She incorporated many of her personal difficulties into the narrative, particularly her sense of loss after her mother’s death (which was expressed in Harry’s struggle to cope with deaths of his parents).Īt first, Rowling’s attempts to publish her book were not particularly successful. Despite the tragic death of her mother, an ugly divorce with her first husband, struggles with depression, and problems with unemployment, Rowling continued her work on Harry Potter with unsurpassed drive. Over the course of the next six years, Rowling steadily worked on completing the story of the young wizard. Although, the first couple of pages look nothing like the finished product.” I began to write Philosopher's Stone that very evening. Describing her thought process at the time, Rowling writes: “A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me. Rowling began writing the book in 1990, prompted by a delayed train ride from Manchester to London during which she was struck by an idea of a young boy with magical powers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone tells the story of an eleven-year-old orphan who suddenly discovers that he is a wizard.
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