Editing Magical objects in Harry Potter (section)

== Writing equipment ==

=== Anti-Cheating Quill ===
The Anti-Cheating Quill, a quill with an anti-cheating charm on it, is first mentioned in ''Philosopher's Stone''. In book five they are assigned to every O.W.L. student to prevent them from cheating on their written exams.

=== Auto-Answer Quill ===
In the novel, the Auto-Answer Quill is a quill that has been bewitched so that when the quill touches a question on a piece of parchment it writes the answer instantly. The quill is banned from the O.W.L. Examinations and the inks are checked out every time the test is on.<ref>{{HPref|book=5|chapter=31}}</ref>

=== Blood Quill ===
The Blood Quill is a torture quill used by Umbridge throughout the ''Order of the Phoenix'' to punish students whom she has given detention. It is described as having an unusually sharp black nib. As the user writes, the quill magically and very painfully cuts into the back of the user's hand and uses his or her blood for ink. In the fifth book, Harry has detention with Umbridge on several occasions; he is required to write lines (''I must not tell lies'') and is not released from this until Umbridge believes "the message has sunk in". When carried out repeatedly over an extended period, this leads to permanent scarring, as Harry shows Scrimgeour in the last two books. The scars tingle whenever Harry hears Umbridge's name, but it is not clear whether this is psychological or akin to Harry's forehead scar hurting whenever Voldemort is active. Another victim of this form of detention is Lee Jordan; in the film adaptation of the book, members of Dumbledore's Army are forced to use these quills as well. Blood quills are considered illegal to own.

=== The Quill of Acceptance ===
According to Pottermore, the Quill of Acceptance is a magical object which detects the birth of a child with magical capabilities. It is located in Hogwarts School, where it records the children's names in a large book. Professor McGonagall consults the book and sends out the subsequent Hogwarts acceptance letters by owl once the child turns eleven. It has been made very popular due to its use in registering users for the closed beta of Pottermore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/the-quill-of-acceptance-and-the-book-of-admittance |title=The Quill of Acceptance and The Book of Admittance |publisher=Pottermore |date=1999-02-22 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2017}}

=== Quick Quotes Quill ===
A '''Quick Quotes Quill''' is described as a stenographic tool, acid green in colour, employed by Rita Skeeter to spin the words of her subjects into a more salacious or melodramatic form. In ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Skeeter uses the quill to interview Harry about his participation in the Triwizard Tournament for her column in ''The Daily Prophet''. Harry continually tries to alert her to the inaccuracy of the quill; however, she continually ignores him. Additionally, in ''Deathly Hallows'', Rita mentions in her ''Daily Prophet'' interview concerning her posthumous biography of Dumbledore that her Quick Quotes Quill helped her to write the book so quickly after his death.

=== Spell-Checking Quill ===
In the story, the Spell-Checking Quill temporarily corrects spelling as the user writes; however, once the charm wears off it constantly misspells words, even if the user writes them correctly. The most notable example is its misspelling of Ron's name as "Roonil Wazlib" in ''Half-Blood Prince''. It is sold through Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, the joke shop opened by Fred and George Weasley.