Paksworld

C. S. Lewis discussed part of this, in a couple of essays, but I’m going to extend what he said, a little.

Lewis said bad books succeeded, when they did, because they had some literary virtues.   No book devoid of all literary virtues, he argued, would be read–it would be too painful.  (Unless it’s assigned by one’s teacher, I mutter…)     “Bad” writers have to be doing something right–and usually, it’s telling a story.

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