Harry Potter has always been a part of me since I was a child. I remember when Scholastic Inc. first purchased the rights to sell in the United States. I was about eight and I wrote about it in a article for class. Writing is another thing that has been a big part of all this.
Well cut to the chase flash-forward to September 1st 1998 and two teeth missing, two long braids and a baby blue jansport wearing little girl holding Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. After about three days I completed the first step to an over a decade obsession. JK Rowling opened a creative world inside of me like no one could before. Sure by this point I was writing fan fiction before I even knew what that was. Pokemon and Card Captors stories filled my notebook but Harry Potter fueled my soul.
Harry Potter was thee relatable character of all time, young boy who felt he had no place in the world until his 11th Birthday to find a whole new wold *Cue Aladdin and Jasmine*. Throughout the series he finds different type of friends, deals with different types of loves and finds a family of his own that truly cares for him. However my favorite character was Miss Hermione Granger. Hermione was such a familiar character to me because she was me. A young know it all girl who had trouble making friends, until she made two great guy friends (Eric & Eli for me lol) and helped them get out of their troubles. Fiercely independent, fought for what she believed in and is extremely intelligent.
Everyone says that I am Hermione in my own way but they see it clearly. So from that I began to write stories with strong female characters that had intelligence and emotional but stood their ground. Hermione was my heroine and she help create Charlotte, Evee, Isis and many others.
Harry Potter has changed my physical world as well as my creative world. Without seeing a strong writer like JK Rowling maybe I wouldnt be so open as to writing . To see how she made it and see the path she took makes me believe anything is possible.
“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” - Sirius Black
