Could the Final Book in a Series Be the Hidden Masterpiece You’ve Been Missing?
There are a lot of ways you could answer that, but let’s look at two possible extreme cases. You might respond:
- “Book 1 is wretched. My target audience isn’t going to like it.”
- “Book 1 is pretty good. If it was a standalone book, it would still make my target audience happy. But it just isn’t as good as Book 3.”
Now let’s look at those two cases.
What if Book 1 is Bad?
If Book 1 in your series is bad, then nobody is going to read Book 2 except your mother, and even she won’t read Book 3.
If that’s the case, then you need to rethink your series and figure out how to make Books 1 and 2 better.
