New Weekly Serial

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I don't think I could wait until the entire story is finished. I'm too nosy and want to see what happens weekly.

Praise from Tony saying your next is a 'cracker' Rob. I've got that compliment yet to come for any of my contributions. :cry:

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Now I feel embarrassed! :oops:

I agree with you Julie that I'm too nosy to wait until a series is finished! It would be like those people who leave a few Christmas presents to open on New Years Day! i could never manage that! :lol:
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John Pickup wrote:I found that if I read the serial weekly I was forgetting the storyline and having to constantly re-read the previous week's episode. I'm another who will read the whole story when the serialisation is complete.
Oh, me too. I have always hated serials - even now, if we want to watch, say, a 6-part TV drama, we record all parts then binge-watch in one evening. Game of Thrones is an exception, one episode at a time is enough!
Chrissie wrote:Also it interrupts the flow for me (when I read a book by EB, I try to finish it within one or two days, because I cannot put it down).
Yes, me too. As a child I used to devour Blyton's from the library like an eagle with a starling. I could no more read a chapter and then think, "I'll read the next one next week!" I'm completely with you on this, Chrissie.

I can, however, understand that our writers are eager to hear praise. It must be frustrating to have written the story only to get no feedback. However, I wonder what the reaction would be if it was critical?! Thankfully, I have enjoyed everything that I have read so far!
Tony wrote: I guess that none of these 'completeists' will go anywhere near your serial until early April next year! Their loss as it is a cracker! :roll:
That's a new one, "competeists"! It goes without saying, Tony, that people who want to read a story when it is complete, will wait. There is no need to roll your eyes at us and it certainly isn't a loss. I like to read books at my own speed and how much I read in one sitting. If it grips me and is a real page-turner, I might even read it in one sitting. The point is, I want to decide how much I read and do not wish to be restricted by a serial format. There is also no possibility of me making a book last from August until next April! I'll leave that to the 'serialists'! :roll: (15-all)
Julie wrote:Praise from Tony saying your next is a 'cracker' Rob. I've got that compliment yet to come for any of my contributions. :cry:
Haha! Poor Julie. Maybe you could ask Rob for some tips! :D
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Moonraker wrote:Yes, me too. As a child I used to devour Blyton's from the library like an eagle with a starling. I could no more read a chapter and then think, "I'll read the next one next week!" I'm completely with you on this, Chrissie.
I guess we all approach things differently. I've never read a Blyton book in only one or two sittings - or any other book for that matter. I've been reading The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor for around two weeks now, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I appreciate books far better read at a slower pace - mostly because at university etc, I skim-read books I wasn't interested in, and finished them as quickly as possible. With an enjoyable book, I never want it to end! :-D
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Moonraker wrote:I can, however, understand that our writers are eager to hear praise. It must be frustrating to have written the story only to get no feedback. However, I wonder what the reaction would be if it was critical?! Thankfully, I have enjoyed everything that I have read so far!
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personally, I welcome (constructive!) criticism. In fact, I'd prefer it to faint praise. It's the only way we can improve as writers. I rate my own writing so lowly that I wouldn't be offended at all if someone gave me constructive criticism. I know that my writing isn't half as good as other people's, but its all I can do.

Moonraker wrote:Haha! Poor Julie. Maybe you could ask Rob for some tips! :D
Stirrer! :oops:
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I've been known to read a Blyton book within hours, let alone days! :lol: But I don't mind serialising a story either.

I must admit the only reason why I haven't been reading any of the serials offered by our writers here is that in every case (the Famous Five, the Find-Outers, the Barney mysteries, the Secret Seven) I haven't yet read all of Enid's original books in any of those series, so I feel I ought to at least do that much before reading any new stories!! :oops: :oops: :oops: But I will get to them one day...
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:lol:

You'll have about 100 serials to read by that time, lol! ;-)
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I have a question, Rob: how many continuation stories from the suspenseful EB series (Secret series, Secret Seven, FFO & Dog, FF, Barney, Adventure series) are actually out there?

I know there's a continuation of "The Boy Next Door" (I printed it out and read it, it was great! 8) ).
And are there any other continuation stories for the suspenseful stand-alone books like "The Treasure Hunters" or "The Hollow Tree House"?

I wish there would be another part to the first 3 Adventurous Four books!
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I'm not sure, Chrissie. I only really follow the continuation stories on this EB site, apart from Hulie's excellent Find-Outers as grown-ups stories, which I think are very good indeed. I don't think there have been any follow-on books for The Treasure Hunters or Hollow Tree House - not sure where those two could be taken, as they are rounded off quite well, but there's always a chance someone might write something! :-)

The Adventurous Four books certainly could stand another addition though, I think - though their setting would be fairly restrictive, as they tend to revolve around Andy and his boat! 8)
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I did have an idea for The Treasure Hunters, and may use that at some point, but then I got involved in the one I'm doing at the moment. :)

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Julie, I'm looking forward to read both of them. 8)
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Chrissie777 wrote: I printed out your "Narrowboat" FF story and then Julie's "Rook's Rock Mystery" right after and still had no time to read them. That's why I didn't write any feedback yet, but I will. Promise.
Never thought that being retired could be that busy! :roll:
Hopefully you'll enjoy my Narrowboat story, Chrissie, as it has plenty of secret passages! :D
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That sounds very promising, Rob. I'm sure I will enjoy each secret passage plus the rest of the story.
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Rob Houghton wrote:I guess we all approach things differently. I've never read a Blyton book in only one or two sittings - or any other book for that matter. I've been reading The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor for around two weeks now, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I appreciate books far better read at a slower pace - mostly because at university etc, I skim-read books I wasn't interested in, and finished them as quickly as possible. With an enjoyable book, I never want it to end! :-D
Yes, we approach things differently, Rob.
I always read 3 books parallel, because I sometimes worry that I might not have enough years left in my life to read them all (and to re-read the ones that I love so much that I usually re-read them on a bi-yearly basis).
My biggest obstacle is that my reading speed is getting slower with aging and there seem to be more and more things everyday that interfere with uninterrupted reading. :evil:
Sometimes I wish there would be a stop button and I could read uninterrupted for 3 hours at a time, but that never seems to happen anymore. :roll:
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Rob Houghton wrote:personally, I welcome (constructive!) criticism. In fact, I'd prefer it to faint praise. It's the only way we can improve as writers. I rate my own writing so lowly that I wouldn't be offended at all if someone gave me constructive criticism. I know that my writing isn't half as good as other people's, but its all I can do.
Often enough other forumites already wrote what I was thinking about a continuation story, that's why I don't post. I could only repeat what they wrote, but don't want to blow up the forum unnecessarily. :|
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