Your Hosts: Dan, Erin, Brandon, Howard
Let’s look a the business considerations of whether that thing you’re writing is a standalone story, or part of a series. The factors are complex, and a single factor (like, say distribution channel) isn’t likely to make the decision clear cut.
Credits: This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr, and mastered by Alex Jackson
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Examine your favorite series. What were the questions asked in each installment, and in which installment were those questions answered?
Your Hosts: Brandon, Howard, and Dan, with special guest Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher joined us at NASFIC for a discussion about how we can keep long-running serials engaging after numerous books.
Credits : this episode was recorded before a live audience by Dan Thompson, and mastered by Alex Jackson
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Something we didn’t know was intelligent has been intelligent all along.
Brian McClellan joined us to field questions about writing novels and series. Here are the questions:
How do you write an ending that is open for sequels, but isn’t a cliffhanger?
Is it a good idea to take a large novel, and release it instead as serial novellas?
Can you debut with a series, or should you establish yourself with standalone novels first?
How do you keep readers coming back for each new novel when there’s a long time between them?
Should you have more than just one book done before querying agents?
What do you do if your novel turns out to be too short to be a novel?
Is it possible to write a series as a discovery writer?
How do you foreshadow big things that are a long way out?
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Take two books or movies, suggested from friends. Those are parts 1 and 3 of a series. Now figure out how part 2 works.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
