Right now my students are reading Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge“. The short story always brings forth different reactions from my students, mostly that some of them see the ending before it hits them, but this is because Bierce is dropping hints throughout the text that illustrate the fact of the surpriseContinue reading “3 Writing Tips Gleaned from Ambrose Bierce”
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A Question About Samwise Gamgee…and Tolkien’s Answer
Over at Noel Campbell’s blog, he has posited an interesting question about Samwise Gamgee from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The question was quite good, and caused me to peruse Tolkien’s letters for the answer. The question is this: Who would history say destroyed the ring if Samwise had told the story? To quote Mr. Campbell:Continue reading “A Question About Samwise Gamgee…and Tolkien’s Answer”
Writing Is Hard Work 