But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.
The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.
But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections.
To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
The study of history reveals that human progress has not been continuous and regular, but intermittent and spasmodic, often depending upon apparently accidental causes. It is difficult to get a cross-section view of society at any given stage.
I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.
A lot of times, actors and directors don't want to repeat something. I don't think we're repeating something, but I think there's certainly a genre that we're in, and we're happy to embrace it.
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