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Old 08-06-2008, 07:19 PM   #1 (permalink)

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Default Discussion #4 - Jo's Success

Time for a new discussion. This is about Jo's success. Do you think she would have been successful if she tried to write a different set of novels or if she tried something completely different like drawing? What are your opinions on Jo's success. We all know she's amazing in the fact that she's done something we can only dream of, going out there and following our dreams. What do you think Jo was thinking as she finished Harry Potter: Philosophers Stone and handed it into publishing?

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Well I know what she was thinking when she handed in that first copy of HP. "Oh my god I am finished and now are they going to love it?" I mean as I sit and write out my story that I hope people will love I think she felt the same thing. She is pouring her heart and soul into that book and she wanted the rest of the world to love the characters and the world she created as much as she did. She wanted them to fall into her world and lose themselves like she did.

Her success is the thing of dreams. No other author in the world or even history can boast of the success that she has attained. Only the Bible has sold more copies and had more printings than all of the HP books. The Bible is the only book that has been translated into more languages than HP. Those stats are something to be proud of.

I am not sure if she would have been just as successful writing another book to be honest. *shrugs* That is just me. I mean maybe if she were going to write other books she might change my mind, but she said if she wrote again it would be under another name. I feel like she doesn't have to write again, I mean she has more money than she can spend in one life time, but that is something she loves to do. Like I couldn't dream of a world where I had to stop cooking or writing either.

She is one of the few celebrities that I respect though. You never hear about her personal life on the cover of a tabloid magazine. She is not out partying and drinking and driving and all that craziness that these celebs are doing nowadays. She is acting like she has some home training. And she is giving back. She is remembering when her family was hanging on by a thread and about to fall part and someone had compassion on her. She is turning around and having compassion on others. Not saying that just because you are rich you have to give all your money away to those of us less fortunate. But it is nice that the poor don't have to support the poor all the time.
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