WHY WRITE A SERIES? IWSG post

A series provides a built-in audience for your next book, of course.
You have time to flesh out yoursecondary charactersso that readers love to tune into see what happens next in their lives.  

Every good book has well-developed characters, an engrossing plot, and a healthy dose of conflict,

but a good book series demands all of that and so much more. 

A series makes a promise: 
it promises that readers will enjoy a richer, more evolved experience as it progresses.


 When readers commit to reading a series, they do it for one main reason: 

because they care about the characters. 
The reader must want to follow the characters on their journey, 

getting to know them like real-life friends and family, 

and becoming invested in the outcomes of their conflicts and endeavors.



Alongside solid plot development, 

a series must focus on constant character development in order for it to hold any hope of sustaining itself. 

Your characters must undergo significant changes throughout the story. 

They should not be the same people at the series' conclusion as they were at its commencement.

Hollywood and Horror 
The two seem to be made for each other ... 
add in WWII, madness, and the exotic locale of post-war New Orleans ...
and now you have something.

Love, Ambition, Loss, Conflicting Ego's
Each character drawn in by these things are changed by them. 

None remain the same.


What remains amidst the smoking ruins come Dawn?

That is something upon whichthe survivors reflect in the shadows of their thoughts.