A lot of what makes it neat is the deliberate contrast. Maybe not more than 50% of what made it neat but it’s be a nontrivial hit. Some story beats I think were sort of dependent on the deliberate contrast for their narrative heft, so you need to redo them, which would require some craftmanship.
So, like, sure, it’s doable. But the whole point of HPMOR was also to be something he could do for fun in is off hours with no willpower (which it eventually failed at anyhow).
A few years ago I remember him talking about how he was thinking about writing a thriller to get money but couldn’t muster the motivation. It feels like if that’s still a possibility it at least makes sense to try to hire an editor to do this for a few key chapters and see how it turns out.
A lot of what makes it neat is the deliberate contrast. Maybe not more than 50% of what made it neat but it’s be a nontrivial hit. Some story beats I think were sort of dependent on the deliberate contrast for their narrative heft, so you need to redo them, which would require some craftmanship.
So, like, sure, it’s doable. But the whole point of HPMOR was also to be something he could do for fun in is off hours with no willpower (which it eventually failed at anyhow).
A few years ago I remember him talking about how he was thinking about writing a thriller to get money but couldn’t muster the motivation. It feels like if that’s still a possibility it at least makes sense to try to hire an editor to do this for a few key chapters and see how it turns out.