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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did JK Rowling get the idea of writing Harry Potter novels?
A
In an aeroplane
B
In a bus while going to school to visit it
C
In a car while whizzing past other cars to get to a place on time
D
In a train, while having a dream
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -J.K. Rowling first had the idea for Harry Potter while delayed on a train travelling from Manchester to London King’s Cross in 1990. Over the next five years, she began to plan out the seven books of the series. She wrote mostly in longhand and amassed a mountain of notes, many of which were on scraps of paper.

Detailed explanation-2: -Joanne Rowling, aka J.K. Rowling, had the inspiration for what would become the Harry Potter series during a train ride from Manchester to London in 1990. She soon sketched out a rough plan for a 7-book series featuring a boy wizard.

Detailed explanation-3: -Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has a fond spot for King’s Cross station because her parents met her on a train bound for Scotland. Not surprisingly then, in her Harry Potter novels, she created a portal at the station that takes Harry and his friends to their school Hogwarts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rowling’s story of dreaming up the Harry Potter universe in an instant has made her a poster child for this “inspiration theory” of creativity.

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