Copy Work 1 - C.S. Lewis
My first foray into copy work. Copy work is the practice of hand copying writing from an established author. Then, one improves their own writing by incorporating the model author's style over time.
Here, I begin with a stylistic quote from C.S. Lewis:
“For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.” ― C.S. Lewis
I had an was unusually difficult time memorizing and writing this quote out verbatim, missing clauses like “certainly carry out” and “however you act”. Those omissions made me aware of both, my limited memory capacity, and my subconscious blind spots.
For the text itself, Lewis demonstrates an effective use of repetition, using “you” four times in the sentence to signify the importance of personal choice; and, make me ponder the eternal implications of self-centered and self-less acts.