Book seven can not be the last book because

[Steve]

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--- , "funkeginger" <funkeginger at ...> wrote:
>
> I dont think that the Deathly Hallows can be the last
> book because there is too much to do. Harry has to 
> find four Horcruxes, then he has to try and kill 
> Voldemort. It's too much to do in one book . JKR only
> makes most of the books max 780 pages . You can't just
> do that in that many pages. ...
> 
> funkeginger
>

bboyminn:

I think a lot of things are going to happen off-page
and only be referred to in-passing in the books. That
will move the stor forward and save a lot of time. We
know, without a doubt, that there are a lot of subplots
that need resolving, or at least that we certainly 
/want/ resolved. It is possible that their resolution
will only be by implication, rather that drawn out in
detail, and other time and space saver.

For example, we can be reasonably certain that at some
point Harry will ask Bill, the professional cursebreaker,
for help learning what he needs to know to safely get at
and break open the Horcruxes when he finds them. Now
we can further imagine many long lessons in which Bill
transfers the necessary information. However, JKR 
could just as easily set up the Curse Breaking Lesson,
and from their forward only refer to how they are
progressing as a secondary aspect of another coversation
or in the narrative. That way we imagine them going on
in the background, but don't waste a lot of page time
on them.

This background-occurring story could be used for a lot
of the various aspects of the secondary plots. We see 
Harry moving through a central theme in which subplots
are set up, but from then on are only referenced in
passing. That would certainl save a lot of page-time.

Also, it is entirely possible that some of what we
consider central themes will turn out to be red herrings
or McGuffins. That is, they either aren't as significant
as they now seem to appear, or they are simply character
distraction to move the plot forward but have not real
significants.

For example, I have a few theories that speculate that
the Horcruxes are indeed McGuffins. Harry will spend 
all his time concentrating on them, and failing to
get them all, but some other aspect will rear it's
head and make the Horcruxes irrelevant or insignificant.

So, there are ways to touch on the various aspects of
the next book that still make for compact writing. 

Just one man's opinion.

Steve/bboyminn