Reading C.S. Lewis can be a master class in how to write. His prose is clear and vivid, his dialogue is convincing, he strikes a fine balance between showing and telling, and he has a gift for conveying abstract ideas in concrete language. In short, Lewis’s writing embodies the principles that writing instructors try to inculcate.
In Writing with Digory, we will examine The Magician’s Nephew with a writer’s eye, to see how we can make Lewis’s techniques work in our own writing.
Writing with Digory includes weekly reading assignments of 2-3 chapters of The Magician’s Nephew, weekly live Zoom discussions* (90 minutes each), writing exercises as well as a dedicated online forum for discussion.
*Recordings of the discussions will also be available for learners who can’t attend the live discussions
Dates:
Tuesdays, Feb 3-March 10, 2026
Times:
Cost: $119
Intended Audience:
Adults, Teens
There are two “cohorts” of Writing with Digory–one for adults (college-age and up), and one for students age 13-19.
The course content is the same for either cohort, but the two cohorts will attend separate lecture/discussions and participate in separate forums. Adults will be interacting with adults, and students will be interacting with students.
Please register for the appropriate cohort.
All readings from
The Horse & His Boy
Feb 3: Chapters 1-2
Feb 10: Chapters 3-5
Feb 17: Chapters 6-7
Feb 24: Chapters 8-10
March 3: Chapters 11-12
March 10: Chapters 13-15
