How to Write a Book Series

The series is a popular format across its many forms, and many book series have reached incredible success. The benefit of being able to tell a story that's much too broad to be contained to one book allows for a different type of storytelling, and a different style of reading experience.

But how do you approach the task of writing such a complex project? A series can require a different level of planning than a standalone, as well as its own set of writing techniques in order to sustain such a long story. If you're looking to write a series, here's a breakdown of how to decide if a series is best for your story (and how many books it'll need), the three types of series (serialized, procedural, and interlinked standalones), how to plan a series, and structuring and plotting tips!

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Deciding if a series is best for your story
1:46 - Series norms in different genres
2:23 - Types of series
4:47 - Determining the number of books
5:38 - Discovery writing a series
6:31 - Planning & outlining strategies
7:31 - Identifying the structure
8:27 - Pacing information reveal
9:48 - Evolving ideas
10:20 - Maintaining tension

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