Are you like the millions of other fans who between the releases of Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows agonized over that gut-jarring ending? Did you scour the pages for JKR's slyly laid clues as to whose side Snape was truly on? If you did, I'm hoping I may still have found one expertly hidden gem to surprise you.
Or, if you're a writer interested in how to plot twists and mysteries into your story without showing your hand prematurely, I hope this post will offer a tip to help you along.
Either way, please check out my post, One Potent Word, and please leave comments.
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Here's a snippet of my post:
The end of Half-Blood Prince has been finely picked over by a rabid Harry Potter CSI team. The emotions burning through this ending surely obscured most of our views for anything less pressing than dealing with the murder of Dumbledore at the hand of his trusted confidant Snape. But clues litter the crime scene and we must push the emotion aside to uncover them.
I read your post Susan! It was not only terrific but your writing was excellent too!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Laura. I'm having loads of fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Susan. Exciting news. Love the snippet. I'm going to head off into the other links.
ReplyDeleteThanks Leslie. And thanks so much for commenting over at Belle as well! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm hopping over now! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHmmm...for some reason I cant comment! Great post though! You need to get teach this stuff!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Very exciting.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you couldn't comment, Sarah. I'll mention it to BellBridge and see if they can figure out what the problem is. I never could get my pic/avatar to appear, even though I'd set it up in Wordpress. (In fact, if anyone can clue me in, I'd love to fix that!)
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks so much, Christina. I'm still excited -- and now working on my second post! :-)
Loved the post! Even told my hubby about it because he loves HP so much. ;D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Lisa. I wish my hubby was into HP, but at least he likes the movies!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I can't leave a comment on the Belle Books page, but I had to tell you KUDOS! What a wonderful analysis. She truly is an amazing writer.
ReplyDeleteI also *have* to say that I was loyal to Snape since Book 1. I had to defend him on many occasions and never doubted his love for Lily or loyalty to Dumbledore. And I cried so hard when I read that scene. Still do.
Hi Janflora, welcome to my blog! Do you go by Janet? You're not the only person who has said the Belle Blog wouldn't work for you. I'll mention it again and see if they can fix it as I hope to have another post soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your feedback about the article. It was definitely sad at the end about Snape, but wonderful that you figured him out early on!