Decisions... Decisions... Decisions...

So,
With most of Thenew about done, It's time to work on plots.

My strategy is to start with a few basic plot structures/themes/dramas/etc., and build plots from there.
The plan is to try and not have repetitive/guessable/boring plotlines every book. I want each plotline to be different and interesting.
Now, I'm not sure how hard or easy this'll be... I'm not even sure where to start with for designing these. But that doesn't matter because I couldn't really start if I wanted to anyway.

Well, I probably could, but, eh. *Shrug*

Anyway, the thing I need to figure out here before I start making up plotlines, is this:

What type of series/world will Thenew be?

Will it be like Warrior Cats*? (a world with different plotlines/badguys but following the same main character through different generations)

Will it be like Redwall? (a world with different plotlines/badguys/main characters, with only a few things and characters recurring throughout each book)

And, depending on if it will be more Warrior Cats or Redwall like, how long should each series/plot be? 1 book long? 3 books long? 6 books long?

Who knows. That's the purpose of this blog post. To try and figure that out.

So far, not so good.

*Not in the sense of badly written, boring and repetitive. .....I hope.

So, in an effort to try and figure this out, I bring you...
The Pros and Cons.

More Warrior Cats-ish:

Pros:

• Wouldn't miss the characters.
• Would be able to follow the main character through many generations, see how they change, etc.

Cons:

• Less freedom.
  
• Not as believeable (all that bad stuff happened at once and is still happening? bad, bad, bad luck I say!)

More Redwall-ish

Pros:

• More believable.
• More free to do stuff and make things up.

Cons:

• Might miss the characters/writing about them.

Based on this, I'd say that a more Redwall-ish series, with 3 books per plot, would probably be the best option. Assuming that you'd be sick and tired with writing about the main characters after about three books. Plus, three is just a nice, even uneven number.

It's also magical.
*Starts singing*
Three... is a magic number. Yes it is. It's a magic number.

Er... I guess writing and re-writing blog posts over and over starts to make you go insane after about 2 hours.

Anyway. I'm still not sure if I'd miss the characters after 3 books...

Wait, I know! Make the characters elders or something in the next 3-book series if you still miss them.

Would that work? I hope so. The problem with writing is you can't test theories without a whole lot of time and effort. So you kinda have to guess at stuff like this.

Well, I had a feeling this blog post might help. And it did. I think. Anyway, I'll take what I can get!

Off to sketch out designs for the Sials. Again.
*Sigh* Oh well.

P.S.
Blog posts turn out really weird if you don't plan them out that much before writing them. I just noticed that.