Roger Colby synthesizes J. R. R. Tolkien’s 5 tips for creating complex heroes, based on the writer’s letters:
- Complex heroes must suffer.
- Complex heroes are rewarded for their suffering.
- Complex heroes fail.
- Complex heroes have fatal flaws.
- Complex heroes are ordinary people.”
Pair with Tolkien’s little-known original drawings for the first edition of The Hobbit.
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