JKR Background Notes -- New SS Movie Scene

[Penny & Bryce]

No: HPFGUIDX 27485

Hi --

prefectmarcus at yahoo.com wrote:

> I hope when all is said and done and the seventh book is safely
> published, that JKR makes available her notes.  Her background notes
> would be most interesting.
> 
> I would particularly like to see a critical analysis done on each
> book.  By that I mean a book that shows the phases each book went
> through on its way to being published, also the changes between
> editions.

And, *I* would like to be the one to do this!  <g>  I'm writing a 
biography of an author right now, and that sort of analysis is 
incredibly interesting.  I think JKR still does some handwritten 
drafting from what I've read.  It would be great to compare everything 
from handwritten draft #1 all the way to finished product.  I wonder how 
much the editors are changing.  What I wouldn't give to *be* her editor 
(or at least on the staff)!

> 
> I would like to see the original drafts of GoF that she had to
> completely rewrite to fill the plot hole.  She said she had to
> rewrite Chapter 9 thirteen times.  I hope she didn't throw all that
> away.

Let's hope that she is a packrat, kept all her drafts, notes & 
scribblings AND that her daughter Jessica doesn't one day decide to 
throw them all into the fireplace (are you reading this Nancy?  <g>).

NEW SCENE -- I agree that it quite possibly will be hard to tell what is 
the additional JKR scene & what is just dramatic license by Kloves.  We 
can hope that it just jumps off the screen at us all ....

Penny