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Originally Posted by fjtorres
but other concepts and stories don't lend themselves to sequels and trying to graft followups to a one-and-done tends to leave a bad taste and often devalues the original or drives the audience away.
Some times it is best to leave well enough alone.
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K.J. Parker was once asked (by email or phone or however you get to "interview" Parker):
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Have you ever been tempted to write a longer series, George R. R. Martin–or Robert Jordan–style?
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To which she (I'm going with "she" today) replied:
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Temptation is always with us, but as a friend of mine is fond of saying, the difference between luck and a Land Rover is that luck doesn't work better if you push it.
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That's always stuck with me.
