Prelude to Revision: Complex Composition from Tolkien, 4 - Peer-to-Peer Exposition

[caper_est]

Until I started this comb-through of Lord of the Rings, I'd forgotten just how much of this Tolkien manages to pack in. You can hardly turn around at any point in the first book without falling into another bout of it. The fact that this impression never particularly lingered until I went looking for it, suggests that it's very well integrated

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[silkensteel]

Me again.

Re: Merry, Pippin and their lit-up chatter about Isengard. Go to a vet's pub or bar some night, find some interesting looking guys, explain the kind of story you're writing, then buy them a pitcher of beer and sit back and listen. Don't take much notes, just listen.

[caper_est]

Thanks. Interesting thought.