Her story is more enticing to readers who read the first part, which means people who happened to enjoy Writer B’s first work, upon getting a second instalment, will graduate, from a reader whose allegiance lies with the highest bidder (the ‘highest bidder’ being the most interesting story they see in the archives) to a dedicated reader. How might that sound through dialogue?) Also think about yourself. XXX Your plot will have a heavy hand in this. There are times it is not. This rule can be broken in some circumstances (like in a mind-control story where your protagonist gets bored, takes control of some guy, then fucks him for a bit and throws him away like garbage), but it’s a good general rule to follow. Perhaps you wrote a solid story and your audience demanded a part two (don’t be flattered by this, 90% of
