#multiple books

[manicmortalmushroom]

02.08.24, 11:51 am

I

the poem writes the poet,

and my tear cries me.

the book reads the reader,

and the bleach drinks me.

down-side-up,

will ever we happy be?

II

the blind eyes can see,

the colours have sound.

the dotty dust dances,

and my tiny teapot talks.

the lord gives back the rings,

and the thief, the books.

oh, heavens help me, above,

I think I'm in love.

[queen-scribbles]

I AM EMOTIONS

[twenty]

i own books shorter than that callout.

[nyamafriend]

Im absolutely exhausted but I'm not upset at all, today was lovely I loved getting to see all my friends

Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, it means more than I can say <3

Goodnight y'all, and thank you for making today great

[sosthemortalcoil]

Given how much is going into the game have you considered doing it in multiple books? Or are you gonna go for one giant piece of work?

Originally SoS was designed as one book. I underestimated how many words it would take to accomplish everything I have planned at the beginning, but I cannot break it up too much unless I restructure the narrative completely. Breaking it up, I would need to have a fulfilling arc for each book. That’s not to say it’s outside the realm of possibilities, but it’s not a path I want to take, if possible. I have decided to split it into two, and I have shared snippets of where part one end. It is going to be giant, but that onus is on me. SoS is a very self-indulgent piece in terms of writing, with a strong emphasis on character interactions over streamlining the plot. While I know shorter books might seem a better route, I think they would feel incomplete, and the most natural divide is what I consider the half-way point anyways. It’ll mean a big cliff-hanger, but I think you’ll all survive. (Book one is The Son of Satan, while book two will have a different subtitle)

[andthenrealitycrashesthrough]

people who should be feared for their talents:

people who are able to read multiple books at once

[manicpixiedreamboots]

Hello, I'm writing this story/series about these people that have special powers. They try to hide who they are to the world but there's always those few that want to use there powers for selfish things (even though this power does not allow the user to use it for selfishness). (1 of 2)

exodarkangel said to manicpixiedreamboots: My issue is that in that the first two books are about one character and learns that she has this power and decided what to do with it and the book after that is a different character with the similar power that doesn't want it and is in the middle of a war. Would it be fine to have the series with different main characters in the different books. (2 of 2)

Hey @exodarkangel

If you want your books to have different main characters in your subsequent books, that’s totally up to you and completely doable!  It almost sounds like your story is following a specific power rather than a specific character. 

Keep in mind that the third book, if it is the only one with a different main character, will feel a little bit disjointed and be set apart by it’s uniqueness. You might lose a bit of flow in your over arcing story line. 

Write your stories with the main characters that feel natural to you when you write them. If it isn’t feeling like it works, then try something new.  Maybe your main character from the first two books could timeshare the leading role in the third. Maybe the main character from the third books could be introduced as early as book one so that your readers are familiar with them. 

Remember that it is completely fine to write your stories however you feel comfortable doing so. This is your universe, you can express it through whomever’s perspective you like! Keep it up, you’ve got this! 

[the-pages-are-curling]

The second (first) book that I’ve read is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

This book is noted around the world as a great book, but honestly I didn’t get the hype. Maybe on a reread I’d get more out of it but the story was kind of boring to me, and towards the end I was struggling to even finish reading it. I didn’t like the way that it was written either, I feel like some parts just didn’t make sense and the characters were more filler than characters, but maybe that’s the point? I’m not sure. I read the book in one sitting so maybe that’s a part of it.

The second book I read was ‘That’s Not What Happened’ by Kody Keplinger. I personally really like books like this one, stories about survivors of things such as shootings are really interesting to me. The book is told by one pov but the story has multiple stories told through letters and notes that they write to get the real story of the shooting out after the parents of a victim release a book about her story. The story everyone believes happened is actually not the truth and the book is about trying to correct the story. I really enjoyed this book and it’s a good book to get back into reading with.

The third book I’ve read so far is Schooled by Gordon Korman. This book is for middle schoolers but honestly I like reading books for younger people when I’m having a hard time with something because they’re easy to read and understand and you really don’t have to think about the story to understand the lesson. This one is about a boy who is raised on a hilly compound where they live like it’s the 60s, and when his grandmother hurts herself he has to move in with a social worker and join public middle school. Chaos ensues when he becomes class president, and has to learn about the modern world and middle school.