I learned to read at the age of two and a half years. My preferred pastime in the playpen was sitting in a corner with a colourful book.
I suppose it wasn't too long after that drawing became my second favourite hobby, followed closely by trying to write my own stories. I always had a very vivid imagination and could conjure up amazing tales on paper.
Sadly I no longer have any of my older works, they were destroyed by my ex.
However, to the subject of steemit, yes I have found a platform where I can express myself in my own way. I had all but given up after writing a couple of short plays, several poems, and the rough draft of a screenplay on my last laptop that unfortunately developed a virus and I was never able to retrieve them. So thanks to steemit, the itch to write has once again surfaced.
The diversity of contributors here also makes for an amazingly diverse audience. Now that I am "relaxing" a little bit in my writing scope (no longer feeling trapped by the perception that I "must" write magazine-style articles all the time) I've been examining some of my old notebooks of ideas... there's material enough there to keep me posting on Steemit for the next decade.