gymnastgal19
Monday 1st September 2008 17:32 | The Making Of A Wand |
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angeli
Saturday 1st March 2008 10:05 | The Making Of A Wand |
| this story is pleasent, but rather anticlimax.... |
majolie
Monday 7th January 2008 19:51 | The Making Of A Wand |
Great. I think that Neville's wand being of the same core has an interesting significance. I'll have to read your longer work this weekend. If I start it now, I am afraid I will blow off work all day tomorrow and that would be bad ....
but tempting! |
Worldmaker
Tuesday 18th December 2007 08:08 | The Making Of A Wand |
| Very, very cool. I may have to use this story as part background for a story I am currently working out myself. |
gymnastgal19
Tuesday 2nd October 2007 16:51 | The Making Of A Wand |
| lol. i knew that it was neville as soon as you said a handme done and it was destroyed! good job though |
Erin
Wednesday 28th February 2007 15:32 | The Making Of A Wand |
Oooh, I like it. Would be very fitting with the whole Harry of Neville thing, and he always was more brave than everyone expected.
Erin |
| Friday 20th July 2007 10:16 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| I really WAS expecting great things from Neville in Half-Blood Prince. I was rather dissapointed. |
ImmortalPhoenix
Saturday 19th August 2006 20:17 | The Making Of A Wand |
I'm sitting here thinking... "...uh...huh...? Wha??" l0l It was kinda funny.
Kortnee |
| Friday 20th July 2007 10:15 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| When I read in OotP that Neville's wand was broken, I realized there was an opportunity to put him in center stage in my main plotline (Grand Alliance/Bond/Price of Freedom). So, as an exercise, an introduction, and do accomplish that goal, I wrote this. |
sonicdale
Tuesday 27th September 2005 21:02 | The Making Of A Wand |
Very subtle, but I guess we all kinda *knew* where the wand would end up.
I look forward to reading your longer fic.
Good work!
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| Wednesday 28th September 2005 07:10 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| Yes, there's that feeling of 'its a surprise, but it isn't' isn't there? |
ridgeback77
Thursday 22nd September 2005 19:21 | The Making Of A Wand |
| Nice little fic.
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| Friday 23rd September 2005 07:13 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| Thanks! |
amamama
Wednesday 21st September 2005 05:30 | The Making Of A Wand |
Interesting twist! I, too, long for Neville to get a wand that
will help him bring out his true potential. I liked the way
Ollivander listened to the phoenix feather, letting the feather decide
which wood it wanted, and then that he thanked the tree for its
contribution. Some parts of the story seem unnecessary staccato,
and I wonder if combining two sentences, instead of having several
short ones, would have eased that. (Since you asked for
constructive critisism, that is what I try to give)
I really liked this take on Neville's new wand, great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Berte
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| Wednesday 21st September 2005 06:56 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| I DO want constructive criticism, and that certainly qualifies. In general I'm trying, over the course of time, to make my writing less choppy and abrupt - my default style is more suited to a screenplay than text writing. Thanks, and please keep it up! |
dreamwitheyeswideopen.
Tuesday 20th September 2005 20:52 | The Making Of A Wand |
| quite a nice story. i really enjoyed it. yay for story of the week!!! it is a well deserved recognition...off to read HPGA |
| Wednesday 21st September 2005 06:53 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| I was more than a little surprised - I didn't even know I'd been nominated! |
cckeimig
Monday 19th September 2005 21:33 | The Making Of A Wand |
| Nice! I love it when people give Neville more importance in the HP world. I think he deserves the attention! |
| Wednesday 21st September 2005 06:53 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
If you're a Neville fan, I'll just quickly mention that he's a pivotal character in the Grand Alliance trilogy too (Harry Potter and the Grand Alliance, Harry Potter and the Bond, Harry Potter and the Price of Freedom, all archived here at PS.net). Not always a major character, but a key one who I build the story around. |
Arnel
Monday 19th September 2005 07:23 | The Making Of A Wand |
I'm so glad this story made it to the "Story of the Week" list. I never tire of coming back to it because its a story that makes me smile every time I read it. I'm glad Neville is the recipient of the wand; I can think of no one more deserving of it.
Congratulations! I'm off to re-read your other stories. |
| Wednesday 21st September 2005 06:51 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| Thanks! This story is special for me, too - and not just because it was the first thing I got published. |
XXXmister-E werepony unit
Sunday 4th September 2005 22:03 | The Making Of A Wand |
*claps hands*well done.
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| Saturday 10th September 2005 06:31 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| Wow! Been quite a while since someone reviewed this. So I'll dig up an old piece of trivia: this was the story that got me into the idea of actually publishing fanfic. SugarQuill (pre-OotP) was having a contest, which sparked this story. I never published it there, but it became one of the elements around which the Grand Alliance trilogy coalesced. But that is another story... |
Shadow Hider
Monday 6th December 2004 21:44 | The Making Of A Wand |
| oh wow... off to read the Grand Alliance ^_^ |
| Tuesday 7th December 2004 00:42 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
You're probably one of the first people in a while to read the whole series in order. :-)
Thanks for reviewing! |
jabarber69
Wednesday 24th November 2004 00:14 | The Making Of A Wand |
I liked this story, at the end when you mentioned hand me down and it had been broken, I figured it was ron, then when I scrolled down and saw neville you could of knocked me out of my chair....
well written, well thought out, you have a great imagination. also a skill of writing that I like. thank you for the chance to read your stuff. |
| Monday 29th November 2004 09:43 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
Yes! I surprised someone! Victory!
OK, I'm better now. :-) |
Aberforth's Avatar
Friday 12th November 2004 22:21 | The Making Of A Wand |
| I very much enjoyed reading this piece. Your story made me wonder how Stradivarius would have felt about the process of chosing the right wood for one of his violins. Would he have felt that the process of shaping and joining the pieces was simply a matter of professionalism and craftsmanship once the right wood had been found? I have felt that Mr. Ollivander was akin to teh great violin makers. Your story crystallized that impression. How fitting that Neville should wind up with a new wand with Fawkes' feather in its core. |
| Saturday 13th November 2004 09:04 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
I'm hardly a master craftsman myself, but in the hands-on machining I've done I've found that choosing the materials and design and setting up is the most interesting part - the machining is satisfying but I think most of my enjoyment comes from the novelty of shaving a thousandth of an inch off something, so I expect a master wouldn't have that. The final product often feels to me like an anti-climax.
And, I dunno, it just felt right this way. |
hermionegreen
Sunday 26th September 2004 23:52 | The Making Of A Wand |
Interesting fic. I am off to see whatelse you have.
'Mione |
| Sunday 26th September 2004 23:52 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
Oddly enough, you seem to have read things in roughly the order I published them, and I'm responding in reverse order.
The plot bunny for this one is in two parts - the obvious bit being Neville's need for a new wand and the part I have laid out for him in my chaptered trilogy, the second being one of the Sugarquill challanges (Forbidden Forest exploration - I didn't submit this fic but that's where the structure came from). |
saugart
Friday 10th September 2004 09:08 | The Making Of A Wand |
Wow, that's an unexpected twist and ending. Nice job.
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| Friday 10th September 2004 09:08 | The Making Of A Wand (Author Response) |
| Thanks. After OotP, I thought it fitting that Neville should get a wand that chose him, not his father. Then I got to wondering what wand would choose him, and this popped out. |
