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I have to say, I found more than I expected when I looked on this forum. I have been writing novels (have not approached a publisher so far) since I was in year 9, which was 5 years ago. The afternoon that I finished my final year 12 exam, I decided to have a LotR marathon, and watched the movies over the next 2 days. After watching them, I had an irrepressable urge to write a sequel to 'The Return Of The King'. This was partly because I was sad that the fellowship had ended and I wanted to bring the characters back together again. After weeks of doing research on the Tolkien universe (up until then a was not a huge fan of LotR and therefore not very knowledgeable), I lost interest in the excercise. On the 11th of July 2012, I watched 'The Fellowship' with my family. While watching it, a few ideas began to form in my mind. The next night we watched 'The Two Towers', and the night after that we finished 'The Return Of The King'. By this time I had some pretty good ideas and began writing. Due to the fact that I am starting a carpentry course tomorrow, I have not been writing non-stop, but I have reached page 9 and the concepts for the story are already so big that I do not believe they will all fit in a single novel. I came on here looking for advice on whether I would breach copyright by writing my story. I can see that I need to contact Christopher at the very least before getting published. I have also been thinking that it might be good to post some of the story online and see what genuine hardcore fans of Tolkien (not just LotR) think of it.
Would such a thing be against copyright? If not, I will post some of it where suggested and take onboard the feedback.
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