/lit/ - Literature

>>14481632
anything added after the triumph or death of the hero at the climax is entirely secondary and a sign of poor writing. i learned about this early on the early 90's when i was reading dragonlance. the characters all come together to fight Khatarsis, queen of the darkness in CHRONICLES and it was fine. grossly derivative of LOTR, but fine. in the end, the heroes come full circle and complete their journey, evil is defeated, blah blah blah, the end. good job. but as i can imagine has happened to numerous writers. youve put out your big work to a great reception and you get paid.... for awhile. after a few years the revenue stream drie up and you need to get cracking on a new I.P. or youve got to go get a job like the rest of the world. it inevitably become easier to add a caboose to the train youve already created then to start over. AND THATS WHEN IT HAPPENS. "hey! what if the character had kids?!" well,that happend to Weis and Hickman and they put out the "2nd generation" telling of the heroes offspring. Readers will never find it as satisfying because the original plot never left anything in the tank to carry over for the kids to have anything to fight with that was a serious enough threat.