tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5697533619319840589..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Tune in next week...Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58832359443487988722009-05-05T21:12:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:12:00.000-04:00LOL! Don't you love it when you've got a ton of ch...LOL! Don't you love it when you've got a ton of characters sitting in your head screaming "Write about ME! MEEEEEEEE!!" It's sort of funny and a little bit scary.<br /><br />I used to wonder if anyone ever envisions writing a series. Then I stumbled upon an idea that was easily broken into succinct parts, each large enough to fill a novel. I don't know why some stories do that and others don't. I wonder if anyone's done any research on it.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832774182683343435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14052561308014485062009-05-04T19:54:00.000-04:002009-05-04T19:54:00.000-04:00Lisabet,
I never envisioned writing a series eith...Lisabet,<br /><br />I never envisioned writing a series either. When I sold my first short story, and I did leave the door cracked open. I mulled over and over the various stories lying around in my head. Then I realized that the characters from the short story weren't done yet, so a series is born. Even to the point of one or two minor characters have enough in them to be a story. Also, agree with mixing it up, but for me is is the various elements of BDSM that can change up a story line. <br /><br />Good post!!Lisette Kristensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825820708874760080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-14446426624809457112009-05-03T22:40:00.000-04:002009-05-03T22:40:00.000-04:00Thanks to all for your excellent comments. I parti...Thanks to all for your excellent comments. I particularly resonate with what you have to say, Jay - that to write a series you need to have a story too big to fit in one novel. So far that hasn't happened to me yet. And I suspect that is something that cannot be forced.<br /><br />Best,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-57536670910111759552009-05-03T12:09:00.000-04:002009-05-03T12:09:00.000-04:00I'm not sure I can add a lot to this conversation....I'm not sure I can add a lot to this conversation. I love writing stand alones if the story is finished. Often though, I'll be interested in one of the side characters who just needs his story told. In 'An Acquired Taste' there was a flaming gay fellow named Sammy who really did bug me until I wrote a story about just him. You couldn't call it a series though, each was a stand alone, in my opinion. <br /><br />Often, I have trouble ending a story. It's like I don't want to end the lives of the people I'm writing about. Yet, I find I want to go on to the next story, the next book. <br /><br />The books Jamie and I have written together are series's and great fun to write. We don't necessarily have all of the stories in mind when we start, but we do have the bones figured out. The flesh and muscle, we work on later, and there's always the chance we'll come up with 'just one more idea' which will change a trilogy into something more. LOL <br /><br />It's really difficult to say which I enjoy more. I do like reading series's if they're done well. I've read a few of the Gor books by Norman, the Pelucidar books were awesome and the People of the Wolf, People of the Earth books were amazing. I guess it's just a matter of dragging the readers in. If you can capture them with the first book you've got a chance of them wanting more. The big thing is, you've already written the next two or three by the time number 1 comes out. All you can do then is pray. <br /><br />HugsJude Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067166768734750026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-2017360566960110012009-05-03T11:42:00.000-04:002009-05-03T11:42:00.000-04:00Lisabet!
I'm like you to that extent that I haven...Lisabet!<br /><br />I'm like you to that extent that I haven't yet been able to visualize a series. I think in my case its because my mind is too jumpy. I rarely finish a novel, I tend to be a short story reader because the odds are better I'll make it to the end. That's probably why I write them too. <br /><br />It seems to me, a novel is about creating a world and welcoming the reader into it, such as the world of Thailand's Patpong in "Raw Silk" or Guatemala in "Serpents Kiss". The reader has to want to be in that world long enough to see it through. And if he he/she is to return to it, he has to have a thing for the characters. In Anne Rice's case I liked her characters enough to read most of her vampire novels and was much influenced by them. I've read her Sleeping Beauty trilogy even though Beauty was something of a Barbie fuck-doll, because the world she created was very interesting to me. When I was a kid I read all of Edgar Rice Burroughs "Pellucidar" series and John Carter of Mars series as well as Robert E Howard's Conan novels because I liked the adventure and larger than life heroes. It was a wonderful thing on a summer's day to sit high in a tree top with a cold bottle of pop and a Conan novel. I've often wished there was a way to write a book like those.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-9561980826339360872009-05-03T11:11:00.000-04:002009-05-03T11:11:00.000-04:00Good points, Lisabet. A series is a different kind...Good points, Lisabet. A series is a different kind of a challenge, definitely with a bigger picture in mind. But Jude and I can tell you, even with a theme, we still write flying by the seat of our pants.<br /><br />It would be an awfully dull world if we all thought and wrote the same way!<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40658307143363331952009-05-03T10:57:00.000-04:002009-05-03T10:57:00.000-04:00I started to write a novel and ended with a trilog...I started to write a novel and ended with a trilogy. Why? Five chapters into the first novel, I realized I had far too much story to fit into one book. I could have crammed it all into one, maybe, but it was a journey where each step counted and I don't think readers would have believed how the characters changed without taking each step along with them.<br /><br />The difference between a short story and a novel is the size of the idea, and to a lesser extent the time elapsed between beginning and end. I suppose the difference between a novel and a series is the span of character growth the story arc covers. Or a very wordy author ;)Jay Lygonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155548190463191863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30004948872087378772009-05-03T10:47:00.000-04:002009-05-03T10:47:00.000-04:00You bring out the fact that you like to read serie...You bring out the fact that you like to read series, but aren't sure you want to write one. <br />I wonder how many writers struggle <br />with do I or don't I?<br /><br />I enjoy reading series, but eventurally tire causing me to ignore the author in the future. I have a favorite author who went from continuing themes to trilogies and stand alones. There is always some paranormal in each story along with romance and intrigue. I never get tired of her reading because even in her series there is enough difference that the story could stand alone.<br /><br />RayRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308737766288257680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84858652917787178252009-05-03T05:54:00.000-04:002009-05-03T05:54:00.000-04:00Hi Lisabet,
I sort of write series, and I sort of...Hi Lisabet,<br /><br />I sort of write series, and I sort of don't, lol. <br /><br />Perfect Timing, Collared and G-A-Y, aren't actually series as such. They're collections around a theme - which I found to be a great middle ground as a writer. <br /><br />Not sure if readers will like the idea or not - will have to wait until the second stories in the various collections come out :)<br /><br />Kim Dare.Kim Darehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11086545242925686207noreply@blogger.com