Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Post History

71%
+3 −0
Q&A Would it be better to write a trilogy over a much longer series?

I'm planning out a long series (more than five books as is). It's very optimistic, I know. But I'm just wondering: Would it be better to plan out my series as a trilogy, leaving room to expand if...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by klippy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mark Baker‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:50:16Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/47625
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar klippy‭ · 2019-12-08T12:50:16Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm planning out a long series (more than five books as is). It's very optimistic, I know. But I'm just wondering:

Would it be better to plan out my series as a trilogy, leaving room to expand if the series is successful?

I feel like publishers would regard trilogies as a safer bet than a long-winded series, but then again, I don't know much about the publishing world.

My background: I have not published any novels so far. If successful, these would be my first.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-28T09:46:53Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 9