JDB08+Persional+Essay

Title: **__An Author to Be__**

I. My inspiration A. J.R.R. Tolkien 1. The Lord of the Rings 2. His unique style of writing II. My books A. The Fight for Lancet 1. How I came with the idea 2. to be published some day Format: 12 pt font, Times New Roman, Double Spaced, 2-3 pages, no more than three pages, don't forget last name plus page number in top left corner of papers

Linor (name of school here) (name of teacher here) // An Author to Be // It all started in sixth grade with my friend Connor. I went over his house and we watched __The Lord of the Rings__. I loved it so much. After watching the movie I had to watch them all. After that day The Lord of the Rings became my favorite movie series. I hadn't known that it was originally a book series until Connor had shown his books. That interested me. I went to the store to see if they had it. They certainly did. There was a whole shelf just for the author, J.R.R. Tolkien. The first thing that came to my mind was who is this? I had never heard of Tolkien before. I bought the boxed set which came with, __The Hobbit__, __The Fellowship of the Ring__, __The Two Towers__, and __The Return of the King__. I read __The Hobbit__ first and I was amazed by the way Tolkien wrote. I had never read anything like it before. Of course after reading that book I had to read __The Fellowship of the Ring__. Tolkien became my favorite author and I had to finish the rest of his books. During World War Two the German army bombed cities throughout Europe. Many homes were destroyed. Children lost all of their belongings and had no homes. These kids were sent to places where they would be looked after. Tolkien started writing his book while fighting in the World War One. He finished it after the war for the kids that had lost their homes. His books would give them some adventure while away from home. The way he wrote these books brought the world of Middle-earth alive. He had a very different style of writing. In the last two books of the trilogy the main characters split up. In the first half of the book Tolkien writes about one group and then in the second half he writes about the rest of the characters. This sounds normal but after the events of the first group he would go  back in time and tell the story of everyone else. No author has written like this before. Normally an author would interchange the characters’ stories throughout the book but Tolkien did it entirely different. This made me really think. "What if I wrote a book series," thus __The Fight for Lancet__ was born. Everyone has their own voice with writing. I hoped that my writing style would be as unique as Tolkien's. I wanted to write a book with swords, dragons, and mythical creatures like __The Lord of the Rings__. I came with the name Lancet, not to be mistaken with Lancelot which happens a lot, for a mythical country. I wanted to write a story that was totally different from anything written before. I had such a big idea that I couldn’t write it all out in one book. I then decided that I would write a four book series. Once I had my idea I got a sketch pad and started drawing the characters, maps of this mythical land, creatures, and everything that came to mind. I used so much paper I needed two sketch pads to draw everything. Once I started writing I could not stop. Once I finished I read everything and decided that I did not like it and I wrote it all over again. For a second time I didn’t like what I wrote so I tried for a third time and like they say, “The third time is always the charm.” The third time was the charm. I loved what I was writing and I’m still writing it. I hope to get the first book of the series published and if it all works I am going to start the next book of the series. I hope that my books will become as well known as Tolkien’s. I have put a lot of time and effort into my books ad I will see if that hard work will pay off. It has been a very unique process while writing the first book. It has taken a long time to get the product that I have been waiting for. It just shows that authors must go through a lot to get their books published. I have not been through the process of getting anything published but hopefully that will come soon. It all started in sixth grade with my friend Connor. I watched a movie, I read some books, and now I am writing a book series. My inspiration came from a man that wrote his books for children that lost what they had during World War Two. __The Lord of the Rings__ has become a well known series and I hope that mine will become just as good.