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The WIP Series
7 Dec 2013 04:37 pmYou know how sometimes you read an entire fic, possibly having followed it with steadily increasing impatience, and then when it's finally over the plot isn't actually resolved? But you didn't actually know that first, or even know that it was going to have a sequel, until you got to the end? SURPRISE!WIP. :|
I was following a WIP last summer with bated breath to the last chapter, only to discover that she didn't resolve the romance plot and in fact cliffhung it. So I vowed not to read the sequel until it was actually FINISHED. Six months later I checked and it finally was! So I read it yesterday. AND SHE FAILED TO RESOLVE THE ROMANCE PLOT AGAIN.
So now there's apparently a third novel. OR WHO KNOWS HOW MANY.
This is why it's actually kind of nice to be given information like "PART 1 OF THE __ TRILOGY" or "1/120". That's always better than 1/? or the much worse story that says it's complete but is LYING.
My mom was burned so badly by Roger Zelazny ending the 3rd book of the first Amber Trilogy (both of the Amber trilogies are actually 5 books long, thanks a lot, Zelazny) in a cliffhanger that she boycotted him forever (after finding out how Amber ended) and also started reading the last page, or last chapter, of most books before the middle.
I was following a WIP last summer with bated breath to the last chapter, only to discover that she didn't resolve the romance plot and in fact cliffhung it. So I vowed not to read the sequel until it was actually FINISHED. Six months later I checked and it finally was! So I read it yesterday. AND SHE FAILED TO RESOLVE THE ROMANCE PLOT AGAIN.
So now there's apparently a third novel. OR WHO KNOWS HOW MANY.
This is why it's actually kind of nice to be given information like "PART 1 OF THE __ TRILOGY" or "1/120". That's always better than 1/? or the much worse story that says it's complete but is LYING.
My mom was burned so badly by Roger Zelazny ending the 3rd book of the first Amber Trilogy (both of the Amber trilogies are actually 5 books long, thanks a lot, Zelazny) in a cliffhanger that she boycotted him forever (after finding out how Amber ended) and also started reading the last page, or last chapter, of most books before the middle.
