My Harry Potter Fan-Fiction: Practice for Character Growth
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In addition to getting my name out to hundreds if not thousands of potential readers, my fan-fiction has had another benefit--it has helped me practice character growth. That's character growth, as opposed to character development. The development is done by the original creators, but I, like many other fan-fiction writers, took the characters in different directions than they went in the actual books. Character growth is important for writing--I've been taught that dynamic characters (characters that change) are better than static characters (who don't). I imagine they're more interesting, at the very least.
My Harry Potter Fan-Fiction: Practice for Character Growth
My Harry Potter Fan-Fiction: Practice for…
My Harry Potter Fan-Fiction: Practice for Character Growth
In addition to getting my name out to hundreds if not thousands of potential readers, my fan-fiction has had another benefit--it has helped me practice character growth. That's character growth, as opposed to character development. The development is done by the original creators, but I, like many other fan-fiction writers, took the characters in different directions than they went in the actual books. Character growth is important for writing--I've been taught that dynamic characters (characters that change) are better than static characters (who don't). I imagine they're more interesting, at the very least.