Sequel
noun
A book, movie, or show that continues the story of an earlier one.
They're making a sequel to the popular action movie.
Often appears as...
- movie sequel
- book sequel
noun
Something that happens as a result of an earlier event.
The protest was the sequel to a series of political scandals.
Often appears as...
- sequel to events
- unfortunate sequel
noun
A book, movie, or show that continues the story of an earlier one.
They're making a sequel to the popular action movie.
Often appears as...
- movie sequel
- book sequel
noun
Something that happens as a result of an earlier event.
The protest was the sequel to a series of political scandals.
Often appears as...
- sequel to events
- unfortunate sequel
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Direct Continuation
Sequels extend a story, directly following the original plot, characters, or setting.
The novel's sequel picks up right where the first book ended.
Pro Tip 2/3Anticipation Builder
Sequels often create excitement by promising more development and adventures.
Fans eagerly awaited the sequel to see the hero's next challenge.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Impact
Some sequels become part of popular culture, influencing fashion, phrases, and more.
The movie's sequel brought new catchphrases into everyday language.
Pro Tip 1/3Direct Continuation
Sequels extend a story, directly following the original plot, characters, or setting.
The novel's sequel picks up right where the first book ended.
Pro Tip 2/3Anticipation Builder
Sequels often create excitement by promising more development and adventures.
Fans eagerly awaited the sequel to see the hero's next challenge.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Impact
Some sequels become part of popular culture, influencing fashion, phrases, and more.
The movie's sequel brought new catchphrases into everyday language.
Pro Tip 1/3Direct Continuation
Sequels extend a story, directly following the original plot, characters, or setting.
The novel's sequel picks up right where the first book ended.
Pro Tip 2/3Anticipation Builder
Sequels often create excitement by promising more development and adventures.
Fans eagerly awaited the sequel to see the hero's next challenge.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Impact
Some sequels become part of popular culture, influencing fashion, phrases, and more.
The movie's sequel brought new catchphrases into everyday language.
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Harry Baker: A love poem...
She preferred the sequel. He romanticized the idea they were star-crossed lovers. They could overcome the odds and evens because they had each other. While she maintained the strict views imposed on her by her mother That separate could not be equal. And though at the time he felt stupid and dumb For trying to love a girl controlled by her stupid mum,
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
if you made literature affordable and available to them. Shortly after he published my first novel, I went to a TV station in Lagos to do an interview, and a woman who worked there as a messenger came up to me and said, "I really liked your novel. I didn't like the ending. Now, you must write a sequel, and this is what will happen ..."
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The mystery box PIPE JJ...
like, you know -- the investment of character, which is the stuff that really is inside the box, you know? It's why when people do sequels, or rip off movies, you know, of a genre, they're ripping off the wrong thing. You're not supposed to rip off the shark or the monster. You know, if you rip something off -- rip off the character.
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Pico Iyer: A Portable...
interesting example so I think the first rule of travel is the minute you arrive somewhere all your plans go out the window something else to take it over as something wiser than you and do you see the limitations or insufficiency of your plans and this is a perfect example and yet the sequel and I'm not spoiling it I
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Why should you read...
before it was deemed unconstitutional. Butler frequently incorporated contemporary news into her writing. In her 1998 sequel to "The Parable of the Sower," "Parable of the Talents," she wrote of a presidential candidate who controls Americans with virtual reality and “shock collars.”
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Everything you need to...
and the story was locked into place as the one we read today. But since the world has changed a bit in the last several thousand years, it helps to have some background before jumping in. The "Odyssey" itself is a sequel to Homer's other famous epic, the "Iliad,"
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Do schools kill...
actually, he was four everywhere, to be honest. If we're being strict about it, wherever he went, he was four that year. He was in the Nativity play. Do you remember the story? No, it was big, it was a big story. Mel Gibson did the sequel, you may have seen it.
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How fire shapes...
wrote a sequel to the jungle books in which he describes what happens to Mowgli after he grows up he joins the Indian forest service and fights against poaching and you guessed it fires only much later would the paradox has become
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Why should you read "Don...
audiences were known to enjoy pirated editions. The book was so well received that readers clamored for more. After a rival author attempted to cash in on a fake follow-up, Cervantes released the official sequel in response.
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5 ways to kill your...
When I wrote a sequel, some impact was guaranteed. Even if I did little, sales would be OK. But OK is never OK. When you're growing towards a peak, you need to work harder than ever and find yourself another peak.
Video examples
Harry Baker: A love poem...
She preferred the sequel. He romanticized the idea they were star-crossed lovers. They could overcome the odds and evens because they had each other. While she maintained the strict views imposed on her by her mother That separate could not be equal. And though at the time he felt stupid and dumb For trying to love a girl controlled by her stupid mum,
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
if you made literature affordable and available to them. Shortly after he published my first novel, I went to a TV station in Lagos to do an interview, and a woman who worked there as a messenger came up to me and said, "I really liked your novel. I didn't like the ending. Now, you must write a sequel, and this is what will happen ..."
Video examples
The mystery box PIPE JJ...
like, you know -- the investment of character, which is the stuff that really is inside the box, you know? It's why when people do sequels, or rip off movies, you know, of a genre, they're ripping off the wrong thing. You're not supposed to rip off the shark or the monster. You know, if you rip something off -- rip off the character.
Video examples
Pico Iyer: A Portable...
interesting example so I think the first rule of travel is the minute you arrive somewhere all your plans go out the window something else to take it over as something wiser than you and do you see the limitations or insufficiency of your plans and this is a perfect example and yet the sequel and I'm not spoiling it I
Video examples
Why should you read...
before it was deemed unconstitutional. Butler frequently incorporated contemporary news into her writing. In her 1998 sequel to "The Parable of the Sower," "Parable of the Talents," she wrote of a presidential candidate who controls Americans with virtual reality and “shock collars.”
Video examples
Everything you need to...
and the story was locked into place as the one we read today. But since the world has changed a bit in the last several thousand years, it helps to have some background before jumping in. The "Odyssey" itself is a sequel to Homer's other famous epic, the "Iliad,"
Video examples
Do schools kill...
actually, he was four everywhere, to be honest. If we're being strict about it, wherever he went, he was four that year. He was in the Nativity play. Do you remember the story? No, it was big, it was a big story. Mel Gibson did the sequel, you may have seen it.
Video examples
How fire shapes...
wrote a sequel to the jungle books in which he describes what happens to Mowgli after he grows up he joins the Indian forest service and fights against poaching and you guessed it fires only much later would the paradox has become
Video examples
Why should you read "Don...
audiences were known to enjoy pirated editions. The book was so well received that readers clamored for more. After a rival author attempted to cash in on a fake follow-up, Cervantes released the official sequel in response.
Video examples
5 ways to kill your...
When I wrote a sequel, some impact was guaranteed. Even if I did little, sales would be OK. But OK is never OK. When you're growing towards a peak, you need to work harder than ever and find yourself another peak.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Nick Hornby
English Writer
I always naturally want to change things up if I possibly can. I never want to write a sequel to a book. I don't want to go back over things. I don't want to adapt my own books for the screen. That's something that's important to me, the keeping it fresh.
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Kevin Costner
American Actor
I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.
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Geraldine McCaughrean
British Novelist
When people write fan-fic sequels to one of your books, it gives you a very strange feeling. It is very flattering but strange, as if the characters have come to life again without you knowing.
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Joe Keery
American Actor
The best sequels throughout time keep what you really like about the first thing, but they aren't afraid to do their own thing for the next season and kind of grow, in a way.
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Jennifer Coolidge
American Actress
When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.
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Randy Pitchford
American Businessman
The sequel to 'Aliens' is not a movie, it's a video game. How cool is that? That's how important our industry has become.
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Jerry Spinelli
American Author
I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
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Kristan Higgins
American Novelist
A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.
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Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
I've never done a sequel - so far, there have been too many new stories and characters calling my name.
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Kate Beckinsale
English Actress
Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.
Quote examples
Nick Hornby
English Writer
I always naturally want to change things up if I possibly can. I never want to write a sequel to a book. I don't want to go back over things. I don't want to adapt my own books for the screen. That's something that's important to me, the keeping it fresh.
Quote examples
Kevin Costner
American Actor
I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.
Quote examples
Geraldine McCaughrean
British Novelist
When people write fan-fic sequels to one of your books, it gives you a very strange feeling. It is very flattering but strange, as if the characters have come to life again without you knowing.
Quote examples
Joe Keery
American Actor
The best sequels throughout time keep what you really like about the first thing, but they aren't afraid to do their own thing for the next season and kind of grow, in a way.
Quote examples
Jennifer Coolidge
American Actress
When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.
Quote examples
Randy Pitchford
American Businessman
The sequel to 'Aliens' is not a movie, it's a video game. How cool is that? That's how important our industry has become.
Quote examples
Jerry Spinelli
American Author
I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
Quote examples
Kristan Higgins
American Novelist
A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.
Quote examples
Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
I've never done a sequel - so far, there have been too many new stories and characters calling my name.
Quote examples
Kate Beckinsale
English Actress
Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.
Example 1 of 10
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