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blimp
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England
Posts: 1366		 #41 | Posted: 8 May 2011 13:24
njrick:
Funny... I NEVER have problems with sequels.

You will be telling me next you NEVER have any problems with PinkAngel!!!?

njrick
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USA
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Posts: 2975		 #42 | Posted: 8 May 2011 13:35
blimp:
You will be telling me next you NEVER have any problems with PinkAngel!!!?

I would never say such a thing. LATELY, however, I've had no problems with Pink Angel, primarily because she's seemed to be focusing her energy on giving YOU problems (and quite properly so, I might add - the universe seems to be in balance). But as for sequels - you can't have problems with something you avoid.

blimp
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England
Posts: 1366		 #43 | Posted: 8 May 2011 13:55
njrick:
you can't have problems with something you avoid.

But I do try and avoid her!!!

njrick
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Posts: 2975		 #44 | Posted: 8 May 2011 17:36
blimp:
But I do try and avoid her!!!

Obviously not hard enough!

saetana
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England
Posts: 89		 #45 | Posted: 18 May 2011 01:55
Wheatwine:
I can SO relate. On another board that I belong there are two series that i began reading that the authors have apparently abandoned. In both cases, what they have written is very good. On still another board, there is a non spanking serial I'm reading which is nearly a million words long so far. The author has been writing it for 3 or 4 years, and still posts more or less regularly, about 1 chapter a month. In a recent exchange of E-mails, he admitted he has no plan to finish the story, he's just seeing where it takes him. I find his approach very frustrating, and am tempted to quit reading it. The problem is, the technique works for him. Each chapter he turns out is really, really good, and his characters are really, really interesting, especially his lead character. So I keep reading to find out what happens next.

Wheatwine
I would love to read a serial like that, I read a lot of fantasy fiction as well as erotica and my idea of fantasy heaven (okay, and BDSM fiction heaven too) would be a never-ending story and I know of more than one author who could do this given the sheer scope of their world(s) and huge cast of characters. So long as I am still enjoying it then I love really, really, really (I could go on...) long stories

rollin
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USA
Posts: 938		 #46 | Posted: 18 May 2011 17:38
I tend to lose interest in never ending serial stories. A sort of fatigue sets in and I want resolution of sorts. That's why, if I begin a long story, I want to have the plot thought out in advance and I especially want to have the ending in mind. That is what is ideal, but I think I have violated my own rule more than once. "Farm of the Delphian Sisterhood" was supposed to be a stand-alone, but then I got an idea. Then I decided to merge it with the story line from "LaForge" and then, well, I had an epic. I was lucky that I had devised a way to resolve the whole thing but I still think that wading in without a clear view of the far shore can be risky. (case in point---I'm getting tired of Gwen and her paddle-wielding pals, and don't see a good ending for that one.)

CrimsonKidCK
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Posts: 1173		 #47 | Posted: 18 May 2011 19:01
rollin:
I was lucky that I had devised a way to resolve the whole thing but I still think that wading in without a clear view of the far shore can be risky. (case in point---I'm getting tired of Gwen and her paddle-wielding pals, and don't see a good ending for that one.)

As Jerry Seinfeld said in his bit about "to be continued" television episodes, "If I want a long, boring story that goes on and on, I've got my life."

IMHO you do (ethically) have to describe the 'Kappa Court' proceedings and consequences, Gwen can't be allowed to escape her punitive fate for violating the sorority's 'Official Secrets Act'--after that, AFAIC you can have everybody run over by a truck.

(That's a concept from an old National Lampoon article, "How to Write Good.")

I agree that it can be difficult to maintain interest in writing a serial, especially if there isn't an obvious finite conclusion to it... --C.K.

SNM
Male Author
USA
Posts: 695		 #48 | Posted: 18 May 2011 19:15
rollin

Pfft. you just need to get back to Thrice Burned proper.


I have a theoretically infinite serial (Backfire), but each chapter of it works as a stand-alone story, and every chapter ending would be perfectly satisfying as the end of the entire story. I'm going to make sure it stays that way in future installments.

Wheatwine
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USA
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Posts: 410		 #49 | Posted: 19 May 2011 01:38
flopsybunny:
A million words long and still not finished? You need some staying power to sit and read all that never mind the actual writing of it.

Actually I've read it through TWICE to the point where the author had gotten at the time. It's that good, It's also so complex that it's hard for me to follow in small fragments.

Wheatwine
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USA
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Posts: 410		 #50 | Posted: 19 May 2011 01:44
saetana
It's not a fantasy story. it's a coming of age story. If you want to read it, it's called "Pete A Young Man's Story" It's on a site called Stories On Line. (www.storiesonline.net) You have to be a member of the site to read it, but basic membership is free. There is a premier membership which costs, but the basic membership allows you to read something like 16 stories a day.

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