4 Tips for Writing a Rocking Sequel...With Some Help from Jumanji

Sequels. We love them. I mean, an author wants to give me more of a series for which I rated book 1 5 stars on Goodreads while lost in incoherent feels of “OMIGODNEEDMORERIGHTNOW!!!”? Yes, please.

Sequels work. After all, series are popular (books, TV, movies, video games—the list goes on). We like returning to familiar places, seeing characters we’ve started thinking of as friends again, watching our heroes save their home from the next big thing. It’s exciting.

At least, it is if done right....