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I am a big fan of series, not the ones that leave in cliffhangers and you can’t find a satisfying end – I hate those, but the ones where there is something new but the characters are familiar and the story has an ending and maybe a hint of something to come. Series are also good for writers. With so many titles out there, a series can lift you up through the rankings one book at a time and let people know that you are not going to abandon them. Sandra Haven from Write To Done shares the pros and cons of writing a series.
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How to Boost Your Career as a Writer by Creating an Irresistible Series
By Sandra Haven Excited about your writing career?
About expanding your story’s potential?
Yet after writing, maybe publishing, even marketing a book, you realize that’s just ONE book. And a career author writes LOTS of books.
Which means tomorrow…
You’ll face a mind-numbing, blinking cursor on a blank white page.
Again.
Fresh Shortcut on Familiar Ground
Do visions haunt you of your single book atop a “free” pile in front of a Goodwill store as you flip burgers to buy printer ink, while trying to come up with something fresh for your next book?
And that’s what you need, right? Another new, fresh story? Then another and another?
Nope.