: Re: Where is the best place to "twist" a series? I have plans for a fantasy trilogy in which the main characters defeating the threat in each book simply makes way for the new threat of the

Put it at the end of book one. If there is no book 2, it becomes an open-ended story. If there is a book 2, you can continue as planned.

As usual, keep the 3 act structure in each book and in each chapter: Exposition, rising action, climax.

[EDIT] Try to come up with something different for the second book; readers will think you try to trick them into buying book 3 if you reuse the idea. Like "I can't believe they fell for the same trap again."

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