article_snippet: A Brutally honest letter written by Roald Dahl to a teenager who asked Jay Williams for advice on Jay Williams A-level project has surfaced.
article_snippet: However, in true Roald Dahl style, there was a sting in tail.
article_snippet: However A Brutally honest letter written by Roald Dahl to a teenager who asked him for advice on his A-level project was not what a teenager who asked him for advice on his A-level project had expected with Roald Dahl heavily criticising Jay Williams use of 'beastly adjectives'.
article_snippet: Roald Dahl responded saying a teenager who asked him for advice on his A-level project was 'asking too much,' but that said that Roald Dahl had read your story . '
article_snippet: The image was posted alongside the caption: 'In 1980, as a spotty teenager, I wrote to Roald Dahl asking for advice on writing.
article_snippet: Here is Roald Dahl priceless response.'
article_snippet: Jay, who set up PR company 72point, said: 'As a callow youth, I was expecting Roald Dahl to tell me how marvellous your story was, and offer to introduce me to Roald Dahl publisher.
article_snippet: Mr Williams in Mr Williams teens, left, and the celebrated  author Roald Dahl, right, who replied to Mr Williams . '
article_snippet: your story was for an A-Level English Literature project, and was probably really self-indulgent, overflowing with flowery adjectives, which Roald Dahl quite rightly bristled at. '
article_snippet: After considering Roald Dahl advice, I have to admit it was probably fair