So this might sound like a dumb question, but if you have a series outlined/planned, do you ever feel a lot of pressure/freak yourself out about writing the second book? Only reason I'm asking is, I have obviously written my first book in a series I have outlined, and right now I am in the process of querying/letting some beta readers read it so I can get as much feedback as possible. I wasn't expecting that all 10 of these people would love my book so much, they are actually emailing me once a week asking if I have stuff from the second book ready for them to read, despite the fact I don't even have the first book published. Now I'm really scared that I'll somehow lose my ability to write or keep the next part of the story as good as the first one, because when you are writing a series (imo) you need the sequels to be better than their predecessors. At first I was going to completely wait until I had an agent before working on the sequel, but I'm slowly starting to work on it but I keep procrastinating on really sitting down for a writing session since I am so nervous about letting people down.
I apologize about the word vomit, but basically, anyone have advise about staying calm and cool about writing the sequel(s)?
I apologize about the word vomit, but basically, anyone have advise about staying calm and cool about writing the sequel(s)?