hello, and please help with small questionnaire.

[fanofminerva]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "heather" <grapfnt at n...> 
wrote:
> 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.

I completed your survey and wish you luck.  Having completed a PhD 
program, I know the importance of data collection.