Reviews for Very Nearly Veela - Harry Potter

person genna

schedule January 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM

I think it is a good idea to experiment with different authors writing different bits and pieces. It is actually quite interesting. I was reading chapter 18 and 19 wondering what happened. I came back and read that they were too short.

Ms. Figg (she was the unusually strange neighbor across the street from the Dudley's right?) what are your requirements? If you deleted those chapters...what are looking for besides more than 1 paragraph? Some of the changes you made in the chapters were about continuity. Some of the changes looked like a matter of style.

I liked Queen's contribution. There is also one of the chapters authored by a person with the letter C that I liked. I've contemplated joining in and moving the story along but I would be crushed if I read "sorry hon..." Help me out.

person Ms_Figg

schedule January 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM

gennastar: The chapters I removed were doubled first of all, the same chapter posted twice, and consisted of about 3 or 4 sentences about Hermione being hung over. There was nothing else. No interactions or anything, although it was good writing as short as it was. I believe if expanded it would be a wonderful addition.

But I might have hurt the author's feelings, so possibly they won't expand it. Generally I give people credit for being able to get the gist of something they read. Up to this point, each contribution has been at least 1200 words, some more. So there is an established pattern to the posting. For the sake of clarification, I guess I would consider a chapter to be at least 1200 words, something that moves the story forward. That's because this is an actually story.

Now I have a story called "100 ways to kill a Weasley" open and a contributor can add a chapter as long or as short as they wish since they are all one-shots of various ways Ron Weasley dies or is killed and not connected to one another. I believe readers of this collaboration don't want to open a chapter and see a paragraph, especially when they've become used to reading actual chapters. It no longer seems like a story that way but a series of little shorts. I would like this to be a cohesive piece. Since I started this little experiment and want it to be a good experience for everyone involved and following it, I followed my heart and removed those chapters.

person Ms_Figg

schedule January 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Addendum: I'd like to say any changes I've made to chapters were mostly cosmetic. Such as correcting formatting, separating dialogue for easier reading, maybe fixing quotes, capitalizing or spelling without doing any actual rewriting except my own pieces, for continuity, and chatty's piece where I took out a small sentence also for continuity, which she had no problem with. I don't touch the content at all other than that. It's more like proofreading than anything else.

person Delfin

schedule January 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh ^.^

person catysmom1028