The writing process (was Three Cauldrons)

[or.phan_ann]

potioncat wrote of JKR:

> But what I wish she'd do, rather than quick, on-the-spot interviews,
  > is to write an article about how she wrote the series. I'd like to
   > know how the plot evolved, how characters merged, what she was
aiming > for. There are little bits of that in some of the interviews,
but not > enough.
> 
> I'd recommend Agatha Christie's autobiography. She comments on fans' 
> reactions to her stories, and her reactions to their reactions. Very 
> interesting and to my mind, very much like what's going on with the HP 
> series.

Ann:
That's a great idea. Most of my questions are really geeky ("When did
you realise GoF was going to be so long?" - no, seriously), but I've
never felt the interviews really told us anything about the actual
writing. Of course, she had a good reason for being close-lipped - she
could hardly say "and in 1993 I realised where Grindelwald fitted into
all this, and the whole series' plot just came together". Or
something. And it would be neat to know if she ever shared any of our
crazier speculations.

I've never read Agatha Christie. I've found most artists' biographies
that I've read have been rather uninteresting, but that does sound a
bit different. Thanks for the rec (she said, eyeing her
too-full-as-it-is bookshelves.)

Ann