[HPforGrownups] Planning the plot in advance -- prompted by Ebony's idea

[Sara Metz]

No: HPFGUIDX 10191



> I'm not sure if this has been discussed yet, but now that I am in 
> the 
> process of re-reading the books I am beginning to wonder to what 
> degree JKR 
> planned out the details of the plot, and to what degree she is 
> adding things 
> as she thinks of them. There are several examples that are troubling 
> me, 
> some of which seem to suggest extreme forethought, some of which 
> suggest JKR 
> changing her mind, and some of which are ambiguous.

	I'm sure that JKR had the characters of Sirius, Moody and Crouch in her
head when she started writing all the stories. However, I think that's
it's logical that we never heard of Moody or Crouch before GoF, since
there was no real way for Harry to know who they were. Harry has no real
contact with the Ministry, and living with the Dursleys all those years
means he has no real knowledge of who works (or worked) in the Ministry. 
Ron probably knew somewhat, and Mr. Weasley, but there was no logical way
for those names to come up in conversation. It would have been awkward to
have somebody try to push those characters in there. 

Sara
Proud of my 104% Harry Potter Obsession Rating

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