Should you write serial fiction? I get lots of questions about serials, so let’s cover the basics.
You may be wondering just what “serials” are. In a nutshell, they’re entertainment: ongoing stories, which are released serially.
Serials: storytelling in many forms
Serials were hugely popular with readers and viewers up to the 1950s, when television arrived.
They were published as books by authors like Charles Dickens. Many other authors published their serials in magazines. Once a serial was complete, it was published again in book form, in one, or several volumes.
Movies were released as serials in theaters, again up to the 1950s. From the 1950s onward, serials flourished as episodic TV series.
Today, serials are as popular as they ever were, with companies like Netflix releasing their shows as serials.
You may be thinking that that’s wonderful… but can YOU write a serial and publish it?
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