So, considering how hard it is to write a single novel, why would anyone in their right mind want to try their hand at writing a trilogy, three interlinked books dragging the reader through a lavish set up, an intriguing middle and a jaw-dropping, heart-pounding finale?!
Well, quite simply because it’s great fun! Yes, it’s a demanding and, at times, depressing undertaking that takes up years of your life (for me it was four and a half years of my life given over to The Darkest Hand trilogy). It also probably helps if you’re lacking a little in the sanity stakes (don’t worry if not, you will be by the end!).
But there’s nothing like that sense of achievement when you’ve produced, made or done something HUGE - and writing a trilogy is huge. Not much comes bigger, in a literary sense, at least.
Writing a trilogy opens up a whole new side to yourself, things about you that you never realised; your ability to manage thousands of facts, juggle timelines, organise teams of bit part actors, ‘become’ your main characters in thought and voice, and, perhaps, most importantly of all, discover that you do have the talent, the patience and the strength to stay the course and finish your epic work.
