JK Rowling's Original Harry Potter Draft REVEALED - Harry Potter Explained
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2021
- Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, I wanted to share something very special with you guys which pertains to the existence of the Harry Potter world as a whole. I am of course talking about the ORIGINAL synopsis written by JK Rowling for the Harry Potter book- a huge piece of Potter history. This was the same synopsis that JK Rowling submitted to Bloomsbury publishing before the book was ever known- this was the synopsis that helped Bloomsbury publishing to understand why this is something that they should publish. THIS synopsis eventually persuaded Bloomsbury to offer Rowling her first contract- and I think that it’s interesting to see the ‘roots’ of Harry Potter- and what caused it to become the huge franchise that it is. The first Harry Potter book - The Philosopher’s Stone - was published in 1997, and this synopsis dates back to 1995- meaning this predated the definitive existence of the magical world by 2 years. There were a full 2 years, and probably even more, when Harry Potter existed- the world just didn’t know it yet. All it was at that time, was a crumpled piece of paper with folded corners and tea stains. It’s also worth mentioning that ORIGINAL original synopsis, i.e the original paper is actually on display at the History of Magic exhibit.
Without further ado, let’s begin to take a look at the original Harry Potter synopsis:
“Harry Potter lives with his aunt, uncle and cousin because his parents died in a car-crash - or so he has been told. The Dursleys don’t like Harry asking questions; in fact, they don’t seem to like anything about him, especially the very odd things that keep happening around him (which Harry himself can’t explain).
The Dursleys’ greatest fear is that Harry will discover the truth about himself, so when letters start arriving for him near his eleventh birthday, he isn’t allowed to read them. However, the Dursleys aren’t dealing with an ordinary postman, and at midnight on Harry’s birthday the gigantic Rubeus Hagrid breaks down the door to make sure Harry gets to read his post at last. Ignoring the horrified Dursleys, Hagrid informs Harry that he is a wizard, and the letter he gives Harry explains that he is expected at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in a month’s time.”
This was a great way to open things up- because in just a few short lines it introduces a bit of mystery and a bit of magic. How did his parents actually die? What are the odd things that keep happening around him? Why do the Dursleys hate him so much? What do they mean not an ordinary postman? What is..Hogwarts?
To the Dursleys’ fury, Hagrid also reveals the truth about Harry’s past. Harry did not receive the scar on his forehead in a car-crash; it is really the mark of the great dark sorcerer Voldemort, who killed Harry’s mother and father but mysteriously couldn’t kill him, even though he was a baby at the time. Harry is famous among the witches and wizards who live in secret all over the country because Harry’s miraculous survival marked Voldemort’s downfall.
So Harry, who has never had friends or family worth the name, sets off for a new life in the wizarding world. He takes a trip to London with Hagrid to buy his Hogwarts equipment (robes, wand, cauldron, beginners’ draft and potion kit) and shortly afterwards, sets off for Hogwarts from Kings Cross Station (platform nine and three quarters) to follow in his parents’ footsteps.
This is where things get juicy. A dark sorcerer? FAME? A new Life? What’s a platform Nine and ¾? You’ve got my attention.
...Watch the video for the rest!
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I clicked faster than draco could tell his father about this
Me too
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Thank you HP Theory.
It's not only 8 and 9 years olds that love the world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts. I was 17 years old when I first read The Philosopher's Stone in 2001. I have now read all of the books and movies (and every other book/movie about HP and FB) several times each and they are, and always will be, my favourite.
I was 7 when I was introduced to the Philosopher's Stone movie in 2001. At age 10 I was pulling Harry Potter PC games out of the library at any given opportunity. I ended up reading them in stages. Books 1-3, then 4 and 5, then the 6th on audio book a while later and finished the 7th book when I was 17, also on audio book.
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When I reached the Deathly Hallows book, I was 14. I didn't finish it until I was 17, however. I was too young and just couldn't appreciate it before that. The themes were a tad too adult for me at the time and it was a little too intimidating.
I may be 27 now but I still enjoy it. Even if my opinion on a few of the characters have drastically changed over the years. 😄
@@helenetrstrup4817 I’m 27 too and read the entire series up to 3 times a year, I just cannot get enough😍 I love escaping into the HP world
@@TheFrecklish True.. Me toooo...
I became a fan by accident. At the time the first movie came out I was in my mid 20s. I was living in Alberta with my brother and his family. When I was on my days off work I would take my niece to see a movie and let her pick the movie within reason (she was 10 at the time). Her movie choice on this occasion was not age appropriate. I scanned the marquee and saw Harry Potter & the Philosopher's stone and suggested it to her. I knew it was popular with kids from some stuff I had seen on TV and from the trailer I knew it was a about witches, wizards and magic. My niece begrudgingly agreed and she enjoyed it as did I but I can't say that I was hooked at that point.
As luck should have it I was back in my own home province visiting my sister when Chamber of Secrets came out. I took her daughter, my other niece to that movie. After it was over and we were leaving the theatre I thought to myself "I guess I'm going to have go see the other movies when they come out".
There was a longer than usual gap between Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix so after watching Order I thought about buy the books simply because I couldn't wait that long for the next movie. As luck should have it I was in Walmart in the magazine section which is also where the book are as well and I found a set of Harry Potter books for adult readers. I bought them (except for Deathly Hallows which wasn't out yet). I bought Deathly Hallows after it was released, just a regular edition of the book. I wasn't about to wait for the adult reader edition to come out.
I bought a Blu-ray boxset of the movies after they were released and recently, because my copy of order of the Phoenix is starting to fall apart, I preordered a boxset of hardback special edition Harry Potter books in Slytherin green & silver.
I was in my 60-ies when I first saw HP on tv and did not though much of that movie, so I decided to go to the sourche and buy the first book, before the week was out I had bought and read all 5 publisehed books ending up purchasing the 7th book at the Potter Con in London. The thrill lasted till the last movie was released, but faded away with HP and the Cursed Child.
That one review by that one little girl. Holds more importance, than all the accolades, all the praise, and all the notoriety The Harry Potter series has garnered. That is a pretty amazing thing
J K Rowling said, that she intended to write with "Harry Potter" a book, that both children and adults enjoy to read. While children are simply fascinated by this fantasy world, adults find meanings behind the story and the words it is written from and accounts, children do not see. So you can discover new things every time you reread the series as you grow older.
That guys daughter is like posibly responsible for getting HP approved, it's so sweet how touched she was by the story and wanted more.
A daughter pestering her father that does good this time. Now I've seen it all.
Ruined the 69 likes
Sounds similar to how Tolkien's publisher judged the Hobbit (he had his son read it).
Or a son trashing his mother and sisters who doesn't do good at all.
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I love how this channel’s videos are straight to the point and gives us the actual answers we want and somehow is able answer some other questions that I never knew I wanted to know the answer to but did.
Simply hearing the original draft is enough to make me want to read the full story. We owe that publisher’s daughter a great debt of gratitude for allowing this magical series to become the phenomenon that it is today.
That child better of gotten a great birthday presents after that book went on to sell 120million copies.
She better have gotten 27 not 26 presents
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@@lutherfloyd597 oh sugar, yeah. Oops😂😂 thank you for correcting me
@@matimccormick2676 oh course darling 😘
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That synopsis is quite simply a work of art. 👍👏👏♥️
Congrats bro. Almost every day video that there are so interesting? Man again congrats
Love this channel. You do an awesome job sir! Currently re-reading the series and love diving deeper into the theories.
I am no youngster. I went to a bookstore and thought I saw a man about my age (middle) reading a magazine BUT the magazine was concealing the hardback book he was reading ... yes ... the first book in this series. His face had a look of delight. I’ve read and reread these books dozens of times and they never get old. Thank you for this video!
I love your content. Been so nice to have a break from Covid.
I was about to do something but like, it can wait 8 mins
Harry being the underdog was great for the 1st book. For me it's like a kid going to a new school or moving to a new city and have to fit in .Even fight to be left alone..That part of the book drew me in
The description of everything in the first minute and half alone is why I love this channel
I love that you end your videos with a good piece of wisdom or advice; Kinda like Yoystan from Men of the West.
I love you vids man keep it up❤💯
I loved this video! I never knew the publishing story. My favorite part from the first book was being introduced to the Wizarding World .
I clicked faster than Ginny could tie Harry’s shoelaces
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That's awkward... :D
I feel like I'm learning history XD
I'm subscribed, how else can I click so fast??😬😬♥️
I love you keep up the vids they cheer me up a lot
most favourite moment is from the lighthouse and after that dumbledore explaining harry things in hospital wing.
Thank you so much! I did not know about this! Thank you!
I was 19 when the first book was released. I never knew a synopsis was written 2 years prior to this. I have the books in audiobook form on my phone (I just finished listening to them again yesterday). I get the itch to listen to them at least twice a year out of boredom.
It’s amazing that it took a child’s review to get them published but I am happy she reviewed the synopsis and wanted more.
This is a daily routine for me now
Randomly watched Harry Potter movies. Became a fan of the franchise.
Listened to all of your theories.
Now it's my daily routine to watch Harry Potter theory.
Without Harry Potter theory not a piece of food goes down my mouth.
That was new for me to learn. Thank you.
Thank you for this great piece of information sir...
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I love this draft used to start off Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone.
That's still it's actual title, it was only changed in American copies so the children wouldn't get thrown off by it
While this synopsis is enjoyable to read on it's own, it has a glaring flaw which might explain why Rowling had difficulty finding an agent. A query letter synopsis for a book should contain the full story beginning to end. It is not supposed to be a teaser to hook the reader, it should lay out the full plot. Agents are very busy people who receive multiple manuscripts every single day, they don't have time to go through countless pages just to see if the last part is any good. This omitting of the ending is a common pitfall that agents warn against because it often puts you straight in the 'hasn't done their homework' pile (a.k.a the trashcan).
finally the notification is fixed!
4:29 4:47 *wizard-SOCCER played on broomsticks :P
7:38 - wise words to end a video
The first book is like we have magic translated into words! We can feel it! It brings a lot of light and warm (indeed) to our hearts!
Appreciate all your hard effort. More power to you.💙
What happens if two spells meet in mid air?like maybe Avada kedavra and sectumsempra?
Well even though I h8 HP this was intresting - keep up th good work
Heyy!! Got a doubt : Why didn't the Horcrux in Harry got destroyed when The Basillisk's Fang penetrated into Harry's arm..??
Because Fawkes’s tears healed the wounds before Harry could die.
@@YellowBear-kx1ff Ohh😲😲
In addition; To destroy a horcrux, the object in which the soul fragment is hidden, has to be destroyed beyond repair. 😄
@@denizkenger52 Because it was accidental and the ritual wasn't done correctly in the slightest, I agree. I do not believe that Harry was a true horcrux, he just had a fragment of soul that didn't belong to him that could die in his place when push came to shove.
@@denizkenger52 Sure. I have read the book. We all know what happened in Godric's Hollow on Halloween in 1981. Voldemort tried to kill Harry, his soul was split as the curse supposedly rebounded, well at least that is Dumbledore's explanation. One part latched on to Harry, the other part fled and went into hiding to regain its strength unaware of being split. So in that sense yes, the ritual wasn't done at all. Since Voldemort didn't know Harry had a part of his soul, it is likely that he didn't plan to create another one in Godric's Hollow and thus the ritual wasn't done, but the soul was still split.
This soul fragment would have to have been put into an object via a spell/ritual after the murder had been comitted - to my knowledge at least. This spell/ritual was obviously not performed, thus a true horcrux was not created. 😄
And clearly, Harry is good at getting hurt, even without involving basilisks. You could drop a nuke on a horcrux without leaving a scratch on it. Even Nagini was fine being bombarded by spells and only died when Neville cut her head off with the Sword of Gryffindor imbued with Basilisk venom.
When coming to a conclusion it's just as much what isn't said. *A lot* is left up to interpretation and that is one thing I really love about the Harry Potter universe.
Excellent video!
4:23 isn’t some of that in the summary on the back cover of the first book?
please do a podcast :D
happy to be part of the 22.0%!
Alice did this world a great service. We all need to thank her. 👌🏾🙏🏾
I thought about this idea, you should try and make a video on if Dumbledore really raised Harry like a “pig for slaughter”, like Snape said. I see that all around Harry Potter forums and stuff and I’d like to know your opinion on it.
Oooo i’m so exited!
I would love to get a PDF version of this. Any chance someone could link it to me or send it my way?
Hi This id kinda stupid question. but i was looking at the orginal book covers and saw that there is only one book cover that harry is smiling in can you pls explain?
Never heard this story. I read the 1st book and found it hard to read. I had seen the 1st movie so I read the 2nd and 3rd book then read the 1st to fill in the gaps the movie. Appreciated it more, then the 4th book came out.
This is the first time I see her original synopsis for the books. I'm sure that any publishers that JK was turned down from have been kicking themselves very hard for not offering to print her books when they had the chance. Out of all the series books I have ever read, hers are by far my favorite and I think always will be. Her imagination and the magical world she created were clever and exciting for children and adults.
you are my favourite youtuber
So, you had mentioned that if we had any questions or video idea’s, we should ask right?
Could you explain how the prefect system works? Cause, I’m confused. 2 prefects from each year above 14? Like what?
Wild the first Harry Potter book came out the year I was born.
i’ve decided that i will have to try to separate art from the artist.
i couldn’t abandon my childhood. HP series get me through my darkest time in life. it makes me laugh, while another page can tear my heart apart.
That's kinda how I feel too. I ended up just deciding I'll never buy official merchandise again and probably not see any of the new movies.. I'll keep what I have and pirate anything else😂
Please make a video on the most powerful wizards to have ever existed in the world of Harry Potter.
I am pretty sure they already have
Literally after picking up Harry Potter, with a yeah right like this is actually going to be a powerful enough story to interest > ME
Also another fact is that JK Rowling is actually an author name because Bloomsbury thought it wouldn't sell if readers saw that it was written by a woman but in the POV of a boy. Because back then, only men wrote male pov books. So JK mixed her name with her grandmothers name. This was in her documentary.
Last time i was this early something happened im not early
New to hp and the set is on sale for £30, thinking of buying, what to do?
Birthday coming up hopefully my parents might agree to buy me...
Where can i get the original copy of harry potter's series?
Maybe from a charity shop. I’ve seen the “original copies” of Harry Potter books in my local ones.
Last time I clicked this fast, Hagrid has no hair!
Wonder what the exchange rate for normal currency to magical currency. Just thinking of all those witches and wizards who are born from muggles like Hermione
When Muggle-born wizards go to Gringotts, they exchange Muggle money for Wizarding money and the Muggle money is put back into the Muggle world
Woah......
Who is your favourite hp character?
Good video
HEY HPT!! Can you please do a video on why Dumbledore did not save himself from Malfoy using wandless magic?
He was already dying anyhow... His death might as well have helped for the greater good. 🤷♀️
Can you also do a video as to why Voldemort did not keep Nagini safe during the Battle of Hogwarts or order Snape to hide the Diadem horcrux somewhere else as well as whether if after the Horcrux inside Harry was destroyed, did he lose his powers to make a patronus and other powerful magic that the Horcrux in him helped to learn?
Also, why didn't Voldemort put a Taboo on the word Horcrux ..
He should have told the gringotts guards that they should not allow anyone into the Vault of Lestrange bsince Bella and all the Lestranges could have been ordered to stay at Home/MalfoyManor and if anyone wanted to get there they should be killed instantly
As well as HOW IN THE WORLD was harry able to use the Imperius curse on a goblin to get a Horcrux BUT NOT ON evil, cruel, merciless, torturous, murderous, stale, terrible, loathsome Bellatrix when she KILLED HIS ONLY REMAINING family member? LIKE WHAT?
@@dvdv8197 oh... He was just weakened by the potion and kreacher did have the potion and lived on for many more years...also, he probably would have lived for 1 day maybe 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
You're a Warlock, Harry! I'm a what? A Warlock! And a very good one!
Video idea: Who’s more powerful: Voldemort or Palpatine?
Definetely Palpatine as he does have the backing of a Galactical Army, and a lot more resources... But face to face, I think Voldemort, a Wizard, can just do more things than Palpatine, a Sith
Who's more powerful? Original Harry Potter or Black Harry Potter?
@@arthemis1039 no especially if we talk dark horse eu sidious
I love your harry potter channel. I have some requests i.e. pls make videos on the topic-Sorting Barty Crouch Jnr in Hogwarts House, The Story of Aurelius Dumbledore, what if Voldemort knew that he has a daughter, he would have taken care of her as she is the next Slytherin descendant or he would have killed her? and The relation between Leta Lestrange and Bellatrix Lestrange. Please it's my humble request to you. Please I have been requesting this all for so long now. Pls at least reply...
Wait. I thought they discovered the secret passageways in their third year?
strarted reading zt 8
finished 6 months later
Hmm
1st view...& 1st comment...🎉 Vedio as magical as always ✨
Is that harry having Rowling's eyes??
No, it’s Harry having green eyes like in the books.
I have an idea Who were Dumbledore‘s friends in school
Over 120 million copies sold of only the first book!
According to J.K Rowling, when she was writing the first draft, autocorrect changed the character name from Roonil Wazlib to Ronald Weasley and it stuck
was JK drunk when she came up with that name because... yikes 😬
Umm the Auto correcting quills in HBP spell Ron's name Roonil Wazlib, but no one would ever name one of their main characters that
@@josephcrews6423 yeah. i saw somewhere that the character names she _did_ change were Hermione’s and Draco’s last names but there was no mention of Ron’s.
I clicked so fast not even a wearer of the Time-Turner would outclick me!
Didn't you... post this one a while ago?
I clicked faster than Voldemort can cast “Avada kedavra”.
Or vanilla banana.
@@theradgegadgie6352 lol
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Donone about how fred was about to say exactly when Percy was Imperioused
Why am I awake right now? I don’t know
Why did you comment this? I don't know
Yeah me too idk 🤷🏻♀️
Who knows
Enjoy how many other great books are our there but aren't being published
What would have happened if Voldemort had stolen the Stone?
If this synopsis didn't convince you this was going to be an incredible success, I don't know what would have convinced you!!
The “John Sayles Script“ for JP 4 woukd‘ve been extremely successful to, if it wouldn‘t have beeen leaked to the internet during the production
@@Khan_Entertainment oh I have no idea what you are talking about. :-/
@@dvdv8197 Nah, forget it xd
Normal people: you-know-who
Troll level 0
Snape: the dark lord
Troll level 0
Harry : Voldemort
Troll level 7
Dumbledore: TOM
TROLL LEVEL : DUMBLEDORE 😂😂😂😂😂
@@grizal5669 lmaooo
I remember that from the books
I’ve heard the story but I’ve never heard the synopsis read. Thanks
God bless that little girl who helped populated the Wizarding Community.
Video idea :
How are ‘mudbloods’ told / how does the wizarding world know they are magical, how is it explained to their parents and from there how is the magical world still kept hidden from the general muggle population?
Thanks!
He already did one as I remember
@@denizkenger52 ikr
JK Rowling: Makes an insane series called Harry Potter
Also JK Rowling: tHe CAsUaL vaCaNCy
Did she actually write these books though? She must be so down with lord of the rings and D&D .
Like so many women are, lol
the Casual Vacancy was the dreaded 2nd novel of an author, considering the whole HP serie as one novel.
and it was a stinker, the only person a reader could relate to dies in the first chapter .
She however came back splendid under the pseudonime Robert Galbraith with the detective serie Cormoran Strike in 2013 four books now last in 2018.
Alice is a hero though
You click it faster then Severus Snape will run after being confronted with shampoo