Doug Bassett (dj_bassett@yahoo.com)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:48:23 -0800 (PST)
A more simple answer, I think, might be that writers get
bored with the character and run out of stories to tell. If
the series becomes popular then the problem's compounded,
because the writer experiences economic pressures to keep
something going, even when his heart's not in it.
(That's why I'm always interested in a series "cut-off point"
-- the point beyond which the books start to stink. Every
series will reach that point sooner or later, I think.)
The only exception I can think of is the Travis McGee series,
and there, I'd argue, the weak books are at the
beginning.
doug
--- Kevin Burton Smith <kvnsmith@colba.net>
wrote:
>
> Most series, after a while, lose their steam
because
> the author has
> grown enamored of their hero, and started to
gloss
> over the rough
> bits that made the character so appealing in
the
> first place. And, of
> course, when a series becomes
commercially
> successful, there's far
> less room to maneuver.
===== Doug Bassett dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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