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The Lord of the Rings

Books, Movies, and Music

September 13, 2024 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. Videos from YouTube. Screenshot taken by me, Allison Symes.

On the recent August Bank Holiday, Classic FM counted down their Movie Music Hall of Fame. This was voted on by listeners (you could only pick one theme) and I was delighted my favourite was the number one.

I voted for The Lord of the Rings soundtrack. It has everything I want in a movie score – classical music, choral, opera, and Enya! It also conjures up, whenever I play the double album, images from the film and the book. It does what a movie soundtrack should do – brings the films and the book to life.

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Journeys

May 17, 2024 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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By the time this goes live on Chandler’s Ford Today, I shall be packing up after a lovely holiday in Scotland with my husband and Lady and preparing to have a long journey home again. So with that in mind, I thought I would look at journeys in writing.

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Favourite Supporting Characters

September 22, 2023 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credit:   Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. One image directly from Pixabay.

Supporting characters in stories have much the same role as supporting actors do. Without them, the story is incomplete. They add richness and depth to a story too, especially if they are involved in the sub-plots in novellas and novels. But their task is to either help or hinder the lead characters in their task. They don’t overshadow the leading character either.

For a villainous character, their supporting character can help increase the difficulties faced by the hero/heroine. That in turn increases the tension in the story and the risks of failure for the hero/heroine. For a more noble character, their supporting characters can help them achieve their objective quicker and limit the risks faced by the lead and increase their chances of success.

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Best Friends in Fiction

January 21, 2022 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credits:    Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos.

Best friends, often otherwise known as sidekicks, have an invaluable role to play in fiction. They shore up, sometimes literally, the lead character who is struggling with their task. The most famous example of this is Sam Gamgee from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings who did carry both Frodo Baggins and the Ring of Power for a while as the story progressed.

Best friends are there for moral support too and to be a sounding ground for the lead character. Well, we all need someone to sound off with at times, right? And characters in stories reflect us and our behaviour and attitudes (for good and ill), so this aspect is important.

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