tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224377501657529009.post5535199648371225571..comments2024-03-06T09:18:35.326-07:00Comments on Crossing the Helix: You Might Have a Bad Prologue If ...R.C. Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15694900270053314978noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224377501657529009.post-47116297431952007902012-05-10T12:08:42.961-06:002012-05-10T12:08:42.961-06:00... if your prologue features the gods talking abo...... if your prologue features the gods talking about how they're going to torture the MC for the rest of the book.Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767762370997304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224377501657529009.post-85128652368431105982012-05-09T19:28:18.120-06:002012-05-09T19:28:18.120-06:00I've never written a prologue before. My first...I've never written a prologue before. My first chapter could have been a prologue, I suppose. My novel is about Medusa and the whole first chapter is how she BECOMES Medusa, but it's not a prologue because it's part of the story. I've just never understood why there needs to be a "before the story happened, this happened". All of it is one to me.<br /><br />Not saying that people can't pull it off, but I doubt I'll ever write one.E.B. Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954156488722828443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224377501657529009.post-42943457005143180972012-05-09T18:24:46.112-06:002012-05-09T18:24:46.112-06:00.... if it's in third person while the rest of....... if it's in third person while the rest of your novel is written in first person.Eli Ashpencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02922131555113685995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2224377501657529009.post-64398454946560710732012-05-09T13:10:47.528-06:002012-05-09T13:10:47.528-06:00Definitely a good list :D
I tackled the prologue...Definitely a good list :D <br /><br />I tackled the prologue question myself. I think your point is valid, though: the prologue has to feel like part of the *real* story, or else what's the point?T.L. Bodinehttp://tlbodine.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com