And that single editor ... she spoke up once or twice, they interviewed her. And her examples of her 'editing' were more along the lines of a 'continuity girl' in a film ... checking that a classroom hadn't moved between books, things like that.
Ahem. In GOF Albus' office is on a different floor than in other books. Anyway, how can anyone edit books for continuity (besides small details) when much of the story is not revealed until a later book? A hypothetical editor who knew what was planned for future books could have arranged for Albus not to lie so many times. Though some things beg an editor to ask pointed questions. Shouldn't an editor have alerted Rowling to the fact that in PS Hagrid seems to have been flying about with Harry for more than a day? Or did the editor assume they had somewhere else to be during this time?
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Date: 2011-09-22 11:45 pm (UTC)Ahem. In GOF Albus' office is on a different floor than in other books. Anyway, how can anyone edit books for continuity (besides small details) when much of the story is not revealed until a later book? A hypothetical editor who knew what was planned for future books could have arranged for Albus not to lie so many times. Though some things beg an editor to ask pointed questions. Shouldn't an editor have alerted Rowling to the fact that in PS Hagrid seems to have been flying about with Harry for more than a day? Or did the editor assume they had somewhere else to be during this time?