# A series Vs. One book **URL:** \ **Category:** Writing and Content\ **Created:** [December 8, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/a-series-vs-one-book/33055 "2017-12-08T14:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![MizArtist33](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mizartist33/32/2281_2.png) [@MizArtist33](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MizArtist33)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/a-series-vs-one-book/33055/20 "2017-12-09T18:47:57Z")
Great responses on here, I always enjoy hearing the experiences of other authors as well as readers. While I agree that making a single game as your first attempt (in hindsight, since I’m one who chose a series off the bat) would probably have been easier as a first shot with CS and publication, I’ve also explained why we didn’t choose that and the good outcomes of breaking it up in the past. As far as when I am enjoying other CoG and HG works, I don’t tend to have a preference as long as the story is enjoyable and wraps up satisfactorily (at least eventually). There were some great insights from other authors on what they learned and why they chose sequels over a single game on this thread, as well. You might be interested in taking a peek. > [@Do you think that some CoG authors are relying too much on sequels?](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/do-you-think-that-some-cog-authors-are-relying-too-much-on-sequels/13685): > > OK, first of all, I understand that most of the authors here are about as broke as I am, so they don’t have the time nor the money to make another tin star, but I still don’t like how most of the recent games that are supposed to have a sequel(s) don’t feel like they’re their own story. Take “So, you’re possessed” for example. OK, even though it’s kinda short, I thought it was a pretty good game, the characters are likeable, the story is actually pretty interesting and is easily one of the funn… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/a-series-vs-one-book/33055)._