small thing in COS

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 97908

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rach9112000" <RACH911 at a...> wrote:
> > Julie wrote:
> > >>It is about a small thing JKR mentioned
> > was in the movie and the book because it had plot value.<<
> > 
> > HunterGreen:
> > I think it was something about 'giving "it all" away' or something 
> > along those lines (not sure what interview it came from though).
> > 
> Rachel:
>   I've heard about the small thing that JKR mentioned too but would 
> really like to read the interview first-hand. If anyone knows when 
> and where she said this please could they let us know?
>   Cheers, Rachel.

Annemehr:
Actually, I think we're combining two different things here.

First of all, I believe there is an interview, which I haven't found
yet, where JKR says she *took out* something from CoS the *book,*
because it nearly gave it all away.  So we might be searching for that
in vain, as it might have been removed entirely.

Second, on the CoS DVD, Lizo Mzamba interviewed JKR and Steven Kloves,
and he tells how JKR will sometimes tell him which details he must
include, because they will come up later:

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Lizo:
 There are so many rich details in the books. Can you tell us how you
decide what goes in and what stays out?
Steve:
I will sometimes ask Jo. I will say, you know, this detail, you just
seem to have cast just a bit more light on this in this scene than the
other details. Sometimes I'm wrong, but often she'll say "No, that is
going to play." There's one thing in Chamber, actually, that Jo
indicated will play later in the series. The hardest thing for me,
honestly, is I'm writing a story to which I do not know the end. Which
is, I'm not going to lie to you, has been the case sometimes in my own
originals,
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Here, I don't think they're actually talking about something that
*gives it ALL away,* just some lesser thing that will come up later. 
For instance, the Hand of Glory seems likely -- it's hard to imagine
that it's the whole key to the defeat of Voldemort, but it's easy to
think it might come up later.

Hope this helps!

Annemehr
off to search for that CoS book reference