: Re: Is it okay to have a sequel start immediately after the end of the first book? The sequel to my first book is supposed to start immediately after the end of the first book. Zero time gap.

Mad Max and The Road Warrior used a variant that initially seems like an immediate sequel - Mad Max ends with Max driving down a straight, empty road; the sequel begins with Max driving down a straight, empty road, but there are obvious changes - he's grown a beard, his car is much more beat-up looking, he's being chased by new characters, etc - that introduce the idea that time has passed without much actually changing.

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: Lovesick Character Distracting Readers How do you show that a character is suffering from lovesickness in a story plot, but not distract the reader from the actual main plot of the story?

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: Is there a writing software that you can sort scenes like slides in PowerPoint? I generally use PowerPoint for outlining my scenes (prose, not script). I put a general description of what the

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: A "sequel" that takes place during the events of its predecessor is called a midquel (or more precisely, an "intraquel"). In your case, only the first 25% of your second book is intraquel,

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: Which masthead editor to address a cover letter to for a short fiction submission? Most advice says to include the editor's name in the cover letter. In researching mastheads, however, I find:

: Re: Is it okay to have a sequel start immediately after the end of the first book? The sequel to my first book is supposed to start immediately after the end of the first book. Zero time gap.

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: Lovesick Character Distracting Readers How do you show that a character is suffering from lovesickness in a story plot, but not distract the reader from the actual main plot of the story?

: Is there a writing software that you can sort scenes like slides in PowerPoint? I generally use PowerPoint for outlining my scenes (prose, not script). I put a general description of what the

: A "sequel" that takes place during the events of its predecessor is called a midquel (or more precisely, an "intraquel"). In your case, only the first 25% of your second book is intraquel,

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