On Writing (and Writers)

I am biased when it comes to reading, enjoying, and critiquing Lewis's works, and his lettres are no different. It soothes me to read that a prolific writer shares many of my personal views, particularly on how literature must be written and how modernism is... a certain set of fractured guidelines.

Of course, some of the tidbits of advice are outdated. Women do indeed enjoy fantasy, very much so, Mr. Lewis — and may we thank the Creator for that. Regardless of those that must be taken with a grain of salt, and with the time period of his life taken into consideration as well, this collection is a well-read, mindfully arranged collection of points to think about. To mull over and to take into an arsenal to improve as a writer. He has been there, done that, and speaks on it without much ego.

An unexpected, but pleasant, find.