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Mild (no names) Spoilers. You’ve been warned.
Trilogies are a staple of the genre. There’s much that can be said about the history of the novel (and the romance, small ‘r’), but I’m not going to say it here. However, if you (yes, YOU) want to enlighten us in the comments about the history of the trilogy in the novel form, please do so. Or post in your own topic and let us know.
The following is how I would describe a textbook trilogy, in very broad strokes and using the form of three separate volumes to accomplish something different than a complete story in one volume, a series made up of “Reset” tales (each tale stands alone and there is little if any significant change in the main character(s) from volume to volume), or a multi-volume novel in which a long story arc is unfolded over multiple episodes (we’re seeing this form on HBO a lot these days).
( Onward, toward simplification. )
Trilogies are a staple of the genre. There’s much that can be said about the history of the novel (and the romance, small ‘r’), but I’m not going to say it here. However, if you (yes, YOU) want to enlighten us in the comments about the history of the trilogy in the novel form, please do so. Or post in your own topic and let us know.
The following is how I would describe a textbook trilogy, in very broad strokes and using the form of three separate volumes to accomplish something different than a complete story in one volume, a series made up of “Reset” tales (each tale stands alone and there is little if any significant change in the main character(s) from volume to volume), or a multi-volume novel in which a long story arc is unfolded over multiple episodes (we’re seeing this form on HBO a lot these days).
( Onward, toward simplification. )