Waiting Longer for GoF

[joytest999]

No: HPFGUIDX 31392

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:

> Put differently (and this is the question), if you knew that JKR 
> wanted to take an extra year to do GoF and that by doing so she 
would 
> correct every plot hole problem or error in GoF, would you have 
been 
> willing to wait?  Or do you think the book was plenty good enough 
as 
> it is, and waiting the extra year to tidy things up wouldn't be 
worth 
> it?

This strikes me as kind of an unfair question to ask a bunch of 
addicts, along the lines of "If you knew you would be 30 lbs thinner 
if you didn't eat chocolate for one year, would you be willing to 
wait?"  Yes, in theory, especially if all the stores stop selling 
them.  No, in reality, especially if that yummy box of Godiva is just 
sitting there on the counter.

I was a little (just a little) disappointed after reading GoF, 
because I thought the plot had too many holes and was overall not as 
good as PoA.  (Don't get me wrong -- I loved GoF, I'm saying only 
that I liked it less than PoA; sort of like my second-best sexual 
experience.)  But if JKR asked had asked me "Look, Joywitch, I'm 
going to take an extra year to write this thing and it will be much, 
much, better -- do you mind waiting?" I know I would have gotten down 
on my knees and pleaded with her "Nooooooooooooooooo Joooooooooo I 
NEED IT NOWNOWNOWNOWNOWNOWNOWowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!"

I crave more of JKR's writing the way other people crave heroin, or 
nicotine.  At this point, I'd be happy to read JKR's grocery lists.  
Not logical, I know, but there you go.

One thing I will say, though, is that I would have been perfectly 
happy to forgo the movie if it would mean that JKR could write the 
books quicker.

--Joywitch M. Curmudgeon