Random Musings

Series Love

When I read fiction, about 95% of the time, I'm reading a part of a series.  (About 95% of the time, I'm also reading fantasy, truth be told.)  I love intricate world settings that are explored in depth through multiple books.  It's no wonder, then, that when I am preparing to write my own novel, I am planning on writing a Fantasy novel.  The questions then arise: Do I plan for this world to be involved enough to allow for multiple books in a series all about the same world?  Do I need to make plans to allow for a series for this story?  Do I stretch this single plot out over multiple books, or do I mostly close up this one plot, and simply explore the world in more expansive ways following this book? 

I'm actually pretty certain that this world *deserves* to be explored through multiple books.  Which has me fearful that the plot I am developing at this time for my November Novel is simply too succinct to allow for much stretching beyond it.  Am I closing up too much in this one book to allow for exploration later?  Am I revealing too much too early?

I figure these are all too big of questions to worry about at this stage of the game.  Most likely, I should just Get Through November, write as much as I can, and then step back and look at this question about a series After I get through the first month of writing.  I can always make giant edits if I need to extend the plot out.  But still, the idea is nagging at the back of my head.  And for someone who's never written a novel in her life, I know it's a nagging thought that is obviously looking to bite off more than I can chew my first bite ever.  But I never do things easily.  And honestly, I love the world I've dreamed up, and I want to do it justice.  I just hope my skills can do my dreams justice. 

If I've got time to waste this month, maybe I'll dig around for some suggestions on what fantasy writers do when writing their first novel of a possible series.  Maybe.  Or maybe I'll show some discipline and not worry about it till December.  Heh.