I had an erroneous idea that writing a duology would be simpler than writing a trilogy because I would get to cut out the middle book. It turns out it was actually harder because 'Wildcard' became this combination of having to write a book two and three at the same time.
Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.
Sometimes when I watch a TV season, your favorite shows die quickly. And then sometimes it's not your favorite, and they live on for 12 years.
I've never had a series that's gone past 12 episodes.
It feels as though, with all of these cable series or Internet shows or limited series events that are only 10 or 13 episodes... the quality is really rising.
Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more.
They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short.
Comedies are often half-hour programs and then drama and action series are often an hour.
Cable shows do 13 episodes. I get that. I can wrap my head around 13 episodes. You make them all, you post them all, and then you get to air them. The network cycle is way more intense. There's more episodes.
I'm probably always guilty for rooting for a long series. Not either side - I don't really care who wins the game, but it makes for more compelling TV the more games you go deeper into a series.
All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.
I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.
You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be.
I wouldn't like to get trapped in a long series.
One of the tricks that you have to learn, with episodic TV, is you don't know how many years you're going to be blessed with.
Limited series ensure that we maintain the quality of the writing on the sets.
