I have been lucky enough, now, to have two stories published at Lush. Amazingly, in both instances, I am getting comments about seeing where the story goes next. When writing both of these, I really had no intention of writing a follow-up to the story. Now, I am wondering whether some of the other fine authors that frequent this Forum; whether you write follow-up to your stories or just keep them as stand alone projects?
Your thoughts will be greatly appreciated as I begin thinking about that third story.
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Gravelly-Voiced Fucker
It's just a sign you've given life to your characters and people want more. That's a good thing.
With multi-part stories your reading audience nearly always goes dwn with each installment. Diminishing returns. But if that's what you wanna write, do it - I wrote about the same couple for like two years.
With multi-part stories your reading audience nearly always goes dwn with each installment. Diminishing returns. But if that's what you wanna write, do it - I wrote about the same couple for like two years.
Rainbow Warrior
I've had many requests for a continuation to my Photoshoot stories, and since they've both become Famous Stories, I guess the returns haven't diminished yet, so sequels can work quite well if you can keep the storyline interesting enough to hook the reader for the long-haul. That's not easy to judge right away, but since I always advocate for writing for one's own enjoyment, rather than catering to your readers, maybe you just write sequels when it suits your fancy.
I have had many suggest follow-ups to one story or another. In the end, though, it's whether I have more story to tell that determines whether the followup happens. I can't think of a sequel I've done because of reader request, though I've sometimes given it some thought. Of course, reader requests for sequels to stories where I am already contemplating a follow-up encourages me to pursue the idea.
Primus Omnium
It's a lot of fun to continue writing about characters you rather enjoy. And writing stories about the kinds of drama or humor you want to play with. And as long as you can keep coming up with fresh plots I see no reason not to have the story go on.
I've written several serials made up of four to ten chapters or sequels.
My Chula Vista Dreaming series has the first story at 17,000 views at present. The last part, number ten, is at 4,000 views. They were a lot of fun to write and might very well be the basis for an eBook in the future. I really need to write a final chapter to put the series to bed.
The latest series I've been presenting recently has three parts so far. The first is at 15,000 and the newest, released on March 11th, is at 2,600 views.
I know it gets tiresome to hear but it really is all about enjoying the process. The creation and expression of your own talents and the nice reception one often receives.
I've written several serials made up of four to ten chapters or sequels.
My Chula Vista Dreaming series has the first story at 17,000 views at present. The last part, number ten, is at 4,000 views. They were a lot of fun to write and might very well be the basis for an eBook in the future. I really need to write a final chapter to put the series to bed.
The latest series I've been presenting recently has three parts so far. The first is at 15,000 and the newest, released on March 11th, is at 2,600 views.
I know it gets tiresome to hear but it really is all about enjoying the process. The creation and expression of your own talents and the nice reception one often receives.
Active Ink Slinger
The first story I started writing was always planned as a serial and is still ongoing. I am currently very slowly writing chapter 10 as I do find the situation has become a bit tiresome even though I have most of the story planned out and have done for years. My boundaries series started out as a single story and was very much based on real life. I had a few emails asking what happened next and that is how the second and third parts came into being again most of it based on real events.
Weaver of Words
I tend to write a story from beginning to end, then depending on the length, split it into parts. If I do that, I revisit and might add a bit to the end and/or start of each part so it makes sense as a standalone. I have left as few standalone stories with an end that could be followed up at some point, but don't generally do that. My Fun in Cabo series was original a 3 parter, but after the third part was posted, I got a lot of requests for more, so wrote more to the story and it became 2 additional parts.
I am currently going back and looking at my standalone stories to see if I can do any sequels. I am looking at all the categories where I only have a single story and looking to add a second one. In some cases, that could be a sequel to an existing story in that, or even a different category. Like others on here have mentioned, subsequent parts to a story can vary in numbers of views. One thing that affects that in my case anyway, is that I will often put parts of a story in different categories, as many stories can fit in more than one. since some categories are more popular than others, that also can affect views.
I am currently going back and looking at my standalone stories to see if I can do any sequels. I am looking at all the categories where I only have a single story and looking to add a second one. In some cases, that could be a sequel to an existing story in that, or even a different category. Like others on here have mentioned, subsequent parts to a story can vary in numbers of views. One thing that affects that in my case anyway, is that I will often put parts of a story in different categories, as many stories can fit in more than one. since some categories are more popular than others, that also can affect views.
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