J.K. Rowling: On Writing - Part One (May 6th, 2024) 

I became a writer because of you. Not necessarily a novelist, but I've written all my life. It all traces back to finding Potter at age 11 or 12 in the 90s. I've writen short fiction, poetry, non fiction, blogs, and everything in between. Now work in marketing and constantly writing. One day I hope to finish the manuscript collecting dust in my Google Drive. I'm not sure I would've gained a passion for reading and writing if not for you. Thank you for inspiring me

I'm 45. Been writing for 30 years, 35 novels written, ranging from 180k-282k words, 1000's of hours spent alone. I write because I hear the voices, and they tell me what to say. I'll always respect J.K Rowing for what she has brought to the imaginations of both children and adults. I've always wanted to write to her and thank her, but I have no idea who to send my letter to. Maybe send an owl? lol :)

I really like the lake and shed analogy

We can only repeat her words. "You are my hero. After so many years? Always !"

I love how she talks about her craft and the enjoyment she finds in every stage of the process. You can absolutely tell she lives and breathes writing - a truly exceptional woman!

J.K.Rowling is one of those authors who is a waking dreamer...like Maggie Stiefvater. I wake up thanking the universe both of you were born to be writers! Thank you for so genuinely sharing your expertise, Rowling. 💙

I first started reading Harry Potter in 1998 or 1999, when I was staying at a friend's in London and saw the Philosopher's Stone lying around. I was hooked, and eagerly waited for each new book. Once the series was completed, it left a void in my life that I tried to fill with Fanfiction (there are some very, very talented people out there who borrowed your characters and wove extremely good stories with them). The more I learn about you, the more I admire your writing skills and your world-building skills. There are so many tiny elements and clues you scattered throughout the books that I missed the first time around! Thank you for creating Harry Potter's world.

Thank you for not giving up on 'Harry', and for keeping your vision when sharing him with the world. Thank you for inspiring so many young people, and thank you for staying true to you.

I really like her talking about her writing process. It makes it feel very mundane an inspiring - it's like a little masterclass ^^

I love J.K. Rowling so much I will protect her with my life❤She is too precious!

Wonderful. JKR will.always be a fantastic writer of the 21st Century, but she is also a stalwart for women's rights. How many of us can impact so many lives in so many ways. Thank you, JK, for all women and girls, and for all the children who loved reading because of your work.

Thank you for Harry Potter. It has thought me about courage, life and death, and the importance of unity. It was the most important story I was told in my childhood, and has profoundly guided and shaped my moral compass to this day. It also brought my family together as my mother read us your stories, and they sparked fires in our imaginations and turned into a burning desire to write stories of my own, and pay forwards what you had given to us. You are a true inspiration and one of the defining heroes our time. Thank you.

Beautiful, incredible woman.

As a struggling writer, I am so very grateful for this. Very grateful.

Looking forward to more!

She is an amazing woman!

One of the most amazing creatives and storytellers of all-time! 🙌 you, as well as your stories, have been a tremendous inspiration in my own storytelling journey. THANK YOU J.K.! ☺️

I'm so glad this exists! She is the reason I started writing and still do. I feel like my experience writing is so similar too! I love hearing her talk about it!

Excellent description

I am deeply grateful for what this woman has done to my life.

You are an inspiration ❤

This is really helpful, in terms of stories when I have the idea for an end of something but feel thats not enough to justify forming a story from start to finish to begin with, and get lost trying to get from the start to the finish, but I can see getting over that hurdle is part of the learning process.

I confess this is the first time i'm more looking at her than listening to her; she is beautiful, apart from everything else. Eternal queen.

I would love to see you on podcasts!

Really admire jk Rowling and her body of work.. plus her standing up and saying what she thinks/feels. ... Love the harry potter world and I can remember telling people about the first book and in letters to people yes that's right letters.. I would copy passages that I loved and hoped would get them to read the book too...

J.K.Rowling You are my most favorite person in the world, second only to my family. Thank You for your work my hero! I wish You all the best, the rest You can imagine!

This woman is evertyhtinggggggggg ❤❤❤❤❤

"It feels like discovery rather than creation." I think, this remark on her character backstory creation sheds lots of light on why her characters are so "real". Never shallow. Always psychologically consistent. They make sense, even and especially, when their actions don't. Also explains, why great writers need to be very empathic.

Finally! Thank you ❤

Dear Mrs. Rowling, I'm delighted that you are brave enought to stand straight towards the vulrenable women in vulrenable situations. It's madness that the common understanding don't see the reason of segregated spaces between the men and women in the vulrenable situations, and don't stand up for the safety of the women, enforcing 'the priviledge' of others, ... Madness! Thank you, for the behalf of standing for the right causes.

I love her so much! I so hope that she writes her autobiography one day soon. It'll be fascinating to learn more about her upbringing and other things she's been through that she hasn't publicly shared and how it all shaped her.

Very inspiring. Thank you.

Thank you for being a writer who really takes pride in your work, it really comes through and makes your books much more immersive. Other authors do not put in the same effort.

this inspires me and is motivating me to continue my work. I hit a little existential snafu, but I'm slowly seeing the light again. I am grateful this vid appeared on my feed. cheers!

She once said her Myers’s Brigg type was INFJ. Mine too. Her thought process, inner motifs, future thinking, discovering rather than constructing ideas…I relate to it all.

Thank you so much!

I am an Author who, thanks to Joanne - over came the darkest most evil time in my life. Rock bottom is a solid foundation on which you can rebuild your life - Joanne, THANK You for you! You saved my life, you've kept me going and most importantly you helped me find my true calling ❤

Dear Ms Rowling 🌹✨Thank you so much for this wonderful insight into your writing process! I love your mental image of a lake and a shed. I can walk around the lake for ages and get lots of ideas. But later, in the shed, my perfectionist inner critic keeps telling me that I was too stupid to use the tools that are neatly hung on the walls. He says that instead of making something beautiful out of the flotsam and jetsam in my bucket and net, I'll just mess it all up. You see, the inner critic expects me to come up with printable sentences in the crappy first draft! He doesn't understand that if he doesn't let me write, he won't have anything to nitpick about in the end. Unfortunately, my inner despot seems to be resistant to logic. So I guess I should have someone stand behind my chair with the thickest book available and hit me with it as soon as I start editing, correcting and deleting lines, instead of soldiering on and finishing my first draft. I'm sooo looking forward to watching part two! 🥳

Will we ever see her book dedicated to writing?

I love the shed/lake idea. Thank you.

Thank you for this!

Ive learned so much about how to plan and organize my characters and their timelines because of you. Thank you

You are amazing...I learned a lot from you.your books saved me

QUEEN👑🥰

This is a lovely video. As a child, I wished I might someday become a writer. I loved immersing myself in fiction. But now I fear that we're entering a dark age. The age of decadence is over. It saddens me, but Western society needs fewer writers and more doers.

Greatly enjoyed hearing your insights into your writing. I have admired your books and work for years and look forward to many more great titles from your pen! Thank you for being so dedicated to your craft.

I'm so excited to know that will be other books!!!! Can't wait!!! I love when she talks and explaining her process and what she does as a writer!❤

Ooh, I love this! My first experiences with writing were when I played on my mom's typewriter. I must have been 4-5 years old. And I was always telling/creating stories.

I love her. I had to replay the silkworm part because I have a silkworm cultivator in my book, and I'm currently working on that part of the book. I was like, did she just say silkworm? Yup.It's a sign.

a nice gift to me on my birthday! I love listening to authors. I love talking about my writing. One day, I’d love to talk to a fellow author, face to face. I write by the seat of my pants, with no planning, following the thread wherever it leads, outlining as I go. My plot, my characters, constantly throw me curveballs. Writing for me is as fun as reading, it is the funnest thing I’ve over done.

Thank you!!!

She has the rights to books no one else has I am the forgotten beasts of eld

Fascinating insights. Her comment about fiction writers being the people who are happy spending all their time in imaginary worlds is so true. I love writing and worked so hard on my storytelling, but it took me years to admit to myself I felt more fulfilled by doing other types of work than making up stories.

Is that just an excel spreadsheet? Or a writing program?

I can't wait for Strike 8!!!! She is absolutely brilliant!

She must get loads of wierdos being so rich now ,but she is pure magic and i will turely never ever met her ,but to love her in a complete way would be one of lifes wonderfull wonders .But will never dee mentor happen .who ever she is with i hope it is magical and happy .

You’re amazing! 😊

I’ve got a big lake and a tiny little shed.

She is an amazing woman, story teller and writer. 💚.

Thank you very much for sharing these experiences and methods of how you work in this wonderful profession.❤

Part two??

Thanks for sharing this

What an inspirational writer! ❤Would love to see more of these series!

Ich habe von einem neuen Harry Potter Buch geträumt. Darin stand das es wieder weiter geht. Jetzt gibt es noch ein Haus auf Hogwarts Nummer 5 For Hairdresser. Mit Magic Fluid=Pepperminzöl Against black Magic= the tree öl and Lavendula Huffelpuff= backen japanische Orangenbrötchen und Kristalltee aus China Die neue Schulleiterin heißt Caprice Das neue Codewort im Schulleiterzimner heißt Stracciatella. Neue Umhänge mit Kapuze Gryffendore-hellblaue Umhänge Syltherin -dunkelblaue Umhänge Huffelpuff -cremefarbende Umhänge Hairdresser -0rangenfarbende Umhänge Ravenclock- dunkellila Umhänge Neue Kurse Taro - Frau Zora Blanca Kurs Abkürzungen der Zaubersprüche bzw Sprache❤ Kurz Origami Werden zu lebendigen Tieren Eine unsichtbare Treppe hoch zum Uhrenturm oder aus Glas mit Lichteffekte so kann man sehen wer von den Leuten hoch gegangen ist. Es zeigt die Farbe der Häuser an. Ein weiterer Kurs Special Dancing ( First Nation) Kurs - Langobardische Muster Zauberkäfer aus Schokolade Marienkäfer, Maikäfer und Schmetterlinge Zauberbohnen welche zum Essen und Trinken und welche zum einpflanzen Man muss aufpassen. Sonst wachsen einen die Bohnenranken aus den Ohren. Der Zauber hält sehr kurze an. Der Zauberspruch Tischlein Deck dich wenn man Hunger und Durst hat . Oben an der Decke im Speisesaal und Festsaal schweben Durchsichtige Bergkristalle die können auch die Farbe wechseln. Musik Potter Style Auch klassik mit Spieluhr Und Jazz und Blues Elemente Zauberspruch Ich kann über's Wasser laufen Abgekürzt Vesus Dann gibt es noch ein Nachdenklabrinth Geht auch als Schutzraum mit halber Seifenblase. Heilzauber - die Hand auf die Stelle legen wo es gebrochen ist und sagen Alles auf seinem Platz. Notfallzauber- Omsch Die Karte der Rumtreiber ist ein kleiner Würfel mit Hologramm Projektor Oder klassisch im Archiv der Bibliothek zu finden. Der Verbotene Es Wald ist für Zauberschüler der 7. Klasse erlaubt Um ihr Wissen und Können zu testen.Im Verboten Wald wohnt eine Drachenlady mit einem blauen Mustang( Pferd ) Names Monem Die Drachenlady heißt Alaskine und trinkt gerne blumenknospentee den sie in einer durchsichtigen Teekanne audbrüht auch für den Kristalltee aus China ißt gerne Artischocken,Kugelrettich Schokolade und Kekse. Sie schläft viel und gerne. Man muss sie rufen Drachenlady, Drachenlady mache bitte auf wir haben ein paar Fragen und möchte möchten zu dir Tee trinken. Dann wacht sie immer auf. Hogwarts Cup Tasse Man sagt immer nur heiß oder kalt. Parfum Flasche Zauberspruch :" verschiedene Düfte. Kristallflasche mit blauen Wellenmuster im Form eines Bleistift mit Quaste. In den Häusern sind leuchtende Rosen verteilt als Nachtlampen. Am Treppen Geländer sind leuchtende, glänzende Tautropfen verteilt . Es sieht wunderschön aus. 😊❤❤❤🎉 Die Frau die damals an ihnen vorbei ge- gangen ist kennen einige sehr gut. Sie hat jetzt davon geträumt. Die Die Söhne Mannheims, Tim Bendzko und Xavier Naidoo würden gerne die Musik dazu komponieren.😊❤❤❤🎉

very interesting

I love Harry Potter with all my heart. Me and my friends are proud to say Potter all the way!! You are one of my most favorite authors J.K, thank you for creating Hogwarts. Without it, in my worst times, I wouldnt have had a world where I felt truly and fully accepted.

She's describing the same idea fishing style as David Lynch.

Aside from Stephen King very few Writers have spoken about "The Craft of Writing"

Omg I love this!!! More jk Rowling on the craft of writing please!!!!! We don’t get this enough!

Interesting video

I don't know if you're taking listener questions, but how did you balance the novel-writing process with your responsibilities to your kids? Both take up so much mental energy!

I could listen to her all day. Shame the crazies have chased her away.

I would like to write something profound and grandiose about how much your work mens to me. But there again you have mus heard it a milion times before. So i think simply thank you would suffice. Thank you for getting me to read. Thank you for opening a world of fantasy to me. Thank you for changing my life. Then i was 14 years old and couldnt speak english. Now im 37 and im rereading whole series in it. My next step is to translate my own wriring in to english and read it on a yotube. The world needs heroes that give us something to strive towards.

A real queen

“My characters and I have an understanding. They won’t misbehave and I don’t put them through too much hell” ….My head: *Harry Potter looking appalled at the invalidation*

just thanks a lot for that!❤❤❤

hi, i write fan-stories over on Wattpad in script

This reminds me of WH Auden's essays on the creative process. The pure creativity is the lake, and the inner critic is the shed

Such a disciplined writer ✍

Unpublished writer here. I recognize so much in what she says. Love to hear her talking about her art

Mrs. Rowling, can I share an amazing story with you? One day I was driving home, when all of a sudden the Lord came to me in spirit. I felt very close to Him. I knew if I asked him to play any song on the radio he would, I guess to bless my faith. So I said "ok, Lord play "Come as you are by Nirvana". I turned on the radio and the song started playing right there on the spot, perfectly… I started getting flooded with chills like a waterfall, crying, and trembling. He stayed with me for 10 minutes in my driveway. until I got outta the car. A couple months after that I started getting amazing prayers answered way more often, because it helped me quit doubting when I pray and I was lined up with biblical instructions. It's 6 years later and I still get answered prayers in Jesus name.

That's what I'm talking no hangers around here you like my america owl

I love that i share the same planet with this woman. ❤

Is that Microsoft word?

i like turtles

Amazing 🎉

What word program is that on her laptop?

It’d be cool to see her talk about her university experience

3:04

Whats her website name?? Feel like it should be in the description

I wish I was an anonymous writer. I don’t like fame

Why r u not writing more books on wizarding world. Pls write books series based on 1aurors. 2 Hogwarts founders. 3.voldemort spinoff 4.quiddich series 5.different wizarding school 6.gilderoy Lockhart series just like jaxk sparrow.

phenomenal writer , one of the all time greats . currently reading Harry potter : order of the phoenix . I fully intend to read her work over and over again & deeply analyse the craft behind all of it . May be one day i will be able to create wonderful stories just like Miss J.K. Rowling , who set the world on fire.

queen

Love it.👍 she is an excellent inspiration 👍👍👍

Umberto Eco is all I am going to say about JK Rowling and how Hogwarts was born out of the Aedificium in "The Name of the Rose"

I have a similar place (the shed) where I write, only mine is next to a river instead of a lake; she should get back to The Private Joke one day, I'd like to see what that would be like

I love how she talked about “discovery”; how sometimes writing is not so much the act of creation and invention as it is discovering the story itself. For example, I usually know when something I’m writing is wrong. I know when it isn’t right because it doesn’t “feel right”. And it works the opposite way, too. I know when something is right because it just “feels right”, if you know what I mean?

I’m curious on her thoughts about both Active and Passive Voice.📚