This Oscar-winning Netflix film writer is also a world champion triathlete: All Quiet on the Western Front’s Lesley Paterson, and her 10 top tips for success
- Prize money from gruelling triathlon competitions fuelled Lesley Paterson’s 16-year endeavour to turn a beloved novel into a blockbuster Netflix film
- Growing up in Scotland made her ‘hardcore’, she says – she shares 10 tips on developing mental fortitude and physical stamina
World champion triathlete Lesley Paterson, who is also a bestselling author and screenwriter and producer of the Netflix film All Quiet on the Western Front, exemplifies willpower.
While Paterson, 42, estimates she has taken part in more than 400 gruelling triathlons, she says her screenplay that has been the greatest test of endurance: it took 16 years and jumping over many hurdles to see it reach the screen.
Born in Stirling, in Scotland, Paterson – the youngest of four children – was raised in a disciplined but loving environment, she says. Affection was always offered, but laziness was never tolerated and her parents were strict but very caring.
Her surveyor father and entrepreneurial mother were attentive parents who believed in the importance of exercise. They actively encouraged their daughter to get involved in sports from an early age.
