What is the reason that J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter?

Answer 1

From J.K. Rowling's official website:

"I was travelling back to London on my own on a crowded train, and the idea for Harry Potter simply fell into my head. I had been writing almost continuously since the age of six but I had never been so excited about an idea before. To my immense frustration, I didn't have a pen that worked, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one… I did not have a functioning pen with me, but I do think that this was probably a good thing. I simply sat and thought, for four (delayed train) hours, while all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me. Perhaps, if I had slowed down the ideas to capture them on paper, I might have stifled some of them (although sometimes I do wonder, idly, how much of what I imagined on that journey I had forgotten by the time I actually got my hands on a pen). I began to write 'Philosopher's Stone' that very evening, although those first few pages bear no resemblance to anything in the finished book."

She wrote the series as she had always had a passion for writing and loved her idea, which she wanted to share.
Because she had a great story inside if her head and she wanted to put it into words

Plus, it has a great moral. Not only is the story brilliant and inspiring and made millions of Muggles crazy with excitement, but it shows true friendship, loyalty, and courage.

because she had an inspiration of a story that came to her head whilst on a train from King Cross to LOndon. She also incorporated many aspects of her own life into it asell

Answer 2

She said when she had the first book published that she was stopping at seven and nobody really knows why. I think it's her controlling the quality of her work, though. When something goes on too long, the quality tends to decline and if this is why she stopped at seven then my respect for her will grow even greater.

well that is true but shes writing more books, like the tales of beedle the bard, the book that dumbledore left Hermione in his will when he died.

Answer 3

JK Rowling never destined to be an author. In fact, she wanted to be an English teacher and even went to Portugal to teach English. When she was on a delayed train from Kings Cross station, she simply thought of the idea spontaniously. Her current living conditions drew her into a steep desperation, and she needed something for money. She she also felt grief for her mother, who had died. This is where the idea of Harry as an oprhan came along.

Answer 4

J.K. Rowling didn't stop writing the series, she concluded it.

Answer 5

she had the idea while on a train and it only lasted 7 books no more no less

Answer 6

J.K. has been an author since she could form letters, and so, when she got the idea for Harry, she had an urge to write about him.

Answer 7

She didn't say she won't write any more books, only that she doesn't want to continue specifically with the Harry Potter series.

Answer 8

J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter as a way to cope with her struggles and to provide an escape from reality. She wanted to create a magical world where readers could find comfort and inspiration.