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Before, I had a list of chapters with a brief synopsis of what happens.

Now, I have also included a more general concept of what I hope the characters to accomplish.

My cast of characters is up to about eight people.  :)  I’ve always had a lot of problems having more than two (a hero and a villain).  Keep in mind that the first Harry Potter book had like 15 characters that played a dominant role in at least one scene.

1. Harry
2. Hagrid
3. Dumbledore
4. Harry’s adopted parents, essentially one person
5. Dudley
6. Draco
7. Hermione
8. Ron
9. The Weasley twins, essentially identical
10. The Weasley parents, essentially one person
11. McGonagall
12. Snape
13. Quirrell?
14. Voldemort
15. Neville

So I’m looking at 3-4 major characters and 10 characters that play a dominant role at least somewhere.

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