I agree that JKR should admit she'd made a mistake with Flint's age and Harry's map, as well as with the entire 'Prefects can/can't dock points' thing. It was quite obvious that all excuses about Flint and Harry's map were made up, and that she totally messed the explanation about Prefects and points up. Everyone can make a mistake, and I'm sure that the fandom would've understood had she admitted it. As I said, I've experienced the same thing myself. Even though it would sound logical for you to remember what you've written, you can't remember every single detail.
And as for OotP, I heard that apparently there wasn't time for editing beyond the obvious spelling/grammar done to all books because of the late submission (remember the delays over that?) and high demand.
I think I read somewhere that JKR herself had admitted the book could've been a little shorter. And I personally would've been happier to wait a little longer for a properly edited book than get what we got. Had I been on JKR's place, I wouldn't have paid attention to the time. Aren't we supposed to do the best we can when it comes to our work?
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Date: 2006-05-12 07:47 pm (UTC)And as for OotP, I heard that apparently there wasn't time for editing beyond the obvious spelling/grammar done to all books because of the late submission (remember the delays over that?) and high demand.
I think I read somewhere that JKR herself had admitted the book could've been a little shorter. And I personally would've been happier to wait a little longer for a properly edited book than get what we got. Had I been on JKR's place, I wouldn't have paid attention to the time. Aren't we supposed to do the best we can when it comes to our work?