Serial novels

Serial Cheaters?

The serial novel is a form whose time has come again. But where traditionally the episodes were penned on the fly, in its latest incarnation in the New York Times the works are pre-written in their entirely before the first installment hits the page. The question is, is this break with tradition a form of cheating, “depriving both writer and reader of a unique experience?”

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