Whinklings Rewrite the Rules

Whinklings Rewrite the Rules

By Brystol Beatley, Staff Writer As an English writing major, I have had my fair share of awkward literary workshop experiences — stretched-out pauses bracketing timid comments shared with the silent author, who usually is not permitted to respond during the critiques and praises.  Whinkling meetings, however, are a horse of a different color.  As a subgroup of the Tolkien Society, the Whinklings are a writing group founded in 2013 based on J.R.…