to the dream of providing information
and direction for people with a view to drive them to their
actual destiny and future. In an interview with Daily
Sun recently, Adedigba hinted on reasons why people
must attain greatness, hence the need to discover their destinies.
He also urged upcoming writers to read if they really want
to be prolific writers.
Background
I hail from Ilesha in Osun State, I had my secondary education
in Ibadan, but my plans to study Engineering in the University
changed when I received the call from God to raise standards
in people’s lives, as a result, I proceeded to Police
College where I graduated in Theology, since then till date
I have been able to change lives through my books.
Inspiration
My immediate environment inspires me to write, I feel bad
when people suffer unnecessarily, because I believe God’s
wish for everyone is to live great. The scripture in Jeremiah
29vs11 says "For I know the thoughts that I think towards
you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to
give you an expected end. In that case we must rediscover
where we belong to for us to live a good life here on earth,
and with all these running through my mind, I picked up the
courage to write.
Books published
I have published two books and have some unpublished ones.
My first book is entitled,
Be All That God Wants You To Be. It was published in 2005
while the second book entitled, Living a Successful Life was
published in 2006.
Objectives
Before writing, I usually focus on the problems confronting
people. After conducting research on the problems, then come
a book. Problems do occur for us to have a breakthrough, so
there is no problem that is too difficult to handle except
death.
Styles of writing
I write from the depth of my heart, because I’m angry
with failure, I always want to construct lives with my pen
Challenges
Time has been my greatest challenge because I don’t
write all the time, I write whenever I’m inspired to
do so.
Choice of words
My words are simple and understandable, so that an average
person in the society would be able to understand my message.
Target audience
My target audience are mainly those who have no hope, people
who can use my books reconstruct their lives from failure
to success. My books encourage people a lot, because majority
of the people in the society settles for things below standard,
that is why my book are needed in every home to help them
change people’s lives.
Relationship with publishers
I am the director of Totalmind Publishing company, so I publish
my books myself. I don’t find it difficult to publish
unlike other writers who don’t have means of publishing
their books.
Writer’s block
Yes, I do have it because sometimes when I write, the ideas
may not flow and when that happens I always drop my pen instead
of writing off the point.
Role model
First, is pastor Sam Adeyemi, whom I admire his choice of
words and intelligence as a writer. The other is Prince George
who has published 22 books and has 18 unpublished books. These
are the people I look forward to in the art of writing.
Advice to upcoming writers
They should always write as they are inspired. Also, they
should always create time, create an outline when they write
so that the body of the article will always reflect the title
of the book.
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