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These days, your readers want series. That chance to revisit their favorite characters over and over, to see where their lives are going next. Television has spoiled them for long arcs of story spanning seasons, rather than episodes. You need to adapt to this new world. Learn to write in series, expanding your stories into greater and greater tales.
2) In Media Res
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In Media Res. Latin for 'into the middle of things.’ Not every story has to start with a long, slow brain-dump of world-building to establish setting. Many modern readers will put the book down and walk away when you do that. Instead, consider starting right in the middle of the action, working forwards as you slowly explain how things got here. Perhaps beginning so simply as somebody knocking on the door. Drop your characters into the middle of...
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