tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post8319910508254501307..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Dr. Havard's 10%John D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-73615933800684748932020-05-25T17:25:23.991-07:002020-05-25T17:25:23.991-07:00I don't think that Dr. Havard's speculatio...I don't think that Dr. Havard's speculation is entirely untrue, by any means, but I think he may have overestimated, and by a considerable degree, the amount of material Tolkien already had firmly drafted in his head.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-59680253027383468792020-05-24T21:27:58.460-07:002020-05-24T21:27:58.460-07:00David Bratman's idea is certainly plausible, b...David Bratman's idea is certainly plausible, but I don't think we can fully discount Dr Havard's remark, even if the exact % is debatable. My experience is in writing history, not fiction, but I certainly can visualize chapters long before actual writing gets down on the page, and this is even more pronounced when outlines appear. With my own writing process, five or six days before the first draft is completed it looks like I have nothing, or just a hodgepodge of barely related notes. But that draft already exists at that point, even if it isn't yet on on the page. I can't imagine that I am unique or special in that regard. Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620026998861471269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-2576982188927851092020-05-24T01:52:51.730-07:002020-05-24T01:52:51.730-07:00As I suggested when we discussed this before, perh...As I suggested when we discussed this before, perhaps Tolkien's facility at inventing (or as he'd put it, discovering) these internal histories and backgrounds on the spot misled Dr. Havard into thinking that more of it had already been set down in an established form than had been.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.com