Jed Herne asked Gabriel Bergmoser:

I'm currently outlining a fantasy series, and I was wondering what your tips are for writing multiple books that each feel satisfying, yet still work together as a whole. Are there any specific series-writing lessons you learned from Boone Shepard, The Hunted, or any of your other projects?

Gabriel Bergmoser Look at A New Hope - it works equally well as a standalone story and the first chapter in a much bigger one. The biggest lesson I learned from Boone Shepard is that assuming you'll get a book 2 is super arrogant - I did in the end but it didn't look like such a sure thing initially and consequently I made sure American Adventure didn't end on a glaring cliffhanger, in case there was no book three. Now with The Hunted and sequels I'm making sure that every book could easily be both the first and last you read in this series - that they'll be rewarding if you read in order, but satisfying on their own terms with no massive dangling threads. I think young writers have an inclination to think in terms of writing a series when generally your readers will thank you for giving them a complete and satisfying experience as opposed to one chunk of a story. If you can tell the whole thing in a single book, do it.

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