On Writing Series: Series Poetics & Digital Publishing (Pre-Order)

Description

Series fiction has exploded in popularity alongside the rise of digital publishing, drawing renewed attention from readers and institutions alike.

Yet writing series fiction isn’t always easy. Developing characters and stories capable of sustaining reader interest over multiple iterations is a challenge for any author, while our understanding of how series fiction differs from writing stand-alone titles addressed via anecdote and commercial framings rather than an engagement with writing craft.

Through On Writing Series, Peter M. Ball argues digital publishing not only changes the marketing environment in which series fiction is published, but also has profound effects on the writer’s craft. We not only publish series fiction differently, but write it differently as well.

Through writing this book, Ball explores develops a more complex way of conceptualising and understanding series fiction, with the goal of better understand what has changed, how we write series texts, and how to leverage their unique traits for series-specific commercial and artistic effects.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Towards A Nuanced Understanding Of Series: An Introduction
• Strange Liaisons: Series Verisimilitude And Serial Connections
• This Is Not An Ending: Series Temporality And Publishing Contexts
• Navigating The Ellipsis: Story, Character, And Endings In Series Works
• George R.R. Martin is not Your Bitch: A Conclusion