Facing the Follow Up

The financial and emotional pressures of the second project are often tougher than the first.
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The follow up project can often be a double-edged sword, a balance between hopes, expectations and pressures.

It is little wonder that the world’s richest writer J.K Rowling kept fans waiting five years between Harry Potter and The Casual Vacancy, then decided to use a pen name for crime novel The Cuckoo’s Calling.

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Troy Nankervis
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Troy Nankervis is an ArtsHub journalist from Melbourne. Follow him on twitter @troynankervis