Three in One?
As I wrote a while back, I'm writing a new fantasy trilogy.
Usually a trilogy follows a timeline - first book covers the start, second book the middle, and third book the finale. The challenge with these kinds of trilogies is making each book also have an arch. Otherwise, the reader gets bored or frustrated, not getting a sense of completion in any of the books until the third.
But this trilogy is different. I'm writing each book from a main character's perspective, covering the same timeline in each book.
This is similar to the very first book I wrote, which had three stories in one, each the same main characters but with a different perspective. In that book, the husband of the couple dies at the beginning of the first story, and the rest of the story is about how they met and how she will get along. The second story tells the story of them living and loving until old age. The third story is much of the truth of the tale, which is loosely based on real events.
So this trilogy is similar in that it's the same story - sort of - with different perspectives.
But it's different in that each book is really the story of fulfilling the prophecy from the perspective of one of the three chosen ones. It's not until the final chapter that the three come together.
And so, as I write, the three stories are separate but intertwined. Things that happen in one book may affect what happens in the others. And since things "come up" as I write - regular readers will know this about my writing - I'm writing the three books simultaneously. That way, I can incorporate the pop-up ideas in the other two books - if appropriate.
As a result, I don't think I'll publish until all three books are completed. So, instead of publishing every 9 months, as has been my norm, it might be a couple of years.
That's scary for me. I don't know that I have an audience waiting for my books. But it's still a long time between new books.
So we'll see. I may try to focus on one of the three and publish sooner than that.
Usually a trilogy follows a timeline - first book covers the start, second book the middle, and third book the finale. The challenge with these kinds of trilogies is making each book also have an arch. Otherwise, the reader gets bored or frustrated, not getting a sense of completion in any of the books until the third.
But this trilogy is different. I'm writing each book from a main character's perspective, covering the same timeline in each book.
This is similar to the very first book I wrote, which had three stories in one, each the same main characters but with a different perspective. In that book, the husband of the couple dies at the beginning of the first story, and the rest of the story is about how they met and how she will get along. The second story tells the story of them living and loving until old age. The third story is much of the truth of the tale, which is loosely based on real events.
So this trilogy is similar in that it's the same story - sort of - with different perspectives.
But it's different in that each book is really the story of fulfilling the prophecy from the perspective of one of the three chosen ones. It's not until the final chapter that the three come together.
And so, as I write, the three stories are separate but intertwined. Things that happen in one book may affect what happens in the others. And since things "come up" as I write - regular readers will know this about my writing - I'm writing the three books simultaneously. That way, I can incorporate the pop-up ideas in the other two books - if appropriate.
As a result, I don't think I'll publish until all three books are completed. So, instead of publishing every 9 months, as has been my norm, it might be a couple of years.
That's scary for me. I don't know that I have an audience waiting for my books. But it's still a long time between new books.
So we'll see. I may try to focus on one of the three and publish sooner than that.
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