Harry Potter series: a great example of character development. Let me start by saying I am no expert. I won't ever claim to be. All that I write in this "blog" will always be open to interpretation. As writers, we can bend the rules, and I encourage doing so! With that said, I want to discuss characters, you know, those people who make your story's plot worth reading. I have a friend who nearly wrote an entire book at some 400 pages. He quite because he felt that his plot was

Plot, Characters, and Atmosphere The sandwich of writing. I may or may not have been hungry when writing this. Let's take a step back for a moment. Before you go creating an elaborate world with your dozen languages, ten thousand year history, and parrots ruling the kingdoms from thrones of magical xerysth, you may want to rein it in and consider how your world fits into the story. Sounds crazy, but the world is as much a part of the story as the story is of the world. So bef