tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post7783573325000995120..comments2024-03-12T21:28:10.242-04:00Comments on That's Another Story: Learning About Writing from Harry PotterAndrea Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-24814968949478674402011-07-18T07:50:01.913-04:002011-07-18T07:50:01.913-04:00Jane Friedman had a guest poster who wrote a whole...Jane Friedman had a guest poster who wrote a whole series about the Harry Potter books that were excellent.<br /><br />I'm sad it's over too.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-4077896799674295502011-07-18T06:46:15.735-04:002011-07-18T06:46:15.735-04:00Susanna, what fun! I'll have to see if my kids...Susanna, what fun! I'll have to see if my kids can name some of them. They have all the books practically memorized.<br /><br />Kate, my 15-year-old went with a group of friends instead of the family, too. The only other one where we didn't all go together was the first one, since my youngest was too young. Yeah, Rowling does show you that it's okay to think big.<br /><br />ChemistKen, that point about telling is a good one. A lot of writers are afraid of telling, since it's been drummed into our heads that it's unacceptable.Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-34809504676694619912011-07-16T09:30:07.564-04:002011-07-16T09:30:07.564-04:00Thanks for sharing this. Off to do some reading of...Thanks for sharing this. Off to do some reading of Harry Potter...as a writer, do some some learning, as a reader I love love the books. Harry as a character and her world creation is amazing. You cheer for Harry from page one of book one and Hogwarts is a living breathing setting that makes you w ant to live there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-82807881230450495782011-07-16T07:50:19.842-04:002011-07-16T07:50:19.842-04:00Rowling is a plotting master for sure! And keepin...Rowling is a plotting master for sure! And keeping track of all those characters - wow! There's a sporcle game where you have to name the top 200 characters in the Harry Potter series - which means there are MORE than 200 characters! I have trouble keeping track of 4 when writing :)Susanna Leonard Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655630528649780363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-90549933489489776582011-07-16T01:10:58.824-04:002011-07-16T01:10:58.824-04:00I mostly learned that I'm angry and a little s...I mostly learned that I'm angry and a little sad that my daughter was old enough to see this movie without me. I read every damn word of that series out loud to her!<br /><br />So much to learn. Use humor. Your characters need faults, and those faults need to get them in trouble. Most importantly? Don't be afraid as a writer to think big!Kate Fallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856887940900664692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-53297204996053044522011-07-15T13:56:32.027-04:002011-07-15T13:56:32.027-04:00Amen! Rowling blows me away!Amen! Rowling blows me away!Angela Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-38754172492854081752011-07-15T10:27:44.944-04:002011-07-15T10:27:44.944-04:00I've learned that if you write a good story, i...I've learned that if you write a good story, it's okay to do a lot of telling as opposed to showing and it's also fine to use a distant,limited omniscient narrator as opposed to close POV (at least for MG). That's good, because it's the way I like to write too.ChemistKenhttp://hogwartssabbatical.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-60434526225206557112011-07-15T08:53:55.881-04:002011-07-15T08:53:55.881-04:00I'm so excited to see the movie! I feel the sa...I'm so excited to see the movie! I feel the same way when I read the books; I get so caught up in the story that it's hard to focus on the craft. But there certainly are a lot of lessons we can draw from the books; I love Cheryl Klein's breakdown of why HP works.Anna Staniszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09316883819771607655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012878468524630950.post-19773444003912066212011-07-15T08:37:52.115-04:002011-07-15T08:37:52.115-04:00There is so much that can be learned from these bo...There is so much that can be learned from these books. You could have an entire college course on the subject and not cover it all.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.com