Twelve members of the Inklings steadfastly met for almost twenty years. One lacks honesty, the other an understanding of the writer’s heart. But we can’t know the true strength of our writing unless we are willing to share those words with another who will render kind and honest feedback. Hunched alone over our notepads and computers, we snaggle our words and graft them onto the page, prayerfully hopeful they will touch hearts. Tolkien and Lewis were definite resonators. 30) They understand what the writer is attempting to accomplish and desire more than anything to see them succeed. “Resonators help innovators to make the leap from where they are to where they need to be.” (pg. She labels the perfect member of such a group a “resonator,” a person who cares for the writing but even more for the writer. 71) Glyer goes on to say that there must be a balance between encouragement and honest critique. Glyer wrote, “There are two characteristics of strong creative groups: a passionate interest in the same things and a variety of personalities and diverse points of view.” (pg. Bonded by their common struggles as writers, they read, bantered, stomped, praised, and encouraged each other to keep writing. Lewis where there was no one to disturb but themselves. Just as often, they met for tea at the home of C. Beer is not my beverage, but I want to sit in the back room of The Eagle and Child, the pub the Inklings weekly met at where they raucously discussed their writing, often to the dismay of other patrons. 1 I’m a bit jealous of the little band of writers, the Inklings. Tolkien, Lewis, Barfield, Williams … what did they have that I don’t? I’ve been reading the book, Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer.
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