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This is a post I recently sent to a science fiction mailing list. A post I fully expect to be skewered for, but it was too much to stay silent about. Also titled: The Science Fiction Barbarians at the Gate I’ve been staying silent on some of the recent conversations. Oh dear. Why do I [...] I’ve now sorted through the list of Main Plots. While this is a huge step towards organizing the series, there is still a lot more work to do. The Subplot list has been patiently waiting its turn, and now it’s rarin’ to go! The Subplots are the smaller bits of Spice that make books so [...] As of the last post, I had two columns of ideas: Main Plots and Subplots. However, in order to plot out and write the first book, they needed to be organized. I needed to know exactly what needed to go in the first book, and what ideas needed to be held off for future books. [...] So, it’s official. For “Salmon Run” the decision is to go with Open Series Stand-Alone novellas. But, what does this mean for the planning? For one, it defines what the series needs to fit into. The full list now is: New project Project must be ready for release somewhere between January to March 2011 Novella [...] It took a little bit of thinking to decide on the type of series to use for Salmon Run. A different series I’m currently writing is a Closed Series consisting of an odd mix of the Stand-Alone and Serial Cliff-Hanger novels. It took a lot of pre-planning, a lot of attention to detail, and very [...] We’ve gone over Closed, Open and Disjointed Series. For the most part, these describe a majority of the series out there. Note I didn’t say all. There are also some series that combine elements of the above. For our purposes, however, we’ll stick with the over-all definitions. Within the main types of series listed above [...] Continuing the study of the different types of series so I can decide which one my new series falls into… This post is about Disjointed Series. Disjointed? Yep, but that doesn’t mean the book don’t make any sense. Instead, it refers to the lack of cohesion between each of the books of the series. For [...] Continuing the study of the different types of series so I can decide which one my new series falls into… This post is about Open Series. Open Series are defined as a type of series that can go on forever. Characters, location and/or long plot arcs will tie some, but not all, books together. For [...] |
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