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Originally posted by littlemanpoet:
<STRONG>When I was 8 my 16 year old brother introduced me to Tolkien by reading "Riddles in the Dark" to me. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] I was hooked.
Later when I taught high school I read the same chapter at the school's art show. I got a great response. "Ooooh I loved the way you did Gollum!" It was fun. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
I'm in a writer's group where we read everything aloud. It reveals a lot about readability. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Makes me feel naked, too. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
My guess is you guys who don't like it have never heard it done well.</STRONG>
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I can understand the naked part. My lit. class, we read anything we write out loud and I always have butterflies in my tummy cause I love writing fantasy or fiction.