It usually takes the form of a mysterious artifact, package, or weapon that everyone in the story is chasing, though in some cases it won't even be shown. It won't pop up again later, it won't explain the ending, and it won't do anything except possibly distract you while you try to figure out its significance. McGuffin or maguffin) is a term for an object or element in a story that drives the plot, but serves no further purpose.
She lives in Scotland with her family, and is at her happiest alone in a room, making things up."MacGuffin" (a.k.a. Rowling has also written a stand-alone novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, is the author of the ‘Strike’ crime series. Her second screenplay, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in cinemas in 2018. In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was inspired by the original companion volume and features magizoologist Newt Scamander. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to resume Harry’s story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened first in London, and is now playing on Broadway and in Melbourne, Australia. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes: Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which were published in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos.
The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films, the last of which was released in 2011. ROWLING is best-known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were first published between 19.
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