ABSTRACT
It seems to me that if we are developing independent writers, then we need to look
to the behaviour and habits of successful authors for clues to living an ‘authorly’
life. It has often been said that a writer (or artist) is someone who is struck by
things that others just walk by. I have to admit that I was one of those people
who just walked by, not noticing the magnificence and potential that the world is
charged with, nor taking the time to do so.
