Monday, May 26, 2008
Mothers Who Write
From Nina Schuyler (italics are mine):
This reminded me of my second grade teacher, who told me that I'd never learn the English language because I had one foreign parent (oops) and the college professor who told me to give up writing and to discontinue graduate school because my future lay in teaching high school.
Writer's Block Remedy: "One terrific benefit of having a child is that you don't suffer from writer's block. Writer's block is a phenomenon for those with ample time and a proclivity for channeling the voice of their high school teacher who said they’d never ever be a writer."
This reminded me of my second grade teacher, who told me that I'd never learn the English language because I had one foreign parent (oops) and the college professor who told me to give up writing and to discontinue graduate school because my future lay in teaching high school.
