Plot Holes (in my book and Harry Potter!)
Hello, all!
Plot holes suck. I wrote myself into one this week. Luckily, it wasn't difficult to get out of, and I've fixed it, but I wanted to reflect on how easy it is to get caught up in one, even when you wrote the material! I've never been a very organized person, so I know going forward that I really, really, really need to keep some sort of outline of each book that covers what I've done, still need to do. I keep a lot of it in my head, and that can get a little crazy once in a while.
Speaking of plot holes, J.K. Rowling, my and I'm sure a lot of other people's favorite author, wrote herself into a plot hole when writing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. That would be why, upon immediately realizing my error, I texted my friend and wrote that I had just written myself into a plot hole along with a #gobletoffire.
Anyways, apparently Jo (as a teacher I always tell my students if you don't know them personally, don't use their first name, but I mean, it's Jo, and I've been a hardcore Potter fan since 2001 and have always referred to her as that, except in my academic assignments) had to rewrite a third of Goblet of Fire after realizing her error. I've tried to find out what the plot hole was and it had something to do with a character by the name of Mafalda Weasley and Jo having forgotten that Ginny was the first girl in the Weasley family in generations (according to the link below). Mafalda was supposed to relay important information to Harry which then ended up being Rita Skeeter's job. Now, it's been years since I've read Goblet of Fire, but I can't recall Skeeter ever giving Harry pertinent information in the book. When I was looking at the website mentioned above, they thought maybe Harry was supposed to meet Mafalda in Goblet of Fire and then return in Deathly Hallows and give Harry information about Dumbledore (which in the end did come from Skeeter in her book).
If you want to take a deeper look yourself, CLICK HERE for the Reddit thread where I found the information. I didn't delve much deeper into figuring out if this was what the plot hole was or not. It still doesn't seem like it could have been. I don't understand why she would need to rewrite a third of the book if it was just cutting a character unless of course she had mentioned her repeatedly/had her interact with the trio a lot and what not. The other interesting thing I saw was that Rowling wouldn't reveal what the plot hole was when she originally mentioned it back in 2000 (I think?) because it would spoil something, so again I'm not sure if the Mafalda theory is the true plot hole. I thought about digging deeper, but I'm lazy. I also thought about tweeting at Jo to see if she actually might answer (she sometimes does). But I didn't want to look like an idiot either if the answer was out there somewhere already.
Anyway, that's my reflection on plot holes. Also, if you were somehow brought here because of the mention of Harry Potter and you've read this far, I hope you will check out my book! The Timekeeper's Daughter, the first in a new YA trilogy, is on sale now at Amazon. CLICK HERE if you want to go check it out or purchase.
Oh wait, I just found something. CLICK HERE for more information on Mafalda. It still doesn't sound like she's a plot hole. I can see why Rowling cut the character, but I still don't see why that would be considered a plot hole, nor why it would have caused her to rewrite so much of the book. I guess I can see it, but it just doesn't feel like that was the plot hole. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Also, I'm not even sure if her last name was technically Weasley as that wasn't mentioned on Rowling's website, which I linked above. That might have just been some random person's thought. Anyways, thanks for reading! Have a great day!
Plot holes suck. I wrote myself into one this week. Luckily, it wasn't difficult to get out of, and I've fixed it, but I wanted to reflect on how easy it is to get caught up in one, even when you wrote the material! I've never been a very organized person, so I know going forward that I really, really, really need to keep some sort of outline of each book that covers what I've done, still need to do. I keep a lot of it in my head, and that can get a little crazy once in a while.
Speaking of plot holes, J.K. Rowling, my and I'm sure a lot of other people's favorite author, wrote herself into a plot hole when writing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. That would be why, upon immediately realizing my error, I texted my friend and wrote that I had just written myself into a plot hole along with a #gobletoffire.
Anyways, apparently Jo (as a teacher I always tell my students if you don't know them personally, don't use their first name, but I mean, it's Jo, and I've been a hardcore Potter fan since 2001 and have always referred to her as that, except in my academic assignments) had to rewrite a third of Goblet of Fire after realizing her error. I've tried to find out what the plot hole was and it had something to do with a character by the name of Mafalda Weasley and Jo having forgotten that Ginny was the first girl in the Weasley family in generations (according to the link below). Mafalda was supposed to relay important information to Harry which then ended up being Rita Skeeter's job. Now, it's been years since I've read Goblet of Fire, but I can't recall Skeeter ever giving Harry pertinent information in the book. When I was looking at the website mentioned above, they thought maybe Harry was supposed to meet Mafalda in Goblet of Fire and then return in Deathly Hallows and give Harry information about Dumbledore (which in the end did come from Skeeter in her book).
If you want to take a deeper look yourself, CLICK HERE for the Reddit thread where I found the information. I didn't delve much deeper into figuring out if this was what the plot hole was or not. It still doesn't seem like it could have been. I don't understand why she would need to rewrite a third of the book if it was just cutting a character unless of course she had mentioned her repeatedly/had her interact with the trio a lot and what not. The other interesting thing I saw was that Rowling wouldn't reveal what the plot hole was when she originally mentioned it back in 2000 (I think?) because it would spoil something, so again I'm not sure if the Mafalda theory is the true plot hole. I thought about digging deeper, but I'm lazy. I also thought about tweeting at Jo to see if she actually might answer (she sometimes does). But I didn't want to look like an idiot either if the answer was out there somewhere already.
Anyway, that's my reflection on plot holes. Also, if you were somehow brought here because of the mention of Harry Potter and you've read this far, I hope you will check out my book! The Timekeeper's Daughter, the first in a new YA trilogy, is on sale now at Amazon. CLICK HERE if you want to go check it out or purchase.
Oh wait, I just found something. CLICK HERE for more information on Mafalda. It still doesn't sound like she's a plot hole. I can see why Rowling cut the character, but I still don't see why that would be considered a plot hole, nor why it would have caused her to rewrite so much of the book. I guess I can see it, but it just doesn't feel like that was the plot hole. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Also, I'm not even sure if her last name was technically Weasley as that wasn't mentioned on Rowling's website, which I linked above. That might have just been some random person's thought. Anyways, thanks for reading! Have a great day!
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