One things about long series that really interests me is: did the artist have it all planned out, in minute detail, from the beginning? Or did events – or popularity, actors’ contracts or other effects of time marching on – influence the direction the story takes?
I think, for instance, that a lot of Lost’s last couple of seasons was made up as they went along; they did not know, for instance, that Michael Emerson would be so terrific as Ben, so I doubt Ben was a big deal when they were outlining the arc. And I don’t think Tolkein had a clue about Aragorn (for instance) when he started The Hobbit, but most certainly did have a very detailed outline by the time he started The Fellowship of the Ring.
It strikes me, having now re-read the first Harry Potter book, that Ms Rowlings pretty much had it all down when she started. I found nothing inconsistent with later books, and a lot of positively accurate foreshadowing (Scabbers!) Groundwork laid sor Sirius Black, even.
I admire that.
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