Meme: 30 Days of Fanfic
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argentum_ls21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
I love sequels. I love continuances, follow-ups, and spin-offs to stories. Aside from crossovers, stories that bring us back in touch with previously-met characters and which further develop previous scenarios are one of my huge weaknesses. There is no other earthly reason that I would have willingly watched "Sam & Cat."
Practically every story I've started that's more than the depiction of a single scene has been conceptualized as part of a trilogy. I have, however, never written any of those trilogies.
"The Atropos Project" / "Grimm's Law" is the closest as they're both complete stories that were planned to go together. The third one was supposed to be "The Lethe Incident." I think I might have a page of story scribbled out for the last one, and at this point I have no idea what I planned to do with it.
"The Measure of Ourselves" / "Zero Point" is a fake example, as ZP was conceptualized and drafted as an entirely separate story which I only attached to "Measure" because I felt that they worked together. That I still haven't finished "Measure" is a different issue.
"The Thickness of Blood" / "The Ways of Hard-Knock School" is my more recent attempt. ToB is still very much a WIP, however, and "Ways" wasn't a planned follow-up, so much as a fortuitous assignment that fit into a world I was already writing. "Imposter Syndrome" can also be added to this as another fortuitous assignment.
Perhaps I should set a goal of actually writing a planned trilogy?
I love sequels. I love continuances, follow-ups, and spin-offs to stories. Aside from crossovers, stories that bring us back in touch with previously-met characters and which further develop previous scenarios are one of my huge weaknesses. There is no other earthly reason that I would have willingly watched "Sam & Cat."
Practically every story I've started that's more than the depiction of a single scene has been conceptualized as part of a trilogy. I have, however, never written any of those trilogies.
"The Atropos Project" / "Grimm's Law" is the closest as they're both complete stories that were planned to go together. The third one was supposed to be "The Lethe Incident." I think I might have a page of story scribbled out for the last one, and at this point I have no idea what I planned to do with it.
"The Measure of Ourselves" / "Zero Point" is a fake example, as ZP was conceptualized and drafted as an entirely separate story which I only attached to "Measure" because I felt that they worked together. That I still haven't finished "Measure" is a different issue.
"The Thickness of Blood" / "The Ways of Hard-Knock School" is my more recent attempt. ToB is still very much a WIP, however, and "Ways" wasn't a planned follow-up, so much as a fortuitous assignment that fit into a world I was already writing. "Imposter Syndrome" can also be added to this as another fortuitous assignment.
Perhaps I should set a goal of actually writing a planned trilogy?
