I have a question in reference to Tolkien. Do you use cards, like the ones that turned up from his desk and were published in thirteen volumes, or do you sit at your computer—I think you use a computer—with a carefully-crafted idea and just type your book?
I don’t use outlines at all because every detail is in my head. By the way, yes, I work on a computer, which is not even the most recent model [Editor’s note: this is followed by a comprehensive description about a somewhat outdated configuration]. My first novel was handwritten; the next three novels were written on a typewriter, but my typewriter broke down after the third novel. I took it to a mechanic who said that he couldn’t fix it because I had beaten the machine to death. After that I was forced to buy my first computer, and since then I write my novels on my computer.
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