Samia says:

I never thought about it much, but you are right. Harry Potter characters did not seem to change much other than in age -- when they grew older, Harry started taking notice of girls, something that only comes with age.
I agree, Voldemort was a very credible villain. I did not have to wonder why he grew to be so evil. I think the series was great with strongly built characters.

Samia says:

I never thought about it much, but you are right. Harry Potter characters did not seem to change much other than in age -- when they grew older, Harry started taking notice of girls, something that only comes with age.
I agree, Voldemort was a very credible villain. I did not have to wonder why he grew to be so evil. I think the series was great with strongly built characters.

Samia says:

I never thought about it much, but you are right. Harry Potter characters did not seem to change much other than in age -- when they grew older, Harry started taking notice of girls, something that only comes with age.
I agree, Voldemort was a very credible villain. I did not have to wonder why he grew to be so evil. I think the series was great with strongly built characters.

Samia says:

I think it would make for an interesting story if the character learned after the journey that the goal wasn't really what s/he wanted/needed. Would you find it disappointing if the character didn't grow/change in the end? I'm not sure how I would feel.

Samia says:

If I drew a picture of the beginning to end, there would be little waves going up and down, no great conflict-- after reading a few chapters, I just knew the protagonist would be able to get out of anything. All in all I was disappointed. I guess making obstacles is difficult in a way because I don't want little waves :P.

Samia says:

You're so right, mostly all the books mention that. When I started writing the same story that I'm trying to rewrite now for probably the fourth time, there were so little obstacles and complications that I just hit a dead end. I guess it's easy to forget something so basic as that. I remember reading Lost Years Of Merlin a long while ago and in it there were obstacles the protagonist was facing but he was getting out of the obstacles so easily.

Samia says:

The chapter I was reading stated that character must have a moral need (which hurts other characters) as well as a psychological need (which hurts only the character himself), and both should be linked together. The desire of the character must also be linked to the needs. I don't think I thought so deeply about character needs before. Do you ever read books about story writing? I need to get back in the habit of reading but at the same time I'm trying to set aside some time to write

Samia says:

Yes it was extremely annoying to wait but the fact that the volumes still have not been released may mean that they never will be. I think I'm sort of used to the idea of them never being released and because the manga doesn't seem popular, I probably won't find any fan translations either. It's unfortunate that some manga series r nvr completely translated; do u think you'll ever find out the end of Alichino? For the past two days I've been reading parts of 'anatomy of story'

Samia says:

How was the Looking Glass Wars? I noticed it has characters from Alice Wonderland. Also how is "Dawn of the Arcana"? I've never heard of it. I read a manga called "Arcana" that I really liked, however, I've been waiting two years for the next volume to be released, so it's probably not a good idea to get started on it. It had a really complex story about the protagonist's many past lives. I really gotta start reading again. I finished my last exam yesterday so maybe I'll get started today.

Samia says:

I recently found out that there's a movie for 'I capture the castle'. I watched it yesterday while doing math problems so I must have missed quite a few parts, but over all it was good. The father of the protagonist was really weird. And because they lived in a castle isolated from society, the girls just wanted to get married and leave. I really could not understand why none of them went to school in the film.