I am exploring the idea of what I think of as a concurrent novel. My newest novel is nearing completion. It takes place over a time period of about three months. However, because of the topic of the novel, there is a large amount of ideas that I never got to explore in the story. So the question is, would it work to use the exact same timeline, but new characters and new plots to explore the ideas I missed on first time round? The events of the first book, which was of a global nature, would all still be exactly the same. That is why I’m thinking of it as a concurrent novel, the timeline of the second novel is concurrent with the first novel, it’s not a sequel. It’s difficult to explain without giving away the plot of my new book, so I’ll make up a story to explain further. Let us say that there has been a nuclear disaster. The first novel explored the lives of 10 people during this holocaust. Now let us suppose that I write a next book, based on the exact same nuclear disaster as the first book, but I use a new set of characters, plots and events. The reader, of course, will be left in no doubt that the two books are connected through the same event. Hope that is clear. Any thoughts?
My newest novel is nearing completion. It takes place over a time period of about three months. However, because of the topic of the novel, there is a large amount of ideas that I never got to explore in the story.
So the question is, would it work to use the exact same timeline, but new characters and new plots to explore the ideas I missed on first time round? The events of the first book, which was of a global nature, would all still be exactly the same. That is why I’m thinking of it as a concurrent novel, the timeline of the second novel is concurrent with the first novel, it’s not a sequel.
It’s difficult to explain without giving away the plot of my new book, so I’ll make up a story to explain further.
Let us say that there has been a nuclear disaster. The first novel explored the lives of 10 people during this holocaust.
Now let us suppose that I write a next book, based on the exact same nuclear disaster as the first book, but I use a new set of characters, plots and events.
The reader, of course, will be left in no doubt that the two books are connected through the same event.
Hope that is clear.
Any thoughts?