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How to Serialise Your Fiction (to Write Successfully Online)
I googled some general definitions that will help you with serialisation
Definition of Serialise...
~ Publish or broadcast (a story or play) in regular instalments.
~ Arrange (something) in a series.
Definition of Progression...
~ the process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state.
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This is why you should serialise...
This concept in general means you will be able to structure your story like your favorite television series. It provides a good basis for how to successfully write online as it provides engagement, suspense and a desire in the reader to wait for each instalment.
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This is how you should serialise...
Set a release day of the week. Have a specific meaning to each episode/chapter. For example, an action, a fight, romantic interaction, mysterious interaction, introductions of new characters, family interaction, friend/villain and protagonist progressions and/or digressions. Progressing the plot over time will become easier with each new interaction. End each episode/chapter with a reason to read the next. Cliff-hangers can be questions, foreshadowing, new discoveries, new identities, new plot twists etc.
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This is what you will gain...
More readers. A steady follower base. A reason to write each week (due to the structure of serialisation). It will help you improve your writing over-time (make sure you give yourself time to go over and edit previous episodes/chapters)
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Extra tips
Keep a digital (or hardcopy) page/journal of important facts, names, places, descriptions, plot ideas, twists and progressions to keep track of your story and where it is headed and if it’s on the right path (and if it’s not, you’ll have the tracking tools to keep an idea of where your story is headed). Don’t assume your story will go to plan with serialisation, as you write, if problems appear don’t give up. Sometimes issues with progression give you an opportunity to enhance your story and add in greater detail to get to your final goal.
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How do I know this?
I may not be a professionally made author but I am successfully self-made. It’s my own advice that I’ve homed in over a ten-year period. I’ve been writing when I was 12 until the present day (I am now 22). I didn’t start off perfect, but I started off with passion. What got me through was persistence, writing because I am in love with writing and learning from my mistakes. (my next blog will be more about this)
Definition of Serialise...
~ Publish or broadcast (a story or play) in regular instalments.
~ Arrange (something) in a series.
Definition of Progression...
~ the process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state.
****
This is why you should serialise...
This concept in general means you will be able to structure your story like your favorite television series. It provides a good basis for how to successfully write online as it provides engagement, suspense and a desire in the reader to wait for each instalment.
****
This is how you should serialise...
Set a release day of the week. Have a specific meaning to each episode/chapter. For example, an action, a fight, romantic interaction, mysterious interaction, introductions of new characters, family interaction, friend/villain and protagonist progressions and/or digressions. Progressing the plot over time will become easier with each new interaction. End each episode/chapter with a reason to read the next. Cliff-hangers can be questions, foreshadowing, new discoveries, new identities, new plot twists etc.
****
This is what you will gain...
More readers. A steady follower base. A reason to write each week (due to the structure of serialisation). It will help you improve your writing over-time (make sure you give yourself time to go over and edit previous episodes/chapters)
****
Extra tips
Keep a digital (or hardcopy) page/journal of important facts, names, places, descriptions, plot ideas, twists and progressions to keep track of your story and where it is headed and if it’s on the right path (and if it’s not, you’ll have the tracking tools to keep an idea of where your story is headed). Don’t assume your story will go to plan with serialisation, as you write, if problems appear don’t give up. Sometimes issues with progression give you an opportunity to enhance your story and add in greater detail to get to your final goal.
****
How do I know this?
I may not be a professionally made author but I am successfully self-made. It’s my own advice that I’ve homed in over a ten-year period. I’ve been writing when I was 12 until the present day (I am now 22). I didn’t start off perfect, but I started off with passion. What got me through was persistence, writing because I am in love with writing and learning from my mistakes. (my next blog will be more about this)
