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JK Rowling NJ Reject

Justin - JK Rowling has announced she is currently writing a book aimed at adults, which means Harry Potter was not for adults and you should not have read it! The premise of the book remains a closely guarded secret but we have managed to get a hold of her writing diary

V/O - Writing day number one

JK - Instead of writing I had lunch with Daniel Radcliffe. He told me he was sick of being tied to Harry Potter I thought that was a bit ungrateful so I hid one of his eating utensils, told him a bee was above his head and watched him wave his chop stick around like a wand. He did not find it funny. Stopped at a cash point to check my balance on the way home - I disagree with Jessie J it is all about cha ching cha ching!

V/O - Writing day number two

JK - I've not written a word on the computer so thought I would go old school and use a pen. But I struggled to get out of children's author mode. I tried writing a love scene and kept referring to it as a "sweaty cuddle" and having it culminate with the man shouting "expelliarmus". I phoned Greece to tell them how much money I had before laughing and hanging up

V/O - Writing day number three

JK - Sent husband to the shop to get breakfast supplies - only chance he gets to bring home the bacon. Sat at computer for five hours before realizing I had not switched it on but instead spun around in my chair shouting "wee"! PS I'm so rich

V/O - Writing day number four

JK - Finished book. It was easier than I thought. I began typing and a paper clip popped up and said "It looks like you're trying to shake off the tag "childrens writer" would you like any help with that?" I clicked yes and went back to my online bank account

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Day two was funny. The daily references to her money is very NJ in tone so that is along the right lines. That said, if the others were more in the style of the Greece line, it would have stood out better (rather than 'PS I'm so rich!'

I did think they covered this story better in the show.

For any diary entry, just use 'MONDAY/TUESDAY/etc' rather than 'WRITING DAY NUMBER ONE'; that doesn't add anything humourous so just stick to a week.

Dan

thanks for commments. I kept mentioning money because I wanted a theme, but could have chosen a more orignal one. Yeah I agree they covered it better in the show. When I heard it I wasn't shocked that they chose that above mine and something to learn from!

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