What to Think About When Writing a Series

If you’re wondering how to tackle the writing of a book series, you’ll find an article written by Andrea Carter in The Irish Times useful.

Below is an excerpt from Andrea’s article:

“The first is of these is consistency. Even if you dislike so doing — if like me you are a fly-by-the-seat-of-your pants type of writer or a “pantser” as someone recently called me! — a series demands some element of planning. Put some work into your characters’ back stories in book one and it will pay off. Write scenes from your characters’ childhoods. They may never be used, but they will help to root your characters. Don’t make life difficult for yourself by imposing an inability to swim on a character in your first book, when you may need that same character to cross a deep river in book two. Or If you do, don’t forget what you have done. Keep a folder which will work as series bible for your characters and settings. My bible contains pictures of my characters and my “sets” — photographs I have cut from magazines and newspapers. Pictures I would never show to anyone but which help me with consistency.”

Read the entire article here.

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Georgina Roy wants to live in a world filled with magic. As an art student, she’s moonlighting as a writer and is content to fill notebooks and sketchbooks with magical creatures and amazing new worlds. When she is not at school, or scribbling away in a notebook, you can usually find her curled up, reading a good urban fantasy novel, or writing on her laptop, trying to create her own.