What Rowling doesn't have going for her:
- >> Solid grasp of punctuation (grrrrrr)
- >> Strong pacing
- >> Economy
- >> Any idea that names precede character development
- >> Great originality
What she does:
- >> Poster child for "show, don't tell," sometimes ad nauseum
- >> Fundamental conflicts, both good v. evil and child v. adult
- >> Characters who are recognizable "types" but still all individuals with their own goals, preferences, habits and failings
- >> Deep understanding of the myriad ways in which people are cruel to each other
- >> Humor
- >> Eye and ear for mannerisms
- >> Main character who is the reader's stand-in for the introduction to all that is weird, wonderful and scary
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