Tackle A Trilogy And Triple Your Profits
Aug 28th, 2008 | By Suzanne Harrison | Category: Writing and WritersAre you a writer with big ideas? Are you always imagining epics, sweeping stories, great tales of human struggle and sacrifice, interlaced with personal stories of love, sadness and triumph? If so, you ought to consider turning your book or story idea into a trilogy.
Why a trilogy? Believe it or not, there are deep psychological reasons that we do things in threes. The holy trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the Triple Goddess is Maiden, Mother, Crone, detailing the feminine journey through life. How many times have you heard the phrase “third time lucky”, or given someone “three guesses” or “three chances”? And of course in baseball it’s “three strikes and you’re out!”
