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Are they more confident, mischievous, serious while transformed? Or are they the same? Do they change their appearance? Is their magical self their real self or how they would like to be? Has magic improved their lives? Define how having magic changes your characters' personalities and lives.How, for instance, would your heroine react if her father was killed/kidnapped by the Big Bad?

Don't underestimate the plot potential of non-magical characters like friends and parents, as they can be used to make deep and complex plots.

Develop your non-magical characters too.

Be a first-tier version of yourself rather than a second-tier version of someone else. Nothing wrong with being inspired with the greats, just remember putting your own spin on things. It doesn't matter how many people a villain kills or how many big secrets are revealed - if no emotions are involved, it won't be interesting, no matter how dramatic the situation is.

Give us a reason to care: If your magical girl has her secret identity exposed, what would happen? How would her parents react? What would her boyfriend say? What would their classmates say? Would they approve? If your heroine(s) has nothing to lose or some random character we never had time to care about dies, the audience simply won't care.

Think of Spider-Man - there are superheros with the same superpowers and/or more powerful than him, but what keeps people loving him is that he is relatable and interesting, not so much because of his powers. It doesn't matter how powerful or weak your characters are if they are interesting and relatable, you will keep people interested.

Personality is even more important than magic.Magic will not make your characters interesting by itself a Flat Character will remain boring no matter how much magic she has. It is easy to get distracted by the coolness of magic, but don't forget to make your characters interesting enough that you would care about them even if they were powerless and never had powers that way, your characters will be deep, complex, and relatable. Make your characters interesting even without magic.So You Want To Write A Superhero Comic can also be useful (especially for Magical Girl Warriors), particularly the sections on rogues' galleries and team dynamics. Of course, check out So You Want To Write A Story for all-purpose advice.