I am a HUGE fan of Harry Potter and long to write a book as amazing as the HP series (I know, a long shot,) and I want my book to have good characters, (a main character,) and friends, all with distinct personalities. I really want to add some form of magic and fantasy, but I'm finding it difficult to do that without ripping of Harry Potter (e.g: Wands, Magic, Voldemort, etc.). I was thinking maybe Staff s and Runestones, but I fell like THAT is ripping of Lord of The Rings! 😭 I want to make a book that hits all the right spots- Just like Harry Potter. I even had ideas for mystical creatures like Sentient Trees called Arbor s (Latin for "Tree") , but I feel like it s Ripping of so many different things. If anyone can give me any ideas about Characters, plots and mythical creatures it would be AMAZING. (And if my book somehow becomes published you WILL 100% BE CREDITED IN THE acknowledgement - I PROMISE! Thanks so much.