Tracie Podger's Blog - Posts Tagged "series-writing"
How long is a series?
I was asked this question recently and I don't have an answer for it. I do know that at some point the story dries up and hopefully when that happens to me I will recognise it! Fallen Angel started as one book. One very large book. For a debut author this wasn't going to work so the book was split in two. But these books are written from Brooke's point of view and Robert is the troubled character. I wanted readers to know why he acted the way he did, why his life had been so hard. So I wrote Robert's story and started this when he was six years old. This book takes the reader to the end of Part I but is a totally different story. One third is his childhood, one third his teenage to adult years and the last third when he meets Brooke. But I couldn't end it there.
Evelyn is a really important character as is Travis and both have an interesting background. So I wrote Evelyn, a novella to be released in July. However, I felt there were some loose ends with Fallen Angel, Part I & II and after re-reads and discussions with beta readers I decided a Part III was in order. But, what to do with Travis?
Here's the problem, I can't seem to stop! I can't let go of these characters that have become so important to me and who I've fallen in love with. I guess the danger comes if an author is not strong enough to say "that's it" and continues words to eek out the story just for the sake of trading on it's popularity.
If you're a fan of the Fallen Angel series and you think it's gone on too long, please let me know ha ha. Until then, I guess I have no choice but to continue to write about the characters until they plague me no more!
Evelyn is a really important character as is Travis and both have an interesting background. So I wrote Evelyn, a novella to be released in July. However, I felt there were some loose ends with Fallen Angel, Part I & II and after re-reads and discussions with beta readers I decided a Part III was in order. But, what to do with Travis?
Here's the problem, I can't seem to stop! I can't let go of these characters that have become so important to me and who I've fallen in love with. I guess the danger comes if an author is not strong enough to say "that's it" and continues words to eek out the story just for the sake of trading on it's popularity.
If you're a fan of the Fallen Angel series and you think it's gone on too long, please let me know ha ha. Until then, I guess I have no choice but to continue to write about the characters until they plague me no more!
