Gnome Hat

I've noticed that a bunch of reviewers are asking a ton of questions, which is great! Unfortunately, by responding to each and every one individually, I can sometimes get multiple questions or comments about roughly the same thing. To alleviate as much repetativeness as I can, I'll be posting my review responses here as well as on FFN, so Don't Panic! I'm not abandoning the FFN format. As with everything on this Blog, it's intended to make my life easier (a bit more work, sure, but easier) and let people who perhaps want a bit more detail than I can provide in a chapter-by-chapter format. For this particular update (since I've completely redone Chapter 5, which invalidates a TON of reviews regarding the original chapter ... THANK YOU! by the way), I'll be focusing on one particular reviewer who has been commenting with a guest account, so I've been unable to actually contact him through the PM system. Their questions are good though, so I'll go thr...

I'm sure I can hear your thoughts as the chapter e-mails go out: "Wow, OFaF finally updated! I thought that guy got scared off by the reviewers for sure!" Well, too bad suckers! (Please don't leave.) Seriously though, thank you everyone who left a review on Chapter 5. I got a ton of really good feedback, and it helped me keep my story on track to where I wanted it to go. Let's be honest here: Chapter 5, as originally written, was terrible. I've dubbed it the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Chapter, and rightly so. Ron is out of character, McGonagall is overly bitchy to Hermione, and Harry is completely absent from the story. I started out with a 3-person story, killed off two in the first four chapters, and ended up with a single character to follow. As you can imagine, that was not my original intention. That isn't to say that Ron being a giant, jealous prat isn't in the cards (he still is), or McGonagall won't being a over-strict in...

I'm going to try and keep a log of my thoughts as I go through the chapters here, rather than as a lengthy A/N on the actual submission. I figure this will keep the lengthy discussions to an offsite account that anyone can follow, rather than some vast series of PMs where I might recap or cover the same topics over and over again. First and foremost, I'm about done with chapters 5 and 6 as of this writing. Rewriting a chapter I've already submitted is, well, insanely long and difficult, far more than writing that terrible excuse for a chapter I posted first. I should mention that I'm quite a perfectionist, and in keeping with that I continue to check and recheck that my timings are correct. I even spent a few weeks fleshing out and completing a Hogwarts Schedule so I could reference it whenever I need to! Which brings me to my most important part here: I might have to rewrite the whole thing again. The reason? Quidditch matches are held on Saturdays, which means Sir...