The writing of the series

[Monika]

No: HPFGUIDX 70504

--- 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.

"acoteucla" <acoteucla at hotmail.com> wrote:

>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.

There is a kind of a reference to the Thestrals in PoA:
 
"Harry, Ron and Hermione followed the rest of the school out onto a rough mud track, where at least a hundred stagecoaches awaited the remaining students, each pulled, Harry could only assume, by an invisible horse..." UK edition, p.68
 
This is the first time Harry travelles by the Hogwarts carriages. Obviously, he only assumes that there are invisible horses but this may indicate that JKR had the idea back then. She may decided about the specifics of the horses only when writing OOP but I think she knew from the beginning that the carriages are pulled by invisible horses.
 
Just a thought,
 
Monika


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