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Old 11-25-2006, 05:19 PM   #1
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What inspiration do you get from Tolkien?

Question; How do the works of JRR Tolkien inspire you?
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Old 11-25-2006, 08:33 PM   #2
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It inspired me to write mythic fantasy.

This is in part because most of the fantasy I read besides Tolkien just is lacking in those qualities I seek. So I try to write them myself. My hope is to succeed in the attempt.
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Old 11-26-2006, 06:25 AM   #3
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Tolkien inspired me to write too, recently I finished my first novella and it's all because of how riveted I was by the world he created. Everything was so vivid, the memories from that tale I'll carry for the rest of my life because no other book has filled me with the same ammount of emotions.
I mean, I'll never forget the first time I read The Grey Havens or The Breaking of The Fellowship, they really helped me in the persuit of my own creative voice.
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Old 11-26-2006, 09:54 AM   #4
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Well, I've been painting and drawing Middle Earth for 19 years. I'm still just learning, but maybe someday I'll turn out something worthy. Right now I have four oil paintings in progress, two of which are Middle-Earth inspired (one inspired by Gollum and another by the Grey Havens).
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Old 11-26-2006, 10:17 AM   #5
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Paintings? Sounds good, y'know I've been thinking of doing some Middle Earth pictures too. Can you send them to the Barrrowdowns so that they get used on the theme pages?
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Old 11-27-2006, 03:22 AM   #6
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Writing, roleplaying and drawing.

Also, Tolkien inspired me to do a "Lord of the Rings" exercise book to one of my friends when I was about 7 years old. I'm very sad I don't have it anymore.

Tolkien, or Tom Bombadil, inspired me to make yellow boots from paper colored with crayons when I was around 6-7.

Furthermore, I got a mad idea, that one day, I will make a LotR movie not leaving a single line out. (Not a real movie, but a home video with my friends...)
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Old 11-27-2006, 11:08 AM   #7
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Not only did it inspire me to write my own fantasy, but it drew me into the whole genre. Now I am into D&D, Forgotten Realms, and before I was not. So it opened up a whole new, great world for me.
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Old 11-27-2006, 05:33 PM   #8
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I am another writer. I wrote before reading Tolkien, but it was after Tolkien that I began to create my own worlds.

I also draw a lot of hobbits. I have drawn several randitions of the Grey Havens and have completed one painting of it. Not to mention so many other things it inspired me to draw and attempt to paint. . .

It inspired me to sew. I've made a number of cloaks and even sold a few! Without that experience in cloaks, I wouldn't be making dresses and skirts now. Someday, the inspiration directly from LotR will come back and I'll make my little brother (or maybe myself) an entire hobbit costume, vest and all.

It inspired me to read faster than my little sister so I would have first right to the books that we were both reading at the same time. That was only temporary, though. She speed reads.

And that's all for now.

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Old 11-29-2006, 03:48 PM   #9
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On the topic of inspiration gathered from Tolkien one of my scripts is being considered by the BBC, it's a historical epic about Richard III. I'm hoping it gets made!
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Old 12-01-2006, 07:33 AM   #11
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What? As in essays or creative writing?
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Old 12-01-2006, 11:08 AM   #12
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On the topic of inspiration gathered from Tolkien one of my scripts is being considered by the BBC, it's a historical epic about Richard III. I'm hoping it gets made!
Congrats, and good luck!
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Old 12-01-2006, 12:43 PM   #13
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Thank you very much my friend. I'm really quite psyched up about it, the Battle of Bosworth should be a mighty affair if it is ever put onto celluoid.Not as good as LOTR mind you but still pretty decent
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