TITLE: It Was Just Revision
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: April 09, 2023  8:24 AM
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<blockquote><em>
 There are several revised approaches to "what's the deal with the ring?"
 presented in "The History of The Lord of the Rings", and, as you read
 through the drafts, the material just ... slowly gets better!  Bit by
 bit, the familiar angles emerge.  There seems not to have been any
 magic moment: no electric thought in the bathtub, circa 1931, that
 sent Tolkien rushing to find a pen.
 <br/><br/>
 It was just revision.
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Then:

<blockquote><em>
 ...  if Tolkien can find his way to the One Ring in the middle of the
 fifth draft, so can I, and so can you.
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-- Robin Sloan,
<a href="https://www.robinsloan.com/newsletters/ring-got-good/">
   How The Ring Got Good</a>
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