The thought came to me the other day, as I was watching something... I can't remember exactly what I was watching, but I remember something that stood out to me. I remember considering taking part of my novel and turning it into a prequel, and then followed by a series that I came up with a while ago. The series was going to be a stand alone series based on a totally different storyline and in a different setting and everything. However, one moment it hit me... BAM! Why not tie all three together? It seems to me that the most successful stories tend to be those told in a series of some kind. I'm not saying that single, one-off, one-shot novels aren't successful, but I do see a trend and in the publishing business trends are important to take note of.
As a creative writer, we have to go with the flow of things and pump out those creative juices in large quantities and wrap it all in a nice little package for the masses to consume. I'm not sure if mine will be too much of a mind trip for people to handle... it's a pretty trippy rabbit hole I'd be taking my readers down, but guaranteed to entertain I think. Originally, I had a flashback sequence at the end of my story that took the reader back to relive the story but from another perspective in quick sequences. I think this might be confusing however, and I've been thinking of ways to clean it up.
Well, I'm considering it and I love the idea especially since it gives me an opportunity to cut down that 100,000+ word count that I have now! Yikes! I know, I know, I get it from my mother... bless her heart! Sometimes we can be a bit long winded.
It also gets me excited an enthusiastic about sitting down and writing again which is very important if you read any of my previous posts on motivation and inspiration. I love the novel as it is, don't get me wrong, but I think it might work better if I take out some of the confusing bits and pieces that could stand alone as a prequel and help set up the story arch. What I plan to do is to read the novel through once and then determine if it flows or not.
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Series are good for readers becasue of you like the first book, you get more. Of course, if you don't like it, well...
I ended up with a series because when I started to write I realised that the story just wasn't going to fit into one book.
I love your photo in the rejection post below too. You might like to check out this cartoon on that matter.
http://publishersearch.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/seven-other-kinds-of-happiness/
If you're interested, you can read ch 1 of my YA fantasy novel, 'Lethal Inheritance’ there too. I’d love to know what you think of it.
Series might also just be part of a money-making scheme. If a book does well then making a series to continue generating income sounds like a good idea. I strongly believe some series are well written and entertaining. But there's definitely those series that should have ended a long time ago (also a common theme in movie series).
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