Thread: Long Series - For or Against? :)

Originally Posted by Tiamat10

I tend to be wary of long series. You mentioned Goodkind's series, for example. I stalled out after book nine. Honestly, he could've ended the whole thing at book six, but instead he decided to milk the Richard Rahl thing for all it was worth. In fact, after despising the horrible derailing of the whole plot in book 7, I only read 8 and 9 just to see if it could feasibly get any worse. (It did--go figure.)

Same with Robert Jordan. A long series of books is fine if you can keep the momentum going without having to resort to bullshit. Harry Potter was long, but each book built on all the previous ones, so it worked.

Actually, I would love to see more stand-alones in the fantasy genre. Everything seems to come in threes there.

Amen.

Originally Posted by Squistof

SW - 6? blimey.. I'm having trouble getting passed a paragraph at the moment are there snippets on here that I can read or...?

Nothing from my series. There are a few short stories and a few first chapters from some of my stand-alones, though.

Oh, come to think of it, there is one chapter from my first novel in the series. Here's the link if you're interested: http://www.writingforums.com/critiqu...-progress.html