He doesn’t start with a grand plan. He doesn’t start by mapping the whole world on a large scale, by working out what the major kingdoms and powers are, by sketching out an epic history. ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/mytholder/status/1322292386253385729 ))
So, for various reasons, I’m rereading the HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH books about the writing of Lord of the Rings. They’re fascinating (for certain values of fascinating); what I’m going to do this time try to extract writing advice (thread) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/mytholder/status/1320701372900192258 ))
