Sept 11th

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 
>> It did pretty well monopolise *everybody's* conversations at the 
time; 
> bound to be reflected on site.
> 
> Changed the story arc?
> Is this confirmed?
> Never heard that before.
> 
> But anyway I'd put it under 1.3.1 Authorial Intent where members 
see a 
> connection.
> 
> Barry

Only kept one or two posts from the thread in the end, which fitted 
under good vs. evil and some character headings.

No, my comment was not based on anything JKR is supposed to have 
said. My point was that although she'd spent 5 years working out the 
stories, and keeps telling us that she's going to stick to the plan, 
the fact is that she's been writing them for over 10 years now, and a 
lot has happened to her personally in that time, plus an 
extraordinary level of fan response and a massive change in the world 
political climate (9/11 being a major contributing factor).

I thought all this could easily affect the way she treated some 
themes, whilst not diverging from the original plot structure. 

Carolyn