Chapter 10 Summary: Mayhem at the Ministry

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1479

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Aberforth's Goat" 
<Aberforths_Goat at Y...> wrote:
> COMMENTS & QUESTIONS
> In this chapter, JKR snaps a second chance to dispell fans' rumours 
> that Harry is stingy

I never thought of Harry as stingy, but perhaps thoughtless.
 
> About Rita Skeeter: (2) Rita is apparently a late addition to the 
>book.  JKR had meant to employ a cousin of the Weasley sibs as the 
>book's bad gal and as a source of leaks from Hogwarts.  For some 
>reason, this lead to plot problems so serious that JKR exised the 
>cousin, invented Rita, and rewrote the book.  So the rewrite
> probably starts here.
 
Actually, in an interview JKR says Skeeter was always going to be 
there, but JKR discovered a big plot hole about halfway through and 
ended up dropping the evil Weasley cousin (Icicle?) and reworking and 
enlarging Skeeter's role.

Kelley