Really good story. Waiting for next chap.

 

This was one of the better of the harry travels back in time genre that I have read. I really like that Harry was not sorted into a hoiuse. That is one of the things that I hate about most stories were harry travels back in time to before he was sorted. Not only would he not fit in at all as he is decades older then all students but it would also be useless to have him there as he had already gone thru school. To place him in independant studies solved that problem rather nicely. He could study magic at his real level but still do the tests for his supposed age...

 

This story is only good for those who's perception of life is skewed severely. In other words it made no sense to me and when it did, grammatical errors and mistakes were all i saw. Luna Lovegood lives!

 

I love this story. Its fast paced, yes, but better then those who pant after the red rodent tribe or wait and sit with their superpower and coloring slytherin hair. I like that he takes initiative and the others just have enough time to react. This Harry really behaves like an adult. No whining, no everlasting love and buddies with 11year olds. Its really refreshing.

 

Yes, very nice, even the hat

Can't wait for the next chapter.

zEROfrustration

 

Fuck this, man. When characters start using fucking chatroom abbreviations, I stop reading. I don't care how good the rest of the story is - that's a deal-breaker right there.

 

Err... then I'm guessing you didn't read this thread because I complained about that in the first post with the link to the fic. And the author responded and apologized for it about five posts after that.

I know a lot of people can't stand authors not treating their free-time hobbies professionally. It's kinda why I warned about it.

 

Personally, I don't care if someone stopped reading my story. If they don't like it, to damn bad. This is a hobby of mine. Hobbies aren't done in a professional manner all the time. I have three short stories about to sell, those I do with great detail and a writing group.

Sorry about not updating for a while. I had a chapter done when my hard drive died. I have part of it redone when my life went to @#$#@%@. If all goes well and my ex doesn't show up, I should update soon.

Thx nonjon for defending me.

 

Correct. I read the first post, and then read the story up to the point with the LOL. I don't normally read much beyond the first post in threads like this. I've got the story link after that and that's all I'm really interested in when it comes to threads like this.

Dude, if I expected fanfiction to be professionally done, I'd only read about two stories a year. Jeconais is about the only fanfiction author whose work is that polished and he has about a million people checking it over before he posts. I expect weird bits of grammar, bizarre spelling errors, and other such things - it's all part of the game, and, in all honesty, I've stopped noticing a lot of things - but internet slang like LOL? No.

I just don't understand that. If I was trying to write professionally, then I'd be utterly exacting in my fanfiction; it's a lot harder to get back to normal standards once you've let bad habits creep in.

 

I am part of a writing group. They yell about my slang all the time. But my net slang slips in all the time. They fix my grammar and remove my slips.

I've also noticed that short stories are a lot different than novelettes.

 

Vasey- when you write your first fanfic and post it, you can complain.... till then leave writers alone

no disrespect just some friendly advice

 

Fair enough. I've never bothered much with that sort of thing myself. Had a beta once, but she buggered off to Mexico and was never heard from again. Mildly disturbing when I stop to think about it.

That's a silly standard. By that, I can't criticise the lazy, incompetent police force that work the town I live in because I've never worked in law enforcement myself, even though the problems are apparent to anyone with eyes to see who's spent time here. And for the record, I have written fanfiction. Before you ask, it's not Harry Potter*, and, yes, some of it isn't very good at all, and some I look back on and wonder just what the hell I was thinking. I didn't learn to improve from the people who just posted "GREAT STORY! MORE PLZ!" as reviews. I learned from people questioning my decisions and pointing out flaws in my grammar.

*Chances are I'll never write Harry Potter fiction. I've read too much fanfiction and internalised too many cliches for it to turn out well, and I'm not overly enamoured with the direction canon has taken.

 

I disagree with madeye, everybody should be able to criticise, that's what "REVIEW" button is for.

But I agree with shreve that readers shouldn't bitch about the lack of profesionalism from fanfic writers. Have an objection about plot holes, writing style or anything story-related? Go ahead and bash away. But if you want more prefessional approach, then try with the comercial literature, no one's paying fanfic authors for their work.

 

FANFICTIONIS NOT PROFFESIONAL

I'd love to see you try

one annoyance in a good fic by the father of HONKS, it is hardly a bad habit

 

You're just being a twit now and taking things out of context. Fanfiction isn't professional? No fucking shit, Sherlock. What's next? The sky's blue? The guy said he's trying to write professionally as well as writing fanfiction, which is where the idea of professional writing came into it. I even said myself in the same fucking post that I don't expect professional levels of quality in fanfiction but you just completely missed that didn't you?

 

Fine I'm wrong ,your right I apoligize for my lack of intelligence and my ineptitude in my interpretation of the situation and will refrain from posting before examining everything posted therein

Humbley yours

madeyemoody

 

I dunno. I'd kinda like to read something where Harry comes back and tries to slip into his old life again, mooning after girls barely old enough to have bumps in interesting places... because he's a pervert. Have you ever read Nabokov's Lolita? The first couple chapters give a great "justification" for the protagonist's fixation on nymphets, and I could totally see Harry, Mr. I-Have-Not-Had-A-Healthy-Childhood himself, being quite fixated on that age range. It'd be a fair bit sick, but potentially a fun read.

Now, on-topic. I haven't read the fic yet (will be after posting), but it sounds good. Here's hoping I think so when I'm done.

 

Rather odd story,but still good

 

I love the story, But I get the funniest feeling that it's plot is going to be the same Humor/Drama as 'Make a wish' and 'Where in the world is Harry Potter'.

 

i would say this is something you could read for a few laughs but overall the story is dull and nothing really new. there are a lot of grammatical errors but nothing a good beta wont fix.