Comments on: Series vs. Serial http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/03/12/series-vs-serial/ Home of Author Maura Anderson Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maura Anderson http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/03/12/series-vs-serial/comment-page-1/#comment-11008 Maura Anderson Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:18:29 +0000 http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/03/12/series-vs-serial/#comment-11008 Great elaboration, Brenna :) Thanks for coming in with the assist. Great elaboration, Brenna :)

Thanks for coming in with the assist.

]]> By: Brenna Lyons http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/03/12/series-vs-serial/comment-page-1/#comment-10985 Brenna Lyons Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:19:33 +0000 http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/03/12/series-vs-serial/#comment-10985 How did I miss this conversation? Just my type of thing. I'd add something to tweak serial, if I may? A serial may not be soap-operaish at all. It may, in fact, be a single story arc which is told over the course of several books, ending in a cliffhanger between sections. The main difference between a series and a serial is that all books in a series should be ABLE to stand alone as individual books, even if they make more sense read in order. A reader should be able to pick up book four, read it and enjoy it fully as a stand-alone...then go back and pick up 1-3 and read them. A serial should be read in order to make sense, since it's a single storyline arc, continued from book to book. Yes, you can catch up with enough background to follow it in book four, in some cases, but the books are not written to stand alone. In my case, PROPHECY is a serial of two books; KEGIN, NIGHT WARRIORS and so on are series books. Brenna How did I miss this conversation? Just my type of thing.

I’d add something to tweak serial, if I may? A serial may not be soap-operaish at all. It may, in fact, be a single story arc which is told over the course of several books, ending in a cliffhanger between sections.

The main difference between a series and a serial is that all books in a series should be ABLE to stand alone as individual books, even if they make more sense read in order. A reader should be able to pick up book four, read it and enjoy it fully as a stand-alone…then go back and pick up 1-3 and read them. A serial should be read in order to make sense, since it’s a single storyline arc, continued from book to book. Yes, you can catch up with enough background to follow it in book four, in some cases, but the books are not written to stand alone.

In my case, PROPHECY is a serial of two books; KEGIN, NIGHT WARRIORS and so on are series books.

Brenna

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