What Do We Need to Write Like Tolkien?

Philology, first and foremost, is the love of language.

Linguistics and philology are not the same. There is one essential difference between them that is often overlooked. I found this statement online,

“A philologist is someone who studies the history of languages, especially by looking closely at literature. If you're fascinated with the way English has changed over time, from Beowulf to Beloved, you might…