ctg
weaver of the unseen
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After spending a number of years writing, editing, rewriting, critiquing, thinking, learning and inventing the wheel time and time again, I started from the clean slate. Yes, finally crossed the line and started to think that it's time to write the book two. And I find that it's so much easier to write now - after I'd written several versions. But the thing is that I started to think that, this **** is better than the old ****.
Why I say that is that you learn your skills by doing certain things for a long, very long time And you learn your trade, by learning the rules and on how to bend them.
But that's the thing, you learn how to craft stories by being critical to certain elements. And over the time you reach a certain level. I hope that makes sense to some of you.
What I'm really asking is that can you start your trilogy/series from book two? Can you dribble in enough of exposition that anyone can just pick up and start the story from there? As in my case, as I've left the book one in a cliff-hanger, and in order from one to create a continuous chain-of-events ...
Can one start the book two from action and get away with it (standalone series/trilogy)?
Why I say that is that you learn your skills by doing certain things for a long, very long time And you learn your trade, by learning the rules and on how to bend them.
But that's the thing, you learn how to craft stories by being critical to certain elements. And over the time you reach a certain level. I hope that makes sense to some of you.
What I'm really asking is that can you start your trilogy/series from book two? Can you dribble in enough of exposition that anyone can just pick up and start the story from there? As in my case, as I've left the book one in a cliff-hanger, and in order from one to create a continuous chain-of-events ...
Can one start the book two from action and get away with it (standalone series/trilogy)?