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Gov. Prater, filled with the kind of aggrieved righteousness that you usually see in a cat that has just been hosed down by a ten-year-old boy,
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
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“The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Alone in a big house full of books. I suppose that fixed a literary bent. I drew a lot, but soon began to write more.”7 For Lewis, reading and writing flourished simultaneously. He began to call the quiet attic his “study,” a space lined with drawings and magazine cutouts, furnished with “Jack’s desk,” and stocked with “pen and inkpot and writing books and paintbox.”8 There young Jack began his writing life.”
― C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing: What the Essayist, Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic, Apologist, Memoirist, Theologian Teaches Us about the Life and Craft of Writing
― C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing: What the Essayist, Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic, Apologist, Memoirist, Theologian Teaches Us about the Life and Craft of Writing
“One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.”
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“In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us a thing was "terrible," describe it so that we'll be terrified. Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, "Please will you do my job for me."
[Letter to Joan Lancaster, 26 June 1956]”
― Letters to Children
[Letter to Joan Lancaster, 26 June 1956]”
― Letters to Children
Andy’s 2024 Year in Books
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