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Notes on reading serials and writing them.
review
What Makes a Chapter Ending Actually Work
There is a difference between a chapter that ends and a chapter that stops. Both put a break on the page. Only one makes the next chapter feel necessary. Four kinds, in ascending...
list
Seven Family Drama Serials Worth Your Evening
Family drama is the most forgiving genre to start and the hardest to sustain. The setup writes itself: put people who cannot leave each other in a room. The problem arrives around...
guide
How to Read a Serial Without Losing the Thread
Serials ask something of a reader that novels do not. A novel is read across days; a serial is read across months, in fragments, between other things. The plot does not wait for yo...