Let’s look at some tips on how to get inspired to write a series.
1. Write a series: perhaps you’ve already started
You may already have written the first novel (or short story) in your series.
Many bestselling series which are focused on a single character “grow” as the the character grows. However, you don’t need to write chronologically.
For example, bestselling author C.S. Forester published the novel The Happy Return, in which his naval hero Horatio Hornblower is already in command of a ship, in 1937. Forester didn’t publish the start of Hornblower’s naval career until 1950, with Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.
