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FrickingKaos:
I have to agree on POA I love the back story with the marauders and all that. Azkaban is my favorite Harry Potter book, along with Goblet aof Fire, despite the movies kinda ruining both of those.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 09, 2021, 10:56:13 PM ---I think it works better when the author envisions it as a series from the beginning and knows where the ending point will be, whether that's after three books or seven or whatever. J.K. Rowling always said she planned HP to be seven books from the beginning, and the way the story progresses and wraps up makes sense. Sequels are more hit or miss when they come as an afterthought, either because the original was so successful or because the author just wanted to write more. Not that they can't still be good, but that's when they sometimes get too silly or crazy or just lack the magic of the first one.
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I wonder at what point you really have to decide something is a series for the whole thing to feel satisfying. I feel like as long as it's at some point while writing the first book, it would all still flow together. I'd even go as far as saying during the editing process. As long as the whole thing isn't posted/published before you decide.
I'm curious if any of the ones where we said "this was a contract/popularity thing" were actually planned from the beginning.
I can't fault an author too much for wanting to write more after the fact if they enjoyed it, but their first book would lack the nuanced "loose ends" that a planned series would.
mare:
Do you guys define a series just more than one story/book? I usually don’t really consider anything a series unless there are at least three books/stories.
I think when a book ends up being incredibly popular, there’s always a push to get the author to write either a sequel or a prequel. I’m sure when the money is dangling in front of them it’s hard to say no. I know I succumbed to pressure to write the sequels to Mizpah because of all the positive feedback I was getting and the demands for more. I wish I didn’t do it. I didn’t even get paid for it!
I’m also curious when it comes to movie adaptions. If some of these authors give creative rights to people when they see dollar signs only to have the screen writer massacre their book by changing really important plot points etc... cough...my sister’s keeper...cough .
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: mare on February 10, 2021, 05:44:49 PM ---Do you guys define a series just more than one story/book? I usually don’t really consider anything a series unless there are at least three books/stories.
I think when a book ends up being incredibly popular, there’s always a push to get the author to write either a sequel or a prequel. I’m sure when the money is dangling in front of them it’s hard to say no. I know I succumbed to pressure to write the sequels to Mizpah because of all the positive feedback I was getting and the demands for more. I wish I didn’t do it. I didn’t even get paid for it!
I’m also curious when it comes to movie adaptions. If some of these authors give creative rights to people when they see dollar signs only to have the screen writer massacre their book by changing really important plot points etc... cough...my sister’s keeper...cough .
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No, I think to be a series, it has to have a least three, otherwise it's just a book and a sequel like you said.
I also can't fault anyone for hearing about money and saying "Holy ****, that's a lot of money." (Wasn't that what Kevin said in the doc? Can't fault the boys either.) We all like money, after all. You got paid for it in feedback! That's virtual dollar bills in your pockets! ;) Are reviews like bitcoin? haha In general, I feel like if you're writing anything because people are demanding more (whether it's for free or you're getting paid), it's never going to feel as satisfying to you. I can't speak from experience though, no one's ever demanded/begged/asked that I do anything.
I always think that when they turn the last book into a two-parter for a movie. Did the movie really need to be a two-parter? It's only one book. I think the Hobbit was worse off for that; it's not like the LOTR trilogy was nine parts (and Two Towers would be awful as a multi-parter since it often drags). It's especially the worst when they change plot points; I get irrationally angry about that.
nicksgal:
Here's a question: To Write or Not to Write! What do you do during those times when you feel like you have motivation or inspiration, but know that you'll have to stop writing to do something else at a specific time? Do you write with the time that you do have or do you wait until the thing you have to do is over and hope the inspiration/motivation sticks?
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