In Charmed Life, by Diana Wynne Jones (1977), we see a young boy with magical powers going to live in a castle, where he will be taught how to use his magic. (Before assuming this is a knockoff of any other children’s fantasy, it is important to note that

The way magic works in Diana Wynne Jones’s Dalemark series is interesting, and the natures of the magicians are even more so. In this post I’m going to look at how Jones uses the magic system she develops in the series to craft a statement about the value of writing.