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Aiwendil · 04-03-2002, 04:35 PM

The reason Tolkien wasn't under the kind of time pressure that professional writers are under today is that he wasn't a professional writer. He was a professor and a philologist; writing was a (very important) hobby.

04-03-2002, 04:35 PM	#33
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	The reason Tolkien wasn't under the kind of time pressure that professional writers are under today is that he wasn't a professional writer. He was a professor and a philologist; writing was a (very important) hobby.