Harry Potter and Writing
There are two things in this world that are magical. The first one is Harry Potter. The second one: writing. Of course, its obvious that Harry Potter is magical, that's what the book is all about after all. But when you think about it, so is writing.
According to Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary, the definition of writing is: "the way that you use written words to express your ideas or opinions" OOOKKKAAAAAAYYYYY, so that's the official definition of writing, but to our hearts and minds, writing is so much more. Writing can captivate, move, and inspire an audience. Only in writing will characters on wood pulp make one laugh, cry, shake with fear, or melt with compassion. Books create new worlds that, while not tangibly real, are very real to the readers. The readers then take that writing and share it with others, in a process that my social studies teacher would call "cultural diffusion", but I am calling "nerdyness." The process of nerdyness creates a world that is filled with inspiring words, as well as people who have felt, and even created, the magic of those words.
Now, your probably thinking, "Great! A random tangent about the awesomeness of books! Why on Earth did I waste my time reading this?" But just wait, I'm coming to the good part.
Clearly everything about Harry Potter is magical. From the shops to the food to the schools - even the pets are magical! But in the story, there would be no magic without a little thing called a wand. and what, in the most basic form, is a wand? A wooden stick with a something else as its core. Perhaps by coincidence, perhaps not, the very thing that makes writing so magical is called a pencil, which, in its most basic form is a wooden stick with something else as its core. Hmmmm. That sounds familiar, right?
So maybe, just maybe, writing truly is magical. After all, every good witch, wizard, magician, or otherwise would tell you that magic always starts with one thing: a wand. And that is something that authors everywhere have been wielding with excellence for centuries!
According to Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary, the definition of writing is: "the way that you use written words to express your ideas or opinions" OOOKKKAAAAAAYYYYY, so that's the official definition of writing, but to our hearts and minds, writing is so much more. Writing can captivate, move, and inspire an audience. Only in writing will characters on wood pulp make one laugh, cry, shake with fear, or melt with compassion. Books create new worlds that, while not tangibly real, are very real to the readers. The readers then take that writing and share it with others, in a process that my social studies teacher would call "cultural diffusion", but I am calling "nerdyness." The process of nerdyness creates a world that is filled with inspiring words, as well as people who have felt, and even created, the magic of those words.
Now, your probably thinking, "Great! A random tangent about the awesomeness of books! Why on Earth did I waste my time reading this?" But just wait, I'm coming to the good part.
Clearly everything about Harry Potter is magical. From the shops to the food to the schools - even the pets are magical! But in the story, there would be no magic without a little thing called a wand. and what, in the most basic form, is a wand? A wooden stick with a something else as its core. Perhaps by coincidence, perhaps not, the very thing that makes writing so magical is called a pencil, which, in its most basic form is a wooden stick with something else as its core. Hmmmm. That sounds familiar, right?
So maybe, just maybe, writing truly is magical. After all, every good witch, wizard, magician, or otherwise would tell you that magic always starts with one thing: a wand. And that is something that authors everywhere have been wielding with excellence for centuries!
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