The Great Writers of Hogwarts

Chapter 3 Preparation and Signature

Andre was never one to procrastinate, especially when it came to his own survival.

But he didn't immediately start translating the original "Harry Potter" in his mind to parchment.

Years of work experience told him that before officially starting a task, it is absolutely necessary and worthwhile to spend a little time for preparation and research.

At least this can prevent the situation from being full of problems in the middle of the project, and even discovering that there are fatal omissions in the project approval

You must know that once this happens, you will probably have to start all over again, and the man-hours will be dozens of times that of research.

Andre tiptoed out of the room, and entered Xenophilius' workshop while the Lovegood couple were fast asleep.

He had to take a look at the submission and review process of The Quibbler first.

Although Andre remembered that "The Quibbler" was willing to accept contributions from other authors, but in his memory, "The Quibbler" did not have any signatures other than Xenophilius.

Before rashly starting to write, he still wanted to confirm the crucial question of "whether it is possible to submit a manuscript".

After a while, Andre got the answer.

The Quibbler does welcome submissions from any author.

Although there are very few writers in the wizarding world who are willing to contribute to a magazine like "The Quibbler", except for Xenophilius himself, the channel for submissions is undoubtedly still open, and the delivery address is Lovegood's mailbox.

Xenophilius would check the mailbox every morning to see if someone had sent a manuscript, but it was a pity that he returned disappointed almost every day.

After all, the sales volume of "The Quibbler" is not good enough, and the sender is not even given a publishing fee...

But this actually made Andre show a satisfied smile.

"This also means that if there is a submission, it will be seen as soon as possible.

It will never be like voting for the "Daily Prophet", where a letter sent today may not be reviewed until next month. "

For Andre, who is short of time, this is undoubtedly good news.

After figuring out some questions about submitting to "The Quibbler", Andre came to Xenophilius' bookshelf again.

The question about the platform has been answered, and the next thing to solve is the problem of the work itself.

After all, "Harry Potter" is a work written by J.K. Rowling to look at the wizarding world from the perspective of ordinary people.

For ordinary people, "Harry Potter" is of course interesting. After opening it, it can attract most people to continue reading.

But if it is copied as it is, can the wizards stand it?
Andre was engaged in the pan-entertainment industry in his previous life, and he has heard about the market situation of entertainment works.

Although many readers will say that they want to see something "good-looking" and "classic", in fact, 90.00% of them will not read any more if they don't see a plot or character that makes him feel interesting within 1 minute. up.

Although the content of "Harry Potter" is quite classic and shocking, and contains many secrets that can excite wizards, if the original book is directly transferred to "The Quibbler", it may not be able to directly cause a sensation among wizards.

It is even possible that no one will be able to read the opening chapter!
"If conditions permit, of course I would like to be a fundamentalist and retain the original flavor of Harry Potter."

"But I really had no chance of failure, I just did everything possible to make sure it was a hit."

For this reason, Andre needs to know which aspect of Harry Potter the wizards in the wizarding world are more interested in, so that he can adjust the opening chapter of "Harry Potter" accordingly.

It is very easy to understand these, because there have been a lot of books and articles about Harry Potter in the wizarding world in the past ten years, and it is enough to find the best-selling ones and make a summary.

It happened that his adoptive father, Xenophilius, was engaged in publishing work. Although the things he published in "The Quibbler" were always in the "non-mainstream" category, his collection of books was quite comprehensive.

In Xenophilius' workshop, except for the wall with the window, the other three walls are nailed with bookshelves and arranged in alphabetical order.

The shelf marked "H" is full of bestsellers, magazines and newspaper articles about Harry Potter.

Andre found a chair to use as a foothold, and quickly started flipping through it.

For those who are a little older in the pan-entertainment industry, skills such as "speed reading" and finding books, variety shows, and film and television selling points are all full.

Speaking of which, there is nothing mysterious about this technique. It is not a bluffing name like "quantum reading". In fact, most books only need to read the introduction and chapter catalog to know the plot direction and selling points.

If you still want to know more details, then turn to one-eighth of the whole book, which is usually the main turning point of the plot.Turning to the three-eighth position, it is almost the most exciting climax in the whole book.

Andre had worked in the industry for many years in his previous life, even after time travel, the skills engraved in his bones are still not in vain.

Recording key words while flipping through, unconsciously, it was the middle of the night, and Andre didn't return to his room until dawn.

There was a look of excitement in his eyes, scanning some of the key words he had recorded.

Those are the recurring ones in best-selling titles, which means they're the ones that Witcher readers are most interested in.

The truth about the disappearance of the mysterious man, the whereabouts of Harry Potter, the death of the Potter couple, the role of Dumbledore...

Centering on these key words, combined with the original plot of "Harry Potter", Andre gradually had a new opening idea in his mind.

What made him even more relieved was that there was not much difference between the conceived new opening chapter and the original one, only that the order of appearance of some plots needed to be changed, and the arrangement of suspense needed to be changed. As for most of the remaining text content, the original work could be used.

If you do the math, it won't take much man-hours.

"Then here's the last question..."

"Although I will definitely use a pseudonym to publish "Harry Potter", but with the methods of wizards, if someone really wants to track it down, sooner or later they will be able to find out who I am.

At that time, some troubles may arise.

Although it is not worth mentioning compared to the big trouble now, I still want to ask the system if it is possible for you to cover me up. "

After a while, Andre saw familiar ink stains appear on the parchment in front of him.

"The system can protect the pseudonym used by the host for publication, so that it will not be traced by any magic."

"Please confirm the pseudonym that needs to be protected."

Andre breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the quill, and wrote down the name that would be used to publish "Harry Potter" on the parchment.

"J.K. Rowling."

(End of this chapter)