As the Potter universe continues to take over the world, it’s time to point out some of the obvious things that have enabled Rowling’s stories to become as popular among readers as they are. The Easy Bits in Harry Potter Never having been a male, J.K. Rowling admittedly put a lot of thought into what a magical world would be like for a boy—the first easy bit of writing the first Harry Potter stories, since it has long been expected that male protagonists attract more readers than females.