Breakfast serials
We are indebted to Aline of the Papertigers blog for alerting us to Avi’s brainchild, Breakfast Serials, a concept that has been bringing stories to new audiences since 1996.
How does it work? Simple. Original new writing. A chapter a week. Syndicated to newspapers, mostly in the US.
The Papertigers story is in the context of Newbery winner Linda Sue Park’s latest work, A Long Walk to Water. Based on the true story of a Sudanese refugee, the novel will be serialised over coming weeks in many US papers. We will probably have to be tantalised by the sample chapters.
There is no point in trying to paraphrase Aline’s concise description of the Breakfast Serial’s mission. Here, read her for yourself and explore the Serials site to discover other gems. If anyone is aware of an Australian newspaper running Breakfast Serials, please let us know. The site mentions Australia, but the link is not active.
If serialisation was good enough for Dickens, it’s good enough for us.
