Posts Tagged Harry Potter

Should I Read the Harry Potter Books?

Let me just start out by saying that I love the character Harry Potter. I’ve seen the movies through The Half-Blood Prince. Thrilling, enjoyable, and for someone who didn’t raise her own kids, what a treat to watch Harry, Ron and Hermione grow up over the years.

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World-Building: If They Build It, We Will Come

This post first appeared on my former blog Nov. 8. 2010. The concept of world-building in a story always makes me think of fantasies and science fiction.  Epic stories such as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potteror Star Wars.  Places where the world, the beings, and the “rules” are foreign

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Addictive Characters

Many story-lovers will agree that they like their characters “flawed.” Perfection is, well,annoying to read about. Heroines tend to not quite fit the social norm, and heroes often desperately need to be redeemed in some way. But I’m fascinated with the number of ‘addictive’ personalities that have cropped up in popular stories.

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