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Thanks, Chris, for the great infographic. 🙂
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Where did you find this one, Chris! 😀
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Reblogged this on sherriemiranda1 and commented:
Thanks, Chris! These are all great pieces of advice from the Great Tolkien, but the one I like best because it got me out of a few jams is “No. 7. Dreams Give Us Inspiration.” Many times I have laid my head back down to come up with my protagonist’s next move and many times it came to me.
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador: http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
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A lot of sage advice wrapped up nicely in a fabulous infograph.
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Reblogged this on Writer's Treasure Chest.
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Reblogged this on TheKingsKidChronicles and commented:
Great thoughts from a master fantasy writer: J.R.R. Tolkien. You just can’t get any better than that.
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Wonderfully reassuring post and words of wisdom.
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Thank you Chris for a wonderful post. Love it. Love Tolkien. Wise man, Great information. will re-post it.
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Love #8 – real people make great characters. I guess that’s why they say write what you know!
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Reblogged this on A Chat Over Coffee and commented:
This was originally posted on Chris the Story Reading Ape’s Blog (yes, really) and I thought it was interesting. That probably has to do with the fact that I married a Tolkien fan…
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