Keep readers on the hook for your next book and enjoy expanding your fictional world with a novel series, says Margaret James
A couple of months ago (Nov 16) this column discussed writing epic novels, and this month we’re going to look at writing novels in series.
What’s the difference between epics and series – is there any? I’d suggest that although a series novel can sometimes leave a few incidental questions unanswered at the end of each individual story, it is usually complete in itself, rather than part of a continuous narrative journey developing over one huge or several smaller volumes.