tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post3215712530630211515..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Stand-alone vs. Series1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-29277586369550834682012-02-01T14:17:00.381-08:002012-02-01T14:17:00.381-08:00I love this post, made me think a lot! I love seri...I love this post, made me think a lot! I love series and stand alones, but I rarely love the later books in a series as much as the first. I tend to view first books in a series as getting to know the MC and the characters closest to them, and then I feel like a lot of that's lost in the later books because, yeah, the characters often tend toward being more concerned with others than Yvie Gonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13449219570545461834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-74169109343373740022012-01-31T07:41:43.184-08:002012-01-31T07:41:43.184-08:00I find what is slowly but surely attracting me to ...I find what is slowly but surely attracting me to writing a series (or at least the attempt at one I'm doing now) is the opportunity for character growth that a single novel seldom provides. I tend not to hold with epiphanic 'look! I am now a leopard changing my spots!' changes for characters and, unless a novel spans a good length of time it becomes unrealistic to expect actual alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-41183959908676296652012-01-30T20:02:30.498-08:002012-01-30T20:02:30.498-08:00Have a SUPER week!Have a SUPER week!Pinecone Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458622319448551558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-33854165075576462312012-01-30T17:52:44.879-08:002012-01-30T17:52:44.879-08:00Though I agree there are several series that start...Though I agree there are several series that start off great and then go downhill, I still enjoy reading series more. I like really long stories, but I don't like holding a 900 page book. Too heavy!Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-56953285709762805732012-01-30T13:46:12.747-08:002012-01-30T13:46:12.747-08:00I agree with you even though I do like reading ser...I agree with you even though I do like reading series. I think it depends on the book and the author. I think the stakes have to go up or it makes the series boring and you don't want that. Thanks for raising some great points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-79914019554623257862012-01-30T13:28:06.659-08:002012-01-30T13:28:06.659-08:00I think my favorites are the series in which each ...I think my favorites are the series in which each book has a satisfying ending, like Robin Hobbs Farseer Trilogy. I also think sometimes it's a series only because the author/agent/publishing house wanted to cash in, not because there's really another book. Then again, Martin's Song of Ice and Fire left everyone hanging each and every time and if you want flawed characters...they are mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-66221520005250218402012-01-30T12:12:54.871-08:002012-01-30T12:12:54.871-08:00I like reading a series...after it's over. I h...I like reading a series...after it's over. I hate waiting. But I get what you're saying. Why is the bad guy bad? Why not let the MC have questionable moral issues?prerna picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207620652405474672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-27214501650237449632012-01-30T10:10:56.224-08:002012-01-30T10:10:56.224-08:00Great points. Good thing my character in book two ...Great points. Good thing my character in book two of my series is totally flawed, in a good way. But I agree. I enjoy a series if the stakes go up with each one and the character has something to learn with each part.David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-24353972711941773072012-01-30T09:57:06.652-08:002012-01-30T09:57:06.652-08:00I'm up in the air with this. I prefer a series...I'm up in the air with this. I prefer a series if a story has a definite end and the author doesn't waste time getting there.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-41382994505253001882012-01-30T09:03:59.621-08:002012-01-30T09:03:59.621-08:00Hmmm...you bring up an interesting point. I know ...Hmmm...you bring up an interesting point. I know of a specific series that comes to mind where I couldn't even finish the second book because the drama of the first unfolded so perfectly.<br /><br />However, I'm not exactly one to favor stand alone over series. LOTR will probably always be the perfect example of a series. Every book involved more and more danger, conflict and build up Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-74530292711056292552012-01-30T09:00:50.550-08:002012-01-30T09:00:50.550-08:00I've found that I prefer standalones over seri...I've found that I prefer standalones over series, though I will read series, and there are some series that I've read over and over again, just like there are some standalones I've read over and over again. <br /><br />As far as writing, I'm in the middle of co-writing a long series, and that's more than enough for me. I prefer to write standalones. I have one story that I wasLaura Josephsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239501665574945313noreply@blogger.com