JKR's Plot hole

[Aberforth's Goat]

No: HPFGUIDX 36190

Dicentra wrote,

> JKR has not said what the plot hole in GoF was, because it
would ruin
> at least one if not more surprises. Maybe when the series is
over she
> can be persuaded to tell us, but not before, IMO.

Actually, she spelled it out in a couple of interviews - and it
was connected to Ron Weasley's cousin, who was originally slated
for Rita Skeeter's role. Here's an excerpt from an interview in
Entertainment Weekly:

[Jo has just said that GoF was the hardest  book to write becasue
she noticed a "gaping hole in the middle of the plot"]

Q. And what exactly was that gaping hole all about?
A. I had to pull a character. There you go: ''the phantom
character of 'Harry Potter.''' She was a Weasley cousin [related
to Ron Weasley, Harry's best friend]. She served the same
function that Rita Skeeter [a sleazy investigative journalist]
now serves. Rita was always going to be in the book, but I built
her up, because I needed a kind of conduit for information
outside the school. Originally, this girl fulfilled this purpose.

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
_______________________

"Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that
may not have been bravery...."



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