Failure is something many writers come up against time and again, so I was interested to read this response from young Australian artist Gemma Jones:
“That a knock-back stings, but it doesn’t really injure you. That I sometimes live in fear of failing, and when the crunch comes it is disappointing, but it turns out I’m still standing. And, in the end, you forget about your losses and your failures – so sometimes I just choose to fast-track the forgetting bit. Coming to a deadend can also mean that you have a chance to pick a new adventure.”
