[HPforGrownups] A writer's power of imagination (was: Abusive behavior)

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 1611



Penny Linsenmayer wrote:

> I have to agree with Peg.  I've read nothing to suggest that JKR had
> anything other than a happy childhood.  That's not to say that she *wasn't*
> abused, but every indication is that she was not.  She's a powerful writer,
> and I don't think it's necessarily true that she would have needed to
> experience child abuse first-hand in order to write about it effectively.

Afterthought to my previous message: when you think about it, it's really
strange for us to assume that JK Rowling, of all people, would have to had
experienced ANYTHING in order to write about it.  I mean, JK Rowling?  How many
Quidditch matches do you suppose has she actually played in?  How many students
did she turn into ferrets when she was a teacher?  How many hippograffs has she
met?  How many dragons has she fought?

I think it has already been established that this is a woman with a vivid
imagination.

Peg