Comments on: Writing the Series Novel: Know Your World

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:29:33 +0000

I keep track of it in a notebook typically. Though I have to start a new one because in book 2 I decided to change a bunch of aspects of my main character, and since I knew I was going to rewrite book 1 it was okay, but not my character sheets need to be updated.

I’ve based Hill Bluff (my fictional town) off my parents town so it makes it very easy to keep track of where things are, stores, schools, library, town hall…they spend a lot of time there in teh first books, the books after that they spend very little time in their home town as they’re off traveling to some new place in time, but I do keep pictures of the buildings I used, and MAPS! I draw maps. For book one, Abby goes back to 1830 and I drew a map of the town, which is very important to the story, and actually some buildings are still standing in the present, so it allows for some great contrasting…but yeah I keep notes on all this – I have a big binder for each book (I also have to keep all my historical research there too)

By: Georgiana Daniels

Georgiana Daniels — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:11:38 +0000

It depends on the book. For my attempts at suspense I immersed myself in setting (maps, Google Earth, emails to people who knew the terrain, etc.) But for my rom com I’m not as fanatical. I can see how it’s important to keep that consistancy.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:49:54 +0000

When I first heard you talk about these posts, I thought “Well, sounds interesting, but not really useful for me.” But you’ve reminded me of a lot of things I love about writing in general, and I like how you don’t get bogged down in what most people think of as a series, you just do it the way that works for you. I really enjoyed reading this!