This story is inspired by an article that ran at Intellectual Takeout. Question: What percent of todays 8th to 12th grade students are proficient at writing? Answer is....~27% C.S. Lewis is recognized as the writer of The Chronicles of Narnia along with a number of other books. The story goes that he received a letter from a young girl with some examples of her writing asking for his comments. In his praise he offered some five (5) suggestions: 1) Strive for Clarity “Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure y[ou]r sentence couldn’t mean anything else.” 2. Use Plain and Direct Language “Always prefer the plain direct word to … [Read more...]