New places in Order of the Phoenix

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 18081

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., eggplant107 at h... wrote:
> > I recall a long time ago, I think it was right after the second 
> book, 
> > JKR said something about a land where giants ride dragons but she 
> > wouldn't get around to it until book 5. This lady does think 
ahead.
> 
> I've never heard this one before!  (Of course, I had no clue who HP 
> was until after 3 and didn't read the books, much less any 
> interviews, until after 4).  That does sound likely to pop up in 5, 
> doesn't it?
> 
> She does think ahead--she plotted out all 7 books before writing 
> PS/SS--though she also says she makes up a lot of things as she 
> goes.  One day I hope we'll see the JKR Notebooks and know which 
ones 
> were which (I personally want to know whether when she wrote Book 1 
> Chapter 1, she knew who "young Sirius Black" was going to turn out 
to 
> be, or whether it was just a throwaway name, as I reckoned at the 
> time).  When something happens like the "huge plot hole" opening 
> under her feet during the writing of 4, it might force the 
reworking 
> of plots and characters not only in the book in question, but in 
> future ones--e.g., will she need that discarded Weasley cousin 
later 
> on?
> 
> Amy Z

She did say recently, that she does have everyone's whole lives 
mapped out.  She actually used Sirius Black as an example, saying 
that she had detailed notes on the whole of his childhood - and liked 
to know these details whether she used them or not.  So I think it's 
fairly safe to say that she did know who "young Sirius Black" was 
going to turn out to be important in later books.  I would love to 
see her notes.  They must be incredibly intricate.  I wonder if they 
will ever be available once all books are published?

Catherine