Hello, everyone!
Happy Thursday! I just thought I would post a poem I wrote yesterday called Ten Sequel Commandments!
“Ten Sequel Commandments” is my creative theme song for how I evaluate sequels — whether I’m reading, watching, or writing them myself. Hamilton’s “Ten Duel Commandments” and Ken Miyamoto’s advice on ScreenCraft both inspired this poem.
This is going to be a template for the second half of any sequels that I review on this site or my upcoming other author website, The Mystery & Media Maestro, premiering next Monday.
Anyway, enjoy this poem!
TEN SEQUEL COMMANDMENTS
If you wanna write a sequel that ain’t hollow
Here’s ten commandments you gotta follow
Number one!
Make sure what came before
Needs a new story
Don’t take your shot
Just to chase gold and glory
Number two!
Write something new
Don’t copy and paste
Pull a Force Awakens
And be a disgrace
Number three!
People want the same but new
So echo the old, yes
But add new beats, too
Number four!
Respect the arcs of characters before!
Don’t open closed doors
That’s a bore!
Number five!
Open new doors instead of the old
Leads to better stories to be told
Number six!
Don’t reinvent the wheel too much
Certain lines there that can’t be touched
Number seven!
A sequel is as good as its foe
Ignore this, it’ll be the start of your woes
Number eight!
The OG characters are your rock
Forget this? You need to take a walk
Number nine!
Your story needs to stand on its own
Don’t make an ending that’ll have
Audiences groan
Number ten!
If you follow the nine,
Pick up your pen
And let the games begin!
CONCLUSION
I hope you enjoyed this poem! Let me know what you thought of it in the comments below!
Is there any other things that makes a good sequel that I missed in this poem?
Stay tuned!
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