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J.A.Penrose replied to the topic Lesson 13 : Plotting with Purpose in the forum Annual Theme Discussion 7 years, 11 months ago
Yeeeup! Pretty much what @sarah-vdh said!
I’d also stress that it depends on the type of series. Books such as the Chronicles of Narnia can wrap up fairly well, only very faintly following the structure over the series. Books such as Lord of the Rings will be less inclined to wrap up neatly.
They are more like case of one continuous story that is broken into three books in order to be manageable. In this case, you need to make sure that each book has points: 3, 4, and 5. The first book needs points 1 and 2 as well, and the last book needs point 6. Each of the books should have a bit of these, but it won’t perfectly follow that structure.
Main thing to remember is to NOT leave the climax out of any of the books. The last book should have the main climax, but the others still need a climax. Otherwise it gets boring.
Hopefully between the two of us, some of your question was answered? (thanks Sarah!)












