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BMEM '08: More from Tolkien on Writing
From a letter to Stanley Unwin, dated March 4, 1938--
"The sequel to The Hobbit has now progressed as far as the end of the third chapter. But stories tend to get out of hand [my italics], and this has taken an unpremeditated turn."
"The sequel to The Hobbit has now progressed as far as the end of the third chapter. But stories tend to get out of hand [my italics], and this has taken an unpremeditated turn."