Comments on: On the Writing of Sequels http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/film/writing-sequels/ Science Fiction Novelist, Blogger, Web Programmer Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David Louis Edelman http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/film/writing-sequels/#comment-106 David Louis Edelman Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:21:09 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=117#comment-106 I agree with you about the complicating and deepening thing. The three parts of my one novel turned into three novels... and it quickly occurred to me that I could turn each of <em>those</em> books into three or four novels and thus end up with a Robert Jordanesque series of doorstoppers. Of course you, Alis, stand on an entirely different plane altogether from the rest of us, having recently completed a seven-book series. I bow in awe to your superior writerly skills. :-) I agree with you about the complicating and deepening thing. The three parts of my one novel turned into three novels… and it quickly occurred to me that I could turn each of those books into three or four novels and thus end up with a Robert Jordanesque series of doorstoppers.

Of course you, Alis, stand on an entirely different plane altogether from the rest of us, having recently completed a seven-book series. I bow in awe to your superior writerly skills. :-)

]]> By: Alis http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/film/writing-sequels/#comment-105 Alis Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:03:24 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=117#comment-105 I mean this in the nicest way: Hahahahahaha But seriously, that's only me laughing in sympathy. Or, perhaps, empathy, now that I think of it. I have come to the conclusion that some writers tend to think in multivolume novels, in the sense that their minds complicate and deepen each least idea into manifold patterns. Or, as one might say, they think in terms of consequences. I mean this in the nicest way:

Hahahahahaha

But seriously, that’s only me laughing in sympathy. Or, perhaps, empathy, now that I think of it.

I have come to the conclusion that some writers tend to think in multivolume novels, in the sense that their minds complicate and deepen each least idea into manifold patterns. Or, as one might say, they think in terms of consequences.

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