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Re: Chapter 2, plus 2 MOCs, too
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 7 Apr 2003 22:11:07 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Matt Hein writes:
> but speaking
> of Tolkein, maybe your predicament is one
> of the reasons I have abstained from reading
> his works...I just don't want to risk it...
Matt, I really think you're doing yourself a disservice here. You are really
missing out on one of the best books of the 20th century of any genre, and
quite probably THE best in the fantasy genre.
The answer to avoiding being a copycat is not to avoid the original sources.
The answer is instead to read lots and lots of sources--read Tolkien, read
L'Engle, read Lewis, read Le Guin, read McCafferty, read Cooper, read the
mythology of the Greeks and Norse and other cultures, read the Bible and other
religious works, read etc etc etc. Once you have all these different things
swimming around in your head, sure, you'll pull influences from here and there,
but it won't be a rip-off of any one book. In interview after interview I have
seen professional writers say how reading has helped them grow as writer.
Remember, Tolkien drew inspiration from all kinds of sources.
Bruce
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| (...) The only disservice I don't want to do to myself is draw from something so starkingly obvious that someone can point to it and say 'there's another mindless tolkein fan! See, I told you nobody can write a fantasy story without dwarves/ elves.' (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) My apologies for the lack of posting this week... School, life and *gasp* reality caught up with me again... I did take the extra few minutes to check out your additions, Anthony. As always, stellar job, and another presing reason for myself (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle)
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