“Prosody too, for that matter—Tolkien once observed what a beautiful sound the phrase “cellar door” makes; that is the kind of awareness it takes to use language like Tolkien.”
Out of curiosity, did you ever study Tolkien’s languages.
I personally found that after reading that one line, my estimation of Tolkien just shot through the roof. It’s also kind of inspiring, in the sense, you want to now start writing because it just somehow seems.......… cooler.
“Prosody too, for that matter—Tolkien once observed what a beautiful sound the phrase “cellar door” makes; that is the kind of awareness it takes to use language like Tolkien.”
Out of curiosity, did you ever study Tolkien’s languages.
I personally found that after reading that one line, my estimation of Tolkien just shot through the roof. It’s also kind of inspiring, in the sense, you want to now start writing because it just somehow seems.......… cooler.