Tolkien day fro Froday! ;) (or maybe late Tolkien day..if you're in CA ;)
About writing the Hobbit for children...
"When I published The Hobbit-hurriedly and without due consideration - I was still influenced by the convention that ‘fairy-stories’ are naturally directed to children (with or without the silly added waggery ‘from seven to seventy’). And I had children of my own. Bu the desire to address children, as such, had nothing to do with the story as such in itself or the urge to write it. But it had some unfortunate effects on the mode of expression and narrative method, which if I had not been rushed, I should have corrected. Intelligent children of good taste (of which there seem quite a number) have always, I am glad to say, singled out the points in manner where the address is to children as blemishes.
I had given a great deal more thought to the matter before beginning the composition of The Lord of the Rings; and that work was not specially addressed to children or to any other class of people. But to any one who enjoyed a long exciting story, of the sort that I myself naturally enjoy…
I am not specially interested in children, and certainly not in writing for them: i.e. in addressing directly and expressly those who cannot understand adult language.
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The relation between The Hobbit and its sequel is I think this. The Hobbit is a first essay or introduction (consideration will admit I think that it is a very just point at which to begin the narration of the subsequent events) to a complex narrative which had been brewing in my mind for years. It was overtly addressed to children for two reasons: I had at that time children of my own and was accustomed to making up (ephemeral) stories for them; I had been brought up to believe that there was a real and special connection between children and fairy-stories. Or rather to believe that this was a received opinion of my world and of publishers. I doubted it, since it did not accord with my personal experience of my own taste, nor with my observation of children (notably my own). Bu the convention was strong."
~Letter 215 to Walter Allen answering the question how writing for children differs from writing for adults...
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Oh had to share this pic because i just posted this on my thread on TORN and love it to bits. I found it originally on WotR as an avatar but didn't know who is the artist until last night. (Hope Hoover)
Frodo h/c-ers... write me something PLEASE! :P
I did two thread discussions on TORN today... gosh it's so time-consuming... but i love it. :D (Though i'm not sure if my discussion topics are making people think or they think me as a regular fan girl. :p (which i surely try not to be like. :P ...Next section is going to be FUN! FRODO TO THE FORD, 'NUFF SAID! i'll squee here and not while i discuss critically. ;)
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Elijah Wood's new movie is out in the NYC in select theaters (was out last week)... Called "Day Zero" and i hope i can find company to watch it with me this weekend. More info about this independent movie here:
http://www.dayzerothemovie.com/
Let me just say, ELIJAH'S eyes are mesmerizing and he's so damn hot i want to see the movie NOW! oh wow... wow...and WOW!!!
Sounds like an interesting storyline too, yes precioussss, my love. ;)
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umm...yes, i need to sleep at a *decent* hour tonight, why do you ask? :P
namarie mellyn nin~
Don't ever change.
"When I published The Hobbit-hurriedly and without due consideration - I was still influenced by the convention that ‘fairy-stories’ are naturally directed to children (with or without the silly added waggery ‘from seven to seventy’). And I had children of my own. Bu the desire to address children, as such, had nothing to do with the story as such in itself or the urge to write it. But it had some unfortunate effects on the mode of expression and narrative method, which if I had not been rushed, I should have corrected. Intelligent children of good taste (of which there seem quite a number) have always, I am glad to say, singled out the points in manner where the address is to children as blemishes.
I had given a great deal more thought to the matter before beginning the composition of The Lord of the Rings; and that work was not specially addressed to children or to any other class of people. But to any one who enjoyed a long exciting story, of the sort that I myself naturally enjoy…
I am not specially interested in children, and certainly not in writing for them: i.e. in addressing directly and expressly those who cannot understand adult language.
…
The relation between The Hobbit and its sequel is I think this. The Hobbit is a first essay or introduction (consideration will admit I think that it is a very just point at which to begin the narration of the subsequent events) to a complex narrative which had been brewing in my mind for years. It was overtly addressed to children for two reasons: I had at that time children of my own and was accustomed to making up (ephemeral) stories for them; I had been brought up to believe that there was a real and special connection between children and fairy-stories. Or rather to believe that this was a received opinion of my world and of publishers. I doubted it, since it did not accord with my personal experience of my own taste, nor with my observation of children (notably my own). Bu the convention was strong."
~Letter 215 to Walter Allen answering the question how writing for children differs from writing for adults...
...
Oh had to share this pic because i just posted this on my thread on TORN and love it to bits. I found it originally on WotR as an avatar but didn't know who is the artist until last night. (Hope Hoover)
Frodo h/c-ers... write me something PLEASE! :P
I did two thread discussions on TORN today... gosh it's so time-consuming... but i love it. :D (Though i'm not sure if my discussion topics are making people think or they think me as a regular fan girl. :p (which i surely try not to be like. :P ...Next section is going to be FUN! FRODO TO THE FORD, 'NUFF SAID! i'll squee here and not while i discuss critically. ;)
...
Elijah Wood's new movie is out in the NYC in select theaters (was out last week)... Called "Day Zero" and i hope i can find company to watch it with me this weekend. More info about this independent movie here:
http://www.dayzerothemovie.com/
Let me just say, ELIJAH'S eyes are mesmerizing and he's so damn hot i want to see the movie NOW! oh wow... wow...and WOW!!!
Sounds like an interesting storyline too, yes precioussss, my love. ;)
...
umm...yes, i need to sleep at a *decent* hour tonight, why do you ask? :P
namarie mellyn nin~
Don't ever change.