Status Updates From The War of the Ring: The Hi...

It's interesting seeing the progress Tolkien made in the Two Towers, in almost real time, though I remain curious on what led him to take the story in different directions. (SPOILER) It's fascinating seeing him come up with the idea of the Palantirs, and how at what point he didn't fully understand what this thing was. I'm enjoying this one more than the previous two, and it's been a good read.

Tolkien seemed to have an interesting and simple writing process, though when I say simple, I mean how he creates and adds to the story, not in the story itself, which is by no means simple. Create a part of the story and then add to it, changing names, order, and adding more details to it, piece by piece, rewriting whole parts of it to fit the expanding narrative. It must have been crazy keeping track of everything!