Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Harry Potter, Creativity & Surprises.....

The Associated Press (AP) today released information about the seventh and final Harry Potter book. Here's an interesting tidbit. The article reports the author, J.K. Rowling, as saying:

"The last book is not finished. But I'm well into it now. I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I've known exactly how the series is going to end," she said."

the author also said,

"In her Monday interview on the "Richard and Judy" show, Rowling said people are sometimes shocked to hear that she wrote the end of book seven before she had a publisher for the first book in the series.

"The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die," she said. "A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil here. They don't target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well, I do."


Shocked?

Those folks must not be very creative.

People who work with creativity understand that creativity can express itself in ways that might seem bizarre or unorthodox in everyday life (such as writing the last chapter of book seven before the first book is even sold).

Creativity marches to the beat of a different drummer (and that drummer is not always tame!).


BOTTOM LINE:Strong leaders support unorthodox creativity--the fast track to success.

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