C. S. Lewis's Five Writing Rules

In 1950, C. S. Lewis wrote a letter to a young fan of his Chronicles of Narnia series. He critiqued the fan’s writing and also shared his five rules for writing well.

**FURTHER RESOURCES**:
📬 My free email newsletter, The Inkwell: https://nicolebianchi.com/newsletter/
📚 C. S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe: https://www.amazon.com/Lion-Witch-War...
📚 The Man Who Created Narnia by Michael Coren: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Create...
📚 C. S. Lewis: A Biography by Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper: https://www.amazon.com/C-S-Lewis-Roge...
📚 C. S. Lewis's Letters to Children: https://www.amazon.com/C-S-Lewis-Lett...
📝 On Three Ways of Writing for Children by C. S. Lewis: https://www.catholicculture.org/cultu...
📚 My website: https://nicolebianchi.com

**TIMESTAMPS**:
0:00​ Intro
0:44 The Man Who Created Narnia
3:47 Five Writing Rules
5:19 The Rules in a Nutshell
6:17 A Writing Exercise
7:10 Rules in Action: Writing Examples
12:37 Lewis on What it Means to Be a Writer
14:44 Final Thoughts

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