i am writing a fantasy novel, and anything i come up with that is similar to tolkien, i change. i am trying to avoid him so much, its getting quite difficult! i am using the elves- some will say stealing- but i found some stuff in a book on norse mythology which is similar to lotr, but i figured i could use it if it comes from a different source. im creating the entire world to go with my book, like tolkien did. my head is full of nothing but fantasy and idealistic worlds- its becoming hard for me to face up to reality. i cant distinguish ME or Neremorn- a fantasy world- from our own. somehow i dont think thats healthy! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
i have been writing since i was about 9 or 10, but not seriously. i am hoping to publish my current novel in the future. i have been working on it for about 8 months so far, but its mainly planning.
i tell myself that i will be laughed at or put down by critics/other writers/the general public if i show signs of having copied tolkien so i try to be as different as i can. but its too hard to be entirely original when youre dealing with the same sort of subject.
my sincere apologies for my long and exceedingly dull article [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
luv myst
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