Losing interest?

XD

Hah... we still love you Crysi.

This might help?

http://limyaael.livejournal.com/418969.html#cutid1

Tolkien was a terrible, terrible writer. I find him to be incredibly stale, and boring. But you don't have to use his style in order to do the "Create A World" thing, there a millions of other variations you could use. You could try to use the Terry Pratchett approach, giving your book a humurous edge, and not trying to introduce the world through legthy, boring descriptions, but through the actions, and dialogues of your characters.

Seriously, Tolkien's not the only fantasy writer out there. You don't have to use his style, only because he's probably the most well-known.

Ah, not quite sure I agree with Icaruss's evaluation of Tolkien, not quite sure you do the man justice.

But Tolkien was nothing if not thorough with world building. I suggest David Gerrold's Worlds of Wonder - it has everything you need for fantasy and science fiction. ^_^

The thing you have to remember about Tolkien was that he ser out to build a world, not write a story.

Just do what you feel comfortable with. If you get sick of something, leave off it for a couple of days and come back to it when and if you want to.

Tolkien wasn't terrible... There are a lot of things I find interesting about his work.

Tolkien is a genius. I will say no more.

There's plenty of places to discuss Tolkien elsewhere, people

Well, he was a genius. Yes. But he was a terrible writer.

He created a wonderful world, but really, reading the Lord of the Rings pretty much took an attention span as big as his word count was.

*budumdish*

But, OK. I will shut up now.

I've always believed that if you get bored with your story, you're not telling the right one.

Ask yourself: Why do I need to share this world? What is special about this world, what about it demands telling? Why would others like to know this world? What makes your world different?

(You're not alone in your distaste of Tolkien. TRUST me.)

I find editing a few things helps to make my work less 'boring'. Also, I think the way you write your piece is something that keeps you interested, if you've gone for a long-drawn story that the reader finds hard to grasp then you would probably have to try and simplify the piece.