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Why Protagonists Get Thinner
As you can read much more about in How Stories Really Work, and as has been written about earlier on this blog, protagonists are meant to...
15 Things About J. R. R. Tolkien That You May or May Not Know
As you probably know if you’re visiting this blog, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) wrote The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the...
The Attributes of Antagonists
Antagonists don’t often get the attention that they deserve. Or rather, that they feel they deserve. And that’s the root of their...
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C. S. Lewis: 14 Biographical Facts
Here are 14 facts about C. S. Lewis that you may or may not have known: 1. Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland, on 29...
Gandalf the Procrastinator
Revisiting a post written many years ago, which has also since appeared in the Inner Circle Writers' Magazine - it's about one of...
Top reviews from the United States for The Magic of Deben Market
I just happened to check out the American Amazon page for David Bowmore’s The Magic of Deben Market which Clarendon House published back...
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The Inner Consistency of Reality
Famous fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is unquestionably one of the most fully imagined worlds in all of literature, and...