Bookish Diversions: C.S. Lewis in Writing Hell

Derek Parfit’s Mad Dash, William Faulkner’s Wheelbarrow, Dean Koontz’s Nonexistent Outlines, More

The writing habits, methods, and struggles of writers are forever interesting. How do they tease all those words from the mind? What about the obstacles to creativity, or even simple completion?

C. S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama (Oxford University Press, 1954), 696 pages.

¶ O HELL. In 1935, C. S. Lewis agreed to con…