The writing of the series

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No: HPFGUIDX 70404

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Cezar T <drymusalastor at y...> 
wrote:
> Personally, I don't believe that JKR planned the whole series right 
from the beginning, when she published PS/SS.

I think she had a general outline from the beginning.  I heard she 
spent like 5 years before publishing the first book, just working out 
the mechanics of the Harry Potter universe.  A lot of time and effort 
went into planning this out.  I think Sirius WAS planned from the 
beginning, seeing how central he is to the plot.

I would agree with you on the Thestral bit - it's a rather minor part 
of the plot, and may not have made it into her outline.  Thus 
explaining why we don't see them at the end of book 4.


> Also (since I believe that now she has the next two books figured 
out) I wonder why everybody (at least, as far as I know) seems to 
imagine Harry with Ginny or Hermione, and not with Luna Lovegood. I 
think both Ginny and Hermione are much too  friends with Harry for 
any relationship to develop...and besides, Ron will never appreciate 
Luna, even if she may have fancied him at first,

Yes, Harry/Luna does not seem to have too much support on this 
board.  Beats me as to why that is - she seems like the most obvious 
match for Harry at this point in the series.  It's exactly the kind 
of thing Rowling would do: Harry dates the pretty, popular girl and 
finds out she's emotionally unstable.  Then he dates the weird, 
unpopular girl and finds out she's really great!  I also think we'll 
see Ginny/Neville and Ron/Hermione.