Tag: Writers Resources

Feeling Philosophical

And, Why Do We Fall Down?

The answer, of course, is “So we can learn to get back up again.” This is a line from Batman Begins that I heard my boys saying to one another after they’d seen the movie, reminding each other of the importance of learning through failure. In the last few months I have been nursing a wound to my writer’s life image of myself, to my … Continue reading And, Why Do We Fall Down?

Liesl Garner2 Comments
Feeling Philosophical, Motherhood

As Trees are Born to Bear Leaves

I am sure that some are born to write as trees are born to bear leaves: for these, writing is a necessary mode of their own development. If the impulse to write survives the hope of success, then one is among these. If not, then the impulse was at best only pardonable vanity, and it will certainly disappear when the hope is withdrawn. C.S. Lewis … Continue reading As Trees are Born to Bear Leaves

Liesl Garner10 Comments