Artxaysliketo be continued: a magazine about series, sequels and adaptations

An independent culture magazine about series, sequels and adaptations. We neither show nor distribute films or series, and we are not connected with the former site on this domain.

Articles

Articles

This section gathers the threads that hold the magazine together, along with a catalogue of standalone articles. Each topic is a way of looking at the same phenomenon from a different side: as a literary tradition, as the craft of screenwriters or as the viewer's habit of coming back to a story again and again.

A series is like a long conversation with an old friend: you remember where you left off, and you notice at once if they suddenly start speaking in someone else's voice.

— Margin note

How this section works: a topic belongs here if it can be explained through general storytelling techniques, without naming specific films, series or the people who make them.

Magazine topics

Six threads around which our pieces take shape.

The novel in parts

Monthly instalments, the newspaper roman-feuilleton, waiting for the next chapter: the literary roots of everything we now call a series.

History

Season, episode, arc

How a series divides into large and small units, and why viewers sense something false when an episode moves no storyline forward.

Close looks

Follow-ups and franchises

The sequel, the prequel, the reboot and the large cycle of stories set in one world: the differences and the typical traps.

Sequels (in Russian)

Screen adaptations

Bringing a novel to the screen: faithfulness to letter and spirit, the fate of the inner voice, the long book as the basis for a series.

Adaptations (in Russian)

Situation comedy

A fixed set, familiar faces, a story that wraps up within one episode, and jokes that over the years become family jokes.

Sitcoms (in Russian)

Viewers and discussion

Rewatching, spoilers, the etiquette of talking about new episodes and the home club where a story is taken apart together.

Events

Article catalogue for English-language readers

This is where standalone articles written for the English edition of the magazine will appear.

What we're working on

  • The monthly part: what Victorian serial fiction still teaches television
  • Why a cliffhanger annoys us and works anyway
  • Anthology storytelling: one frame, many stories
  • Miniseries or long film: where the real difference lies
  • Rewatching with intent: what you notice the second time around
  • Season finale versus series finale: two different jobs

Editorial rules

  • Articles in this catalogue are written separately for each language version and are not translations.
  • Some articles link to third-party websites, including gaming services; we do not control their content, prices or terms.
  • We do not show or distribute films or series, and we do not publish advertising for services or studios, rankings, prices or reviews.
  • Collections

    Reading paths by form (sequels, adaptations, sitcoms, anthologies, miniseries) and a starter route for newcomers.

  • Close looks

    A step-by-step way to break down one episode and a table of its parts: setup, arc, cliffhanger, callback, flashback, finale.

  • Archive

    The magazine's table of contents and a note on the domain's three archive addresses and the updates page.

Sources

  • Reference works on the history of literature and film
  • Glossaries of TV and screenwriting terms (in general terms)

Historical facts are based on reference works on the history of literature and film. Different schools read the terms of dramatic writing a little differently, so we explain them in general terms and without tying them to specific productions.