[the_old_crowd] Re: Rewriting OotP

[Randy Estes]

Well it appears I actually got somebody's attention
for a few seconds!  I haven't seen this many posts in
one day since early July!

Don't be confused or worried.  I tend to write parody
material but I don't think everyone else has to do it.
 My sections would tend to be written that way, but if
we divide up the book, others can elaborate on their
ships or kill off other bothersome characters.  Still
other people can bring back those characters if they
want.  

I think having fun is the key but being funny is not
required!

I personally could not care less which boy and girl
end up together, but others obviously invest a lot of
their time thinking about it.  I would gravitate to
dialog between Ron and Harry or Fred and George.  I
might tend to want to kill off Dobby because he
reminds me of Jar Jar Binks!  But I realize he might
be key to the story, so I might bring him back.

I guess what I see here is a bunch of people who crave
structure! Sooooooo! I guess that rules out writing
one or two pages at a time.  We should probably divide
up the chapters or we could create our own outline and
divide up the pieces with names assigned on this list.

Perhaps the best way to start is the method you have
already used.  Let's have people list the things they
liked about Book 5 and a list of what they hated about
it.  This would pinpoint the sections that people are
interested in writing about "or fixing" as I like to
call it.  Like everyone of my engineering professors
would say:" There is more than one way to solve every
problem, not just one solution!"  

Why doesn't everyone spend this week putting together
their list of likes and dislikes and turn them in by
Monday night!  You can also mention the section you
think you want to work on.  My guess is that not
everyone will get their favorite part unless they are
willing to share the job with someone else.

Does everyone understand their assignment?  Now pick
up your #2 pencils and begin!

Randy

--- kippesp <kippesp at ...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Flanagan"
> 
> > I'm a bit confused (not an unusual situation) --
> is the proposal 
> to actually
> > "fix" things in Book 5, or to do a parody as a bit
> of a lark?
> 
> I'm also confused on this.  How much would be
> changed?  Could Tonks 
> become Sirius's significant other rather than
> cousin?  Could Sirius 
> not be an idiot and inform Harry about the mirror
> when floos to the 
> kitchen?
> 
> Expanding the DA would be good.  By far my favorite
> parts of the 
> book.
> 
> 
> 


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