World building:
For a series to work, you need as much world building as you can get.
You need to build:
- a complete genealogy of the characters
- a back story for each character, even the minor ones
- relationship and affiliations, including enemies
- a timeline of events leading to the first novel
- a code or laws followed by this world
- a hierarchy or power system or sets of rules pertaining to this world
- a "novel Bible" where you list all the details to avoid forgetting
- list of the things you can foreshadow in earlier books
- history, climate and culture
For a series to work, you need as much world building as you can get.
You need to build:
- a complete genealogy of the characters
- a back story for each character, even the minor ones
- relationship and affiliations, including enemies
- a timeline of events leading to the first novel
- a code or laws followed by this world
- a hierarchy or power system or sets of rules pertaining to this world
- a "novel Bible" where you list all the details to avoid forgetting
- list of the things you can foreshadow in earlier books
- history, climate and culture