I was truly moved even though i have read this story in the year 2013 this story has moved and brought to tears more than once and i appluad you and your dedication even through the daeth of your beta which i must say was sad to hear and that such a thing normally destroys most good writers even though Rowling original story was good your story a simple 36 chapters told a more compelling and heartwrenching story this will be 1 of a very (i have found 2 stories before this out of several million i have read (i tend to have free time)) select few that i will actually print and create a physical copy of to perserver even if this site disappears even though i wish this story could be printed and spread worldwide i know that is unfourtanately the curse of fanfiction goood stories can never be publicly distrubted without the original authors express and written approval so as i sadly end this review and close this chapter of my reader career (not actual career of course that would be silly) i bid adue and "May the Force be With You"
Author's response
Dragonheck,
I’m most touched that you so enjoyed my story. Even after I finished writing JEDI POTTER, I still get reviews of those who have just discovered and enjoyed reading. My sister was dear to me, but I knew she would insist I finish the story. (Not to mention she’d find a way to haunt me if I were to give up on this.)
There are many excellent FF writers, some of my favorites being Robst, Seel’vor, (though he hasn’t written in some time), BobMin (who are a husband/wife team) Clell65619, Kinsfire, Old Crow (from whom I have swiped a few characters) Loralee, Paladeus, Radaslab, Rohata, Shadrac, Silverfawkes, Pixel and Stephanie Forever, P.S.Tibbons, and Reptillia28. All have produced excellent stories, from humour to drama, romance, and tragedy, and each has brought something new to the world Rowling gave us. I think all of them deserve a look.
That you’ve made a physical copy for future reading is even more complementary…especially given that I know how many pages there are!
Your statement on perseverance is as the Brits say; spot on. Without that one trait, we would be bereft of many, many excellent stories. JEDI POTTER took over two years to research, write, edit and post. It was in fact, one of the hardest, and at the same time, most rewarding things I’ve ever done.
I’m not so concerned about actually printing my works, because I borrowed the ‘verse from JKR, but fanfic writers get our reward in a different form of currency. That currency is reviews. You’d be amazed at how good you feel to read what other people think of your imagination.
Now, that you’ve had your first taste of fanfiction, I suggest you try your hand at writing. Think on a way to improve or adapt the Potterverse to your own words. It needn’t be ornate; in fact, I’d recommend it be simple, but it will be a gauge of your writing ability and I think the more you do it, the better you get at it. I’ve posted twenty something stories before I began JEDI POTTER, each being of differing complexity and genre, and I am currently working on more. Those readers who like my works (and some who don’t) tell me, and each review I get helps to improve my writing. I think it’ a nice reward…and the government has no way to tax it. (Snicker!)
By the way, all the Star Trek and Star Wars novels were written by people who started out as fanfiction authors.
I’m looking forward to your first posting.
Alorkin.