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Q&A Should I start work on a sequel before I have sold my book?

I finished the 1st draft of my book, and have put it in the freezer(as I asked about in this question). I was planning to start work on a sequel of the book in the meantime. But I was told by some...

3 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question novel planning sequel
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:50:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/3628
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Shantnu Tiwari‭ · 2019-12-08T01:50:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
I finished the 1st draft of my book, and have put it in the freezer(as I asked about in [this](https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/2970/2024) question). I was planning to start work on a sequel of the book in the meantime.

But I was told by someone that I should not work on a sequel till I have sold my first book, since if I can't sell the first book, I will never be able to sell the sequel either, and all my effort will be wasted.

Is this good advice? As it means all the effort I put in creating the characters, themes, Universe(it was a Sci-Fi/Fantasy book) will be wasted.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-08-16T15:10:02Z (about 13 years ago)
Original score: 11