Working titles/JKR favorites (was New movie scene)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 27492

Megan wrote:

>Isn't is also said somewhere that COS was the most difficult to 
write?
>  I do believe I heard somewhere it a different working title.  
Wonder
> what this could be. 

The title was "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," and she said 
it was difficult to write because PS was a huge success by that time, 
and she felt the pressure of trying to match it.

She's also said at various times that her favorite is whichever one 
she's written last (IIRC, she did call PoA her favorite in one 
interview, presumably between PoA and GoF?) and that she tends to 
love the ones that were hardest to write.

Artists have completely different judgments about such things than 
audiences.  IMHO, Martin Scorsese's best picture (and one of the best 
movies ever) is The King of Comedy, which he has said he dislikes 
because his life was a wreck while he was making it.  Understandable, 
but irrelevant to the viewer.

Amy Z

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   "Your father thinks very highly of Mad-Eye
 Moody," said Mrs. Weasley sternly.
   "Yeah, well, Dad collects plugs, doesn't he,"
 said Fred quietly, as Mrs. Weasley left the room.  
 "Birds of a feather."
                     -HP and the Goblet of Fire
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