User blog comment:Doom Vroom/Sequels and Sequel Advice/@comment-25941663-20151013133731

I've never written a sequel, so I can only offer my opinion as a reader.

In sequels, I'm generally looking a continuation of a story. See Banning's work.

What I find important though is this: the overall story shouldn't feel like it has been split into parts (the sequels). Instead, each should be a separate full story. Together, they tell an overall story, but each should be written as a proper story too. They need each other for the overall story, but they shouldn't be written just for that.

I hope I got my point across. Sequels should complement each other, but they should tell a proper story on their own, not just be there to fill in the overall story.