Sean Platt and David Wright have been quite busy since last summer. Check out these serial fiction (on Amazon) by them:
Also check out these serial fiction from other authors:
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In addition to the 5 ways to advertise your web fiction as previously posted, here are a few more places to post/advertise your web fiction:
3. Wattpad
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The more involved I get with writing my web serial, the more I learn about serial writing. This past week I learned that serial fiction and serialized fiction are not the same thing.
Serial fiction is an ongoing story where you publish as you write.
Serialized fiction is a completed work that is broken down into smaller pieces and published as one section or chapter at a time.
Still need more clarification? Here’s a great article to read that will help you.
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Should you register your web fiction with the Copyright Office? I believe this is a personal decision made only by the web writer. It basically depends on your goal for the story you’re writing. If you {eventually} intend to self-publish your web fiction either as an ebook or a paperback (Smashword and Lulu are two examples), I’d recommend that you do register your work.
Here are two sites to check out:
What are your thoughts and/or experiences in regards to registering your web fiction?
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For those who write serial/web fiction, check out the new page I just started, The Web Scribes.
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How do you write a serial fiction that will have readers coming back for more? Here’s a list of ideas that I’ve found that worked for others:
1. Post new chapters/sections in a timely fashion. Don’t wait several weeks or months to post a new entry to your story. Readers don’t like to wait very long to see what happens next.
2. Show, don’t tell. Make your story come to life in a reader’s mind by showing what happen. Allow the reader to lose her or himself in the world you created.
3. Try to end each section or chapter with a cliffhanger. Give your readers no choice but to come back!
4. Make sure each entry is as free of grammatical errors as possible.
5. Find ways to make your story original. Try something that few have dared to do.
Can you add other ways that would help increase the success of a serial fiction?
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Have a Happy Easter!