Tag: Lord of the Rings
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Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 25
It’s Saturday morning (last Saturday morning if you want to know). I wake up late (as does everyone) because last night we went to see Fellowship of the Ring (EXTENDED BABY) at the drive-in and I didn’t get to sleep till around 2:30 (probably was pushing 3am). I was sitting in the back of my…
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July Wrap Up: Lord of the Rings, Photos, and more and more editing
HEY BABY IT’S AUGUST. Usually August is like one of my favorite months. There are fairs and festivals to go to, the last hurrah before the fall dance season starts (which started in July because…well COVID) and plus the countdown to my birthday in September to there’s that. Now August is just like….ah, whatever. But…
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Writing Struggles with J.R.R Tolkien
I was organizing my bookshelf last Saturday afternoon, as one does on Saturday afternoons. I picked up a book (as one does when organizing a bookshelf, completely abandoning the project originally started.) It was Humphrey Carpenter’s Tolkien, a lovely ’77 edition. Started reading it and found some quotes that are just GOLD and thought we…
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Thank You To John Ronald Ruel Tolkien
I think we all need to step back and appreciate that “Ronald” is in Tolkien’s name. (MY GOSH. Ok, so on a draft I was working on over the summer, I named a fast food place “Ronald John’s”. And later I thought, “wow, what a stupid, stupid name.” But now I think I named it…
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On Heroes and Villains
I recently read an article about writing villains. It said something interesting about them, about why they are so important. The article said that without the villain, the hero is nothing. The conflict that the villain creates makes the hero interesting. Heroes are predictable and boring when circumstances are regular. The hero’s chance to shine…
Bernadette Benda 