hello, and please help with small questionnaire.

[heather]

I have been lurking on HP4GU for ages (I will actually post something 
when I get the time) and I need to ask a small favour. I am currently 
writing a dissertation for my MA about serial fiction and how it 
affects the readers' relationship to the story. I am using GOF and OOP 
as specific examples, and have devised a couple of questions to ask 
readers.


They are set out on my webpage here: 




http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~heather/hp/




including some ways of replying. The questions are about how people 
found the wait between GOF and OOP and the current waiting period and 
how the gap might be filled with speculation. This, possibly, 
strengthens readers' links to characters and situations. 


I also need to find some JKR interviews to see how often she says the 
whole thing was invented as a piece from the beginning and whther 
there are any hints that she changed some elements on further 
reflection. This would show that the gap between writing volumes is 
important. (I privately think the long gap between GOF and OOP led to 
the latter being too long).


Well, that's not much about me, but it's all I should be thinking of 
at the moment anyway (I am a leeetle behind on this). If you have 
anything you want to add on the subject in a more general way, then 
please contact me.