“Hagrid and Grawp”: What’s happening with Hagrid and Grawp “Snape/Harry”: What’s happening with Snape and Harry “O of P”: What’s happening with the “Order of the Phoenix” group “D.A.”: What’s happening with the resistance army, or “Dumbledore’s Army” “Prophecy”: A subplot about the prophecy Harry finds himself concerned about all through the book “Time”: The month of the school year that the chapter is set inĪnd Rowling uses the final 6 columns to keep track of the story’s various subplots and characters: The first four map the chapter’s broader details: the title, the month, the plot, etc.:
Rowling plot outline for the first Harry Potter book ( via) It features a map of chapters in chapters 13-24: Many writers have an ending in mind as they begin a novel – Rowling had an idea for seven books when she waited for a delayed train in 1990.īelow is the handwritten plot spreadsheet she used to write the fifth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. But plotting matters, not least of it all because it allows the writer to change their mind a recognition that the writer will one day become the reader. Rowling creates characters of depth that stick in the mind. You need to get a thrill from watching your ideas pour onto the page, immersing yourself in the impulsive rush of magical reality and creative flow as the book comes alive. “I don’t think everyone should believe in magic,” says Rowling, “but I’m not sure I would trust anyone who doesn’t.” What of the magic that comes through hard work and enjoyment in what you do? Writing books to deadline amid soaring expectations, words feeding an industry constructed on Harry and his pals, is not easy. Rowling’s original synopsis of first Harry Potter book, The Philosopher’s Stone
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