How to Write a Book Like Harry Potter - An Interview: Part 1

[@gonaye1]

I lost my brother back in 2004 and strangely thought about Harry Potter a LOT when he passed. Book 3 (Azkaban) had made it to theatres right when he passed, and a year later Book 6 (Half-Blood Prince) was published. So many experiences Harry was going through on film and on paper resonated with me. I don’t know why but seeing Harry lose his own loved ones and allowing his friends (especially Luna Lovegood) to cheer him up as he grieved really meant a lot to me. It gave me the courage to go full Samwise Gamgee and just get back to living - once all the tears for the day had been shed. I also remember rewatching Kiki’s Delivery Service a few years after my brother passed and seeing Kiki’s journey in a completely new light. The energy that comes from seeing life in a fresh new perspective are a truly special kind of magic. Funny how stories (even fictional ones) can be so cathartic and healing, and can understand us in ways we can hardly articulate within ourselves.

[@AllieVerse]

By far the most informative video on writing I’ve ever seen! The writing tips, drawn from an analysis of Harry Potter, are so memorable that I’ve started applying them almost automatically in my own writing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@fallefel8132]

This channel rocks out 85% other writing channels!

[@StoryGrid]

I may be biased, but I agree 😀 - Tim

[@herbertwilliam3348]

I disagree, where are the other 15% then?

[@fallefel8132]

@@herbertwilliam3348 Idk, I just added some space for potential rivalry! But still, I watch Story Grid and Abbie E myself, all I need.

[@LadyMemenstein]

@@herbertwilliam3348 Brandon McNulty & Bookfox to start ❤

[@JackMyersPhotography]

It would be great to see a master work analysis of a prominent SF book like “Hyperion.” Or a popular thriller.

[@rbowdenscipio3408]

Oh man, I couldn't get into HP (I was probably too old... read two pages and set it down,) but I'm definitely going to get the analysis!

[@savannah-gilbo]

Funny you say this because someone said the exact same thing to me yesterday! They ended up listening to the audiobook and said it was a totally different experience. They are now halfway through the series (on audiobook). Could be something to try if you're interested!

[@rbowdenscipio3408]

@@savannah-gilbo That's a great idea - thank you for the suggestion!

[@imattyyy]

Also, the first books are more middle grade, so it's normal to feel like that

[@Lorna-JWB]

My daughter was 9 when she started reading the books in 1999, but I got into them after the first movie. I am an addict with no potential for recovery.

[@aaronhunyady]

@@savannah-gilbo A good audiobook reader can make (almost) any book sound good, and Jim Dale is one of the most talented.

[@loridiveglia565]

Just preordered…can’t wait to get my hands on this!

[@savannah-gilbo]

Thanks for your support! ❤

[@dreamslayer2424]

Yes, I will do the same.

[@user-nv5sk7zu1i]

I am dying to watch this video !🩷

[@Con9f9hoy]

Bro! I just wrote a series of articles on the same subject! I watch your video carefully!

[@basireddy4678]

where can i read those articles?

[@GDExodus]

Easy answer: take a popular premise from either media or life in general and change enough of it to make it your own. Put the plot of Harry Potter head to head with Star Wars and the resemblance is frightening.

[@teresaallen7652]

🇨🇦😃

[@rachelthompson9324]

Sorry but I only got 100 pages into the first book before I gave up. Her prose and pacing sucks.

[@irisf.5575]

Which author do you prefer?

[@rachelthompson9324]

@@irisf.5575 the best prose I've read? That's hard to say but Carl Sagan's novel, Contact, is almost perfect.

[@stupidpol]

i finished all the books (as a child i was an omnivorous reader), and even back in the days the popularity of these books felt strange for me. after watching the story grid podcast for the last days, i realized that these books are brilliant at selling readers their non negotiable value - *humans are not equal*. the book gives a reader a subtle opportunity to feel a noble above subhumans, having an aristocratic lifestyle full of high class opportunities and connections. it is the core of the books, if you remove it, HP series will lose its appeal. and a conflict with Voldemort etc is just a filler, a paperthin cartoonish villain to give books some action. so if a reader is secretly longing for becoming a prince/princess, they love HP. and it a reader does not dream to join the upper class, HP would feel mediocre to them.

[@AWildBard]

What does "I am 89" or "87" mean?

[@williamsampson4926]

I believe it's their birthdays

[@AWildBard]

@@williamsampson4926 right, that might put them at the age of 11 and ?9? when harry potter came out I don't know the exact time when that was

[@savannah-gilbo]

Yep, it’s our birth years! I’m 1986 so I was 11 when the first Harry Potter book came out ❤

[@blah914]

they were born in 1987 and 1989

[@SteveJubs]

How DID she DO it? She didn’t. Tell me, on your mother’s grave, why the Zombie Man wanted to kill Harry Potter.

[@StoryGrid]

She didn’t write a book series that millions of people loved? - Tim

[@modernwriter]

because that's what zombies do. :)