“I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.” ThinkingBookGoneReaderSeriesEntityRequest Author:Lois Lowry
“The Architect is just one of a series of works which examine the confrontation of innocence and experience, illustrating the complex ethics of power that exist between reader and writer, critic and artist, the human and the divine.” HumansArtistDivineReaderEthicsSeriesComplexesCriticsInnocenceJust OneArchitectConfrontationIllustratingInnocence And Experience Author:John Scott
“Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not?” IfsFeelsLostFictionWrittenReaderSeriesWhy Not Author:Julia Quinn
“Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.” CharacterCreativeReaderTruth IsSeriesPatternsInvisibleSettingStorytellingSettingsRecognitionVisiblePlotStorytellerDots Author:Douglas Coupland
“In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endure over time, whether that be a long series run like a Harry Bosch, or a character who endures over generations and continues to please readers: Sherlock Holmes.” LongCharacterRunningWishTermGenerationsHavensReaderPleaseSeriesEndureImpressedHolmes Author:Michael Koryta
“Of course, it may be that the arts of writing and photography are antithetical. The hope and aim of a word-handler is that he maycommunicate a thought or an impression to his reader without the reader's realizing that he has been dragged through a series of hazardous or grotesque syntactical situations. In photography the goal seems to be to prove beyond a doubt that the cameraman, in his great moment of creation, was either hanging by his heels from the rafters or was wedged under the floor with his lens in a knothole.” WritingMayHas BeensArtMomentsSeemsCoursesGoalRealizingSituationDoubtCreationReaderProvePhotographyAimSeriesImpressionHeelsLensesGrotesqueGreat MomentsCameramanArt Of WritingRafters Author:E. B. White
“What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You do yourself harm by moving away from the series and the genre. By trying things not based in that particular mode of writing, you will just lose readers.” WritingTryingMovingLosesToo MuchParticularReaderSeriesHarmGenreThriveSelf HarmMoving Away Author:John Connolly
“I was not a vampire or werewolf fan at all. I'd never even heard of the series. I auditioned for the role, and as soon as I got it, I started reading the books. I'm not a reader, but I really did get hooked on them.” BookReadingRolesHeardFansReaderSeriesVampireWerewolfHooked Author:Taylor Lautner
“One of the great things about writing a series is that with each book, the novel is meant to stand alone on its own legs, but also to bring along those loyal readers who become attached to the characters over the years.” WritingYearsBookCharacterNovelReaderSeriesLegsGreat ThingsLoyalStand Alone Author:Linda Fairstein
“I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA programs in which a young poet goes through the program, publishes a series of books, gets teaching jobs, that's a bit at risk.” ThinkingBookJobsYoungBitsTermRiskGroupsTeachingPoetReaderModelsProgramSeriesVery GoodPublish Author:Edward Hirsch
“It's important to realize that the series actually grows with the reader. "March: Book One" is a great introduction for kids as young as eight or nine years old. But then they grow with the reader. Book Two is bigger, Book Three is even bigger. And they grow more violent and more confrontational.” YearsTwoImportantBookKidsYoungThreeGrowsRealizingReaderBiggerSeriesEightNineViolentMarchIntroductionNine YearsBook Readers Author:Andrew Aydin
“I read the 'Deadpool' series back in the '90s. I'm not, like, a huge comic book reader, per say, though. I'll check out 'Archie' when I'm in the grocery line, but that's about it.” BookLinesHugeReaderSeriesChecksComicComic BookGroceriesBook Readers Author:Ryan Reynolds
“'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.” BookKidsGenerationsReaderInternetGratitudeSeriesDepthDebtErasHarry PotterPottersFeatsDebt Of Gratitude Author:Gary Ross