I have no intentions of dropping the story. I'm simply stuck on where I want to go next. I have my end goal and I have a general idea of how I'm going to get there, but as far as actually which twists and turns I'm going to have over the next few chapters? Not a clue. See Harry's supposed to destroy Voldemort once he come back. But that doesn't happen until fourth year. Until then Harry has to destroy the Horcruxes, change Wizarding Society and build up a power base. But the more Harry changes, the less his knowledge from the future is useful. Already, he's got to go under the real Dumbledore's nose now in order to ensure that Neville is actually entered into the tournament among many other changes, including the chamber of secrets.
All that said, at this point, I'm still trying to figure out a way to have more action in the story, less political drama, while at the same time assimilating the changes he's already enacted. If he does this how does this change etc. I'm also hung up on how to effectively use Harry's school time now that he's tested out of so many classes. Do I make him the DADA teacher? An assistant? Potions teacher? He's already planning to be McGonagall's apprentice, how much more can he realistically take on?
When I adopted this story, I planned to even Harry out as far as his powers as I didn't want him to be incredibly rich, smart, powerful, and politically such a shark. Unfortunately by choosing to pick up this story where the Author left it, with minimal changes, has left me with so many paths to take while at the same time having so few as well. So for right now, it's just on hold pending a rewrite of a couple of chapters.
But since you can't have pure authors notes, please enjoy the brief exert from the next chapter.
Chapter 23 exert: A New Year, A New Teacher
July 1st, 1992
Harry sat in his office once again reviewing reports from his various agents among others. The last week had seen his bills passed and surprising number of Muggleborns had already been tested. The amount of gold now flowing through the economy was well above the projected numbers. Filing his taxes was harder than Harry had expected since he'd had a net negative for the year had somehow meant he'd owed about a million in taxes, probably from the interest payments in the Peverell and Daniels vaults.
"Harry, Albus is here to see you!"
"Just a minute!" Harry shouted back as he quickly hid all the latest information reports in his secure drawer, and closed the files with everything else in them. Exactly sixty seconds later he opened the door to his office and made his way downstairs to where his mother and the Headmaster stood waiting. "Albus, it's good to see you. I thought you'd be rather busy at Hogwarts getting everything ready for the letters to go out since you've made so many changes this year."
"Indeed, I am rather busy but not too busy to come and see the young man who had a large hand in my rescue from Nurmengard." While his words made it seem like a social visit, his tense body and tight eyes made it rather clear that it was anything but. "Please, we can talk more in my study. Mum, would you mind getting the professor and I some tea and biscuits please?"