Rereading the Divided Man Trilogy
Once upon a time, Rune Skelley decided to write a novel. We knew two main facts, which seemed like an ample number of things to know to get started: how things would begin for the main character, and a catchy phrase to describe how he’d end up. We did not know that there would be a co-protagonist. We did not know much at all about the whole middle part, although we had a clear notion of the overall mood we wanted to convey. It was a very difficult process, but, hey! We did it. Rune Skelley wrote that novel! And then we wrote a second book extending the same story, and then a third. So, um, hey! We published a trilogy, and we called it The Divided Man.
At this point we’ve written two more trilogies and are substantially along on a tetralogy. A lot of miles behind us on this road, since The Divided Man. So we’re going to reread the series.
And it’s going to be weird.
For such a long time, those books took up so much space in our heads. We knew them by heart, and these are not small books. It was impossible to imagine even the tiniest details slipping away. But now that we’ve worked on so much other stuff, it seems just possible that our own early material might be able to surprise us. We’re excited to see how it goes.
A writing partner is someone who’ll stick with you on the journey, even when it includes a detour down Memory Lane.
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