Writing Week: Sequels      • Write it as quickly as possible   •
Listen to critique buddies   • Don't be afraid to let the house
go   • The Crockpot and frozen dinners are your friend     •
April 2011: Rewrite (again).    • April 18, 2011: *dies*  OK,
maybe I'm exaggerating. But for those of you in the wings
keeping track, I'm on draft four of Book 2. The short answer:
sequels are tough to write. It's not just about keeping readers
up to date with what happened in Book 1 and leading into Book
3...it's about visualizing the book as both a story-arc of it's
own, and also a part of a larger story arc of the whole series.
Amanda said...  Writing a series is stressful! I finished book 2
in my series a week or so ago, and though I'm way ahead of
schedule (it's not due until October), I'm wondering...does the
story arc work? Does it read like a book 2? Have I recapped book
1 enough? Will my editor stomp on it and send it back to me with
RE-WRITE splashed over every single page?  It's important to
give yourself ti