tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253609569967586043.post8417156646396027095..comments2024-03-03T11:59:21.317-05:00Comments on Writers Cheat Sheets: April 2014 - Don't warm up with a prologueCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09966048015900583351noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253609569967586043.post-88478837933087467002014-04-02T00:00:00.721-04:002014-04-02T00:00:00.721-04:00Hi, Kathy, I'm a bit confused. You said your ...Hi, Kathy, I'm a bit confused. You said your editor "took it" then you say "with it gone" it was a better story? Did you mean your editor took out the prologue and the story was the better for it? Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966048015900583351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253609569967586043.post-78280334709885664142014-04-01T23:54:04.768-04:002014-04-01T23:54:04.768-04:00Christie, from the sound of things, your editor re...Christie, from the sound of things, your editor realized a prologue about the conflict was a necessity for the readers, and that's one of the five reasons to use a prologue. :))Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966048015900583351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253609569967586043.post-39230201725283811672014-04-01T13:26:19.804-04:002014-04-01T13:26:19.804-04:00I was on LinkedIn and found a discussion on prolog...I was on LinkedIn and found a discussion on prologues. Wow, what a heated topic. Adamantly opposed and adamantly for. I wrote one for my first book describing a childhood incident that had traumatized the hero, but my editor took it. I was real attached to that prologue for several reasons, but with it gone, when the reader along with the heroine, found out what had happened, it made for a punch-to-the-gut, emotional scene for the reader. Kathy Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996558118761118634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5253609569967586043.post-81971289607280887412014-04-01T13:14:16.792-04:002014-04-01T13:14:16.792-04:00Writers' groups and critiquers had clobbered m...Writers' groups and critiquers had clobbered me over the head with "No Prologues" for years, so I just labeled what had been Prologues as "Chapter 1." <br />To my astonishment, the editor of my medieval fantasy novel asked for a Prologue to provide background on the religious conflict that is central to the plot. <br />Fortunately, I'd worked up a detailed History of the World, 2000 BCE to the feudal era, including wars, religions, cultures, migrations, plagues, etc. to use as a working document. I was able to quickly excerpt a couple of pages. Christie Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472542914651226733noreply@blogger.com