Tackling the bandwagon
I have been pestering myself with the idea of writing a 7th-year Harry Potter fic.
I suspect this is a bad idea. I never had any particular desire to write a 5th-year or 6th-year fic; I never had any idea where to go with it, and I figured they'd just get lost in the crowd. Now I have a "next-book" fic idea, but since that stems from having more information than usual on What Happens Next, there'll probably be even more of them than before. Not to mention I'll be torn between wanting to be different and wanting to be right.
Then there's the problem of trying not to steal other people's theories (though I'll probably end up with some of the less complicated ones anyway). And of the fact that I have one probably-unique plot development that requires the rest of the story for context but is the part I really want to write most -- and it's not the climax.
I still might do it anyway. So I am compiling a list of questions that I feel remain to be addressed. Some are likely to be trivial; others are obviously plot-relevant; others still seem important to the plot but it is not clear how; some are probably more connected to defeat-of-Voldemort than Harry-growing-up and vice versa, though these are intertwined; and some may be questions that need addressing so the story will feel complete more than because they connect to the main plots.
Here is my current list of questions. I have probably forgotten some of the ones I thought of, and will probably think of some more.
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Please feel free to comment, especially with additional questions, although I can't guarantee that I'll actually address them. (Actually, at this point I can't guarantee starting the fic, much less finishing it and/or doing a good job.) I would like to clarify that I am not looking for people to answer the questions for me, since the point of the list was not only "What will happen in HP7?" but "What should I address in my fic?" and I figure I should come up with at least some of the answers myself.
Encouragement is also welcome.
Discouragement is not so welcome, but whatever floats your boat. ;)
Discussion is interesting.
I suspect this is a bad idea. I never had any particular desire to write a 5th-year or 6th-year fic; I never had any idea where to go with it, and I figured they'd just get lost in the crowd. Now I have a "next-book" fic idea, but since that stems from having more information than usual on What Happens Next, there'll probably be even more of them than before. Not to mention I'll be torn between wanting to be different and wanting to be right.
Then there's the problem of trying not to steal other people's theories (though I'll probably end up with some of the less complicated ones anyway). And of the fact that I have one probably-unique plot development that requires the rest of the story for context but is the part I really want to write most -- and it's not the climax.
I still might do it anyway. So I am compiling a list of questions that I feel remain to be addressed. Some are likely to be trivial; others are obviously plot-relevant; others still seem important to the plot but it is not clear how; some are probably more connected to defeat-of-Voldemort than Harry-growing-up and vice versa, though these are intertwined; and some may be questions that need addressing so the story will feel complete more than because they connect to the main plots.
Here is my current list of questions. I have probably forgotten some of the ones I thought of, and will probably think of some more.
( Read more... )Please feel free to comment, especially with additional questions, although I can't guarantee that I'll actually address them. (Actually, at this point I can't guarantee starting the fic, much less finishing it and/or doing a good job.) I would like to clarify that I am not looking for people to answer the questions for me, since the point of the list was not only "What will happen in HP7?" but "What should I address in my fic?" and I figure I should come up with at least some of the answers myself.
Encouragement is also welcome.
Discouragement is not so welcome, but whatever floats your boat. ;)
Discussion is interesting.