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 Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:18 am
I'm thinking about putting a prologue in my new book/story. The problem is I never done this before. I looked through the books I had for an example but basically none of them had any D: So I want to know what you put in a prologue. Thanks in advance :]Charmed I’m sure
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:56 pm
Prologues occur at the start of the novel, so usually they include things that happened before the first chapter takes place: this can be events, places, whatever. They're normally used to set the scene for later chapters.
Sometimes you'll find that a prologue will contain something that happens later on in the novel, or after it ends. This is normally used if you want to draw readers in and make them curious.
AND sometimes people use a snippet from somewhere in the middle of their novel, and place it at the beginning of the novel to give a taste of what's in store (though I'm not sure if this really is classed as a prologue).
I hope this helps: if you need any more help, feel free to PM me (especially if I haven't explained myself properly. I'm tired x3)
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Psychotic Maniacal Sanity
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:23 pm
It could be an introduction to the world, the characters or the setting. And everything else that PMS (heh) already said.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:07 pm
I agree with what PMS.... and Amata19 said. I usually put these in my stories and they sound pretty on the mark. An other option I've used before is a dream sequence from the main character. It acts as a kind of metaphor. And you can make them very weird.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:19 pm
I've been thinking of including a prologue in a story I'm writing, too. It'll probably feature a character that the reader doesn't actually meet until later who is the "puppet master" behind many of the novel's events. Then I'll open the novel proper with the characters my puppet master was monitering in the prologue.
Mostly, I want to do this to give the reader the understanding that there is much more to what is going on than just those two main characters they get to know and will follow throughout the story. Sort of a "plots within plots" thing, I guess.
So, I'd say that prologues in general are used to introduce concepts that will be crucial to the story, whether they be setting-related or theme-related.
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