tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post2298848859081654058..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Ron, Hermione, and True Love...Sarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-69788107448981582162014-02-08T14:09:33.481-08:002014-02-08T14:09:33.481-08:00I don't really know a ton about the situation,...I don't really know a ton about the situation, but I also wonder if the opposite is true: if it's readers (many of them adult readers) that are pressuring her to release some of these changes and "revelations," and it's an attempt to please. I have no idea.<br /><br />I do agree that what Mitali is talking about is different--it's a correction, rather than a justification, if that makes sense.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-3242012109146567342014-02-06T12:07:31.900-08:002014-02-06T12:07:31.900-08:00"...beyond a certain point, over-explanation ...<i>"...beyond a certain point, over-explanation dissipates the power of that magic."</i><br /><br />WORD. <br /><br />Many years ago, <a href="http://www.mitaliblog.com/2009/06/bowlderizing-childrens-books-poll.html" rel="nofollow">Mitali Perkins</a> did a poll about bowdlerizing kids books, and talked in the SLJ about how she'd rewritten a piece of her book to change something to do with ethnicity and identity and culture that was deeply important to her. Mitali was changing something because of an unfortunate negative MESSAGE she inadvertently underscored, in the original way the book was written. Unfortunately, JKR is changing details - repeatedly, hello Dumbledore? - because, I fear, of both ego and an inability to let the books belong to the readers. Reader response stresses the importance of the reader's role in interpreting the story - but Rowling keeps injecting her inherent importance as the writer, as if she holds the single, fixed point of information and subtext, and that the readers are simply there to continue to receive, instead of bring their own ideas, concerns, and experiences to the reading.<br /><br />Even though the book is already written, she's lost sight of her audience. tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com