Link.

So, she was probably joking. Probably, because she wouldn't be the first writer to rewrite their own books after publishing them.

But I wonder what exactly she would like to change in them.

 

I'd be very interested in reading it if she ever intends to do it. I mean, I doubt she could make it worse or anyth--

Wait. Scratch that.

Still, there's potential in the idea.

 

I don't think she was joking, but at the same time I don't think she'll do it. Just like the encyclopedia. Maybe she'll insert some "how I would have done this differently" bits through Pottermore.

 

Not Pottermore, but Pottermore Premium: Cashcow Edition.

 

Could we just have Harry Potter rewritten by someone else instead?

...oh wait...

 

Perhaps we'd learn more about the chest monster, or Harry's and Draco's wand waving in a bathroom, or what really happened in the tend once Ron left, or...

I really don't know if I want to know.

 

Well she said the last two books were the most rushed and pressure. One would hope she would redo the middle of book 7. Make it more of a epic journey and less of stumbling around. Even the hardcore Rowling fans on Mugglenet ect say that is one of the weakest parts of the series.

 

H/Hr

/10char

 

Honestly, I think it would be a lot better if Harry and Hermione had a fling Ron didn't know about, but then again, that sounds like a bad Harmonian fic. Done reasonably well it would make sense and explain a lot more why Ron dipset to begin with.

 

I think the only thing you need to improve that part of the book is to break the 3rd person limited perspective and jump around a bit.

Q. It's partway through the 1997-1998 school year, and the following situations are developing. Which one do you show?

1. The machinations of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, as they consolidate their power over the Ministry, Hogwarts, and the wizards of Britain.
2. The desperate struggles of the surviving members of the Order of the Phoenix, as they attempt to fight and survive Death Eaters, Imperiused slaves, and the puppet Ministry.
3. The furtive but intense conflict between a large chunk of the Hogwarts student body and the Death Eaters in charge of the school
4. Moody teens waffling about in tents.

:facepalm

 

To be fair, I think part of the story is realizing that you don't know what's going on, just like Harry doesn't. You're supposed to get the feeling that they are completely alone, and I feel that comes off well.

Also, I can only think of two scenes off the top of my head that aren't focused on Harry, and that's the Riddle Manor dream at the beginning of book 4, and the Other Minister scene at the beginning of book 6. It would be odd in my mind to all of a sudden have a bunch of chapters that didn't center on Harry.

I'm not trying to defend it, as their is no getting around the fact that they spent six an a half months in a tent with a portrait for company. My biggest gripe is the fact that they are pretty much just waiting around for a Deus Ex Machina to happen, with the only twist that it's been in front of them the whole time.

 

Maybe Warner Bro. want to ensure she finish the series fast enough so that they get to make the last HP film while the actors are young and popular?

 

I agree. But since a vast percentage of the director cut's audience will have read the original version first, they should still remember some of that original isolated feel. The director's cut would be something of a supplement, which is a good reason to put out such a thing.

Also the Snape/Narcissa scene from book 6, and the Death Eater planning session from book 7. But yes, after seven books of mostly the same perspective, it would be odd to change it. A structural no-no, really - so if she actually had the balls to try it, she would have to do a really good job of it.

 

It was 2001 when the first movie came out, 2003 when OotP came out. So yeah, it was between GoF and OotP.

 

It's fairly likely that the terms of the movie rights allowed Warner Bros. to just make up their own stuff if the movies caught up with the books, so the pressure wasn't from the publisher as much as the threat of the movie series having its own ending if hers wasn't ready in time.

 

JKR's sob story about the "toughness" of it all smells of an attempt to rationalize how terrible the whole hollows- plot actually was.