C.S. LEWIS ON WRITING AND WRITERS

C.S. LEWIS ON WRITING AND WRITERS by C.S. Lewis

Can you imagine receiving writing advice from C.S. Lewis? Several people did! Corresponding by letter, they would submit manuscripts or parts of manuscripts to this great author for him to critique. C.S. Lewis On Writing (and Writers) is a collection of excerpts from those letters coupled with parts of his own writings, organized into different topics. Lewis never minced his words, and he doesn't here either while addressing topics such as writing fiction, poetry, children's literature, etc. The book ends with Lewis' thoughts on a lot of different authors. Some of the authors mentioned I have never read. On those I have, I found it very interesting. I even enjoyed a good chuckle over some of his comments. (I nodded my head in agreement on his thoughts about Jane Austen.)

This is not a book that you need to read straight through. Due to the different topics, it is easy to jump in and out of. It is also a book that can be referred back to. I especially enjoyed the children's literature part and will definitely visit it again.