Character Driven or Plot Driven

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 155458

> > Leah: <SNIP>
> > I think there are three main elements at work in HP, none of 
> > which Is characterisation.  Firstly, plot. Each book embodies a 
> > mystery or mysteries- <snip> In most mysteries, character is 
> > subservient to plot.
>  
> Luna:
> Actually, I find myself in the plot driven group. <SNIP>
> 
> After HBP, some H/Hers were all startled and surprised <SNIP> a 
> lot of the H/Her's in the list were character driven persons who 
> centered their attention an awful lot in Hermione, <SNIP>
> 
> Now I wonder... Is it possible that most H/Hers are more character
> than plot driven readers...?

aussie:
The books are plot driven. JKR is character driven.

OK, so she had an idea and wrote the last chapter before finishing 
PS/SS. Their is a plot woven into the dialogues that occur. 

But she needs characters fleshed out to breath life into the WW. 

- While talking to directors of the movies, she had a LOT of 
background information on each minor character.

- Her favourite scene to write was Hermione, Luna and Rita 
discussion about Harry's interview for the Quibbler. Why? Because 
three very different personalities tried to all get their heads 
around one thing.

- Quiddich's final match with Luna commentating. Fun! Fun! Fun!

To survive so many years in front of a word processor on a story you 
have already worked out eons ago, your personal motivation needs to 
be more than the externals.

Amnesty International themes. Empowering Women and the underdogs. 
Yes, they are visible in her books. But they are not the driving 
force that gets her thumping out hundreds of thousands of words per 
book.

For JKR, Harry has body temperature.