Trilogy confusion

[AnkaNix]

So I have a trilogy in mind:

• Parody, comedy. GenderBender.
• LitRPG, action. Drama.
• Parody, action. GenderBender.

So far, I have only written the first one with 20 chapters(aim is 300 chapters). I was wondering if the 2nd one would be a sore thumb in the trilogy. Should I replace it with the same GenderBender Parody fiction?

 

[OniKaniki]

yes 100%, gender bender is the king! the best of the best, the peak fiction!

jk, you are the writer, just write what you like. do you write two of them simultaneously in the first place? you still have 280 chapters left to worry about that.

it's strange that two are parody, and one is original. is it related?

 

[Tibbit]

If it’s not planned in the story, then I wouldn’t. If you try to force it in there simply to make it match the other two it will likely fall flat or not be fun to wright/read. Let your story flow and if it feels like it works this way then I would personally leave it since it is “your story”.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Generally a trilogy is consistent among genres and retains most or all of the same characters. I'd suggest having the gender bending happen ither in the first or second book. and keep the whole thing action/comedy or parody (as an example, the anime - and I assume manga, though have never read it, Ranma 1/2 is Comedy/Adventure/Genderbender/Romance series).

 

[AnkaNix]

yes 100%, gender bender is the king! the best of the best, the peak fiction!

jk, you are the writer, just write what you like. do you write two of them simultaneously in the first place? you still have 280 chapters left to worry about that.

I see, thanks.

it's strange that two are parody, and one is original. is it related?

Ahhh I must have phrased it vaguely. They all are original works.

Generally a trilogy is consistent among genres and retains most or all of the same characters. I'd suggest having the gender bending happen ither in the first or second book. and keep the whole thing action/comedy or parody (as an example, the anime - and I assume manga, though have never read it, Ranma 1/2 is Comedy/Adventure/Genderbender/Romance series).

Makes sense, thanks.

If it’s not planned in the story, then I wouldn’t. If you try to force it in there simply to make it match the other two it will likely fall flat or not be fun to wright/read. Let your story flow and if it feels like it works this way then I would personally leave it since it is “your story”.

Alright, thanks.

 

[Eldoria]

Before deciding on genres, you should ask yourself what the central premise is that underpins your entire trilogy. For example, LOTR has other fictions that support it.

The core of Tolkien's trilogy is the history of Middle Earth from ancient times to the end times. Therefore, the characters may differ in each fiction, but they all follow the timeline of Middle Earth history. This trilogy is connected thematically through world history.

So, to build a trilogy, you need to connect the 'threads of fate' (read: the main premise that forms the basis of the trilogy) between the fictions so that your trilogy has plots and world-building that makes sense both thematically and chronologically.

Perhaps those threads of fate are world history, ideological wars, a hero's journey, etc.

The question is, what are the threads of fate that connect your series into a trilogy?

 

[Arkus86]

As mentioned before, if you're really planning a trilogy, it needs some unifying theme. If your first and last books have parody and gender-bender, then it's weird for your second book to have neither.
You can have a trilogy where every book is a different genre, but you need a reason for the wildly different genres, and you still need something tying the books together to make sense as a trilogy.

 

[laccoff_mawning]

I'm somewhat confused with the idea of a trilogy having different genres from one another entirely. Is there an example of a series where this is the case?

 

[AnkaNix]

I'm somewhat confused with the idea of a trilogy having different genres from one another entirely. Is there an example of a series where this is the case?

Three different perspectives of three era. Villain, hero and another person

As mentioned before, if you're really planning a trilogy, it needs some unifying theme. If your first and last books have parody and gender-bender, then it's weird for your second book to have neither.
You can have a trilogy where every book is a different genre, but you need a reason for the wildly different genres, and you still need something tying the books together to make sense as a trilogy.

Alright, thanks.

Before deciding on genres, you should ask yourself what the central premise is that underpins your entire trilogy. For example, LOTR has other fictions that support it.

The core of Tolkien's trilogy is the history of Middle Earth from ancient times to the end times. Therefore, the characters may differ in each fiction, but they all follow the timeline of Middle Earth history. This trilogy is connected thematically through world history.

So, to build a trilogy, you need to connect the 'threads of fate' (read: the main premise that forms the basis of the trilogy) between the fictions so that your trilogy has plots and world-building that makes sense both thematically and chronologically.

Perhaps those threads of fate are world history, ideological wars, a hero's journey, etc.

The question is, what are the threads of fate that connect your series into a trilogy?

I see, thanks.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I'm somewhat confused with the idea of a trilogy having different genres from one another entirely. Is there an example of a series where this is the case?

I've seen it attempted twice, once in a series that I only remember that it did have a weird tonal shift between volumes (I think there were four but it was something I read when mom worked at the library and I grabbed random stuff off the shelves waiting for her shift to end so we could go home), and once in one of the romance novel series my wife has (IIRC it was a Harlequin Romace series with five volumes - two in the Old West, one with a bad guy MC who turns good for love, of course, one with a woman connected to either him or his eventual spouse and a rancher, and then followed later generations of the family) - I only read one or two though and they didn't particularly stand out as good or bad.

 

[AnkaNix]

I've seen it attempted twice, once in a series that I only remember that it did have a weird tonal shift between volumes (I think there were four but it was something I read when mom worked at the library and I grabbed random stuff off the shelves waiting for her shift to end so we could go home), and once in one of the romance novel series my wife has (IIRC it was a Harlequin Romace series with five volumes - two in the Old West, one with a bad guy MC who turns good for love, of course, one with a woman connected to either him or his eventual spouse and a rancher, and then followed later generations of the family) - I only read one or two though and they didn't particularly stand out as good or bad.

Oh