Writing Side stories / stories in the same universe?

[KrakenRiderEmma]

I got a little stuck on my main story so I quickly wrote a short story in the same universe, but with no connection to the main story's characters.

Should I...
a) interrupt the main story to put the side story in as a bonus, even though it's not connected? (Downside, the main story is only 13% done.)
b) wait to do this until the main story is mostly done, during an interlude, or completely done
c) publish it as a new very short "series" connected to the main story even though it's only a 5000-word story (I guess it could be split in two or three parts)

Not sure what the right thing to do is in terms of "series etiquette."

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

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I think you should keep seperate things separate. You can link stories together as series or related on this site i think.

 

[Agentt]

related on this site i think.

In the Misc section of the story under the Create tab, yes.

 

[KrakenRiderEmma]

Thank you, I'll make a separate really-short series.

 

[Premier]

Make a separate series and link to it in the author note at the bottom of your main series chapters so people know it exists if they want to read more.

 

[ForestDweller]

What if I want to write short omakes? Not a full side series? Should I just put them at the end of the chapter?

 

[Premier]

What if I want to write short omakes? Not a full side series? Should I just put them at the end of the chapter?

Doesn't need to be a full side series, it's just a dumping ground for anything that isn't the main story.

 

[KrakenRiderEmma]

Yeah I ended up just doing a short 2-parter. I guess longer than an omake (it was 5500 words or so) but I don't think it would have worked at the end of a chapter. I might do more, at the risk of cluttering Scribble Hub with 1-to-4 chapter Completed series, and just link them all in a list from the main series. So far nobody has demanded that the side series continue, which is what I was afraid of (plot-wise I definitely can't merge them for at least 60-70 chapters)