Date: 2024-06-19 06:23 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] a_cubed
Thanks. I'll probably look at it, and maybe it'll fix my problems with the world-building. If I met them, though, I'd advise them to wrap up this series and start something new with the added experience they now have.

Not all authors have this problem. Benedict Jacka's Verus series had excellent world-building from the start, and that started with his first published novel. His new series (only book one so far) also sets up the new world very convincingly and intriguingly. Jim Butcher, on the other hand, did a reasonable but not perfect job with his Dresden Files and had to do some retconning by about book 4 to ensure things were stable for his long -running series.

Maybe that's good advice for new authors. Start off with a limited series and then if you want to write something longer start something new where you've got the capability to set it up from the start.
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