tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896011.post7330066281423911925..comments2023-05-18T07:01:53.943-06:00Comments on In My Little World: Scarlet by Stephen Lawhead -- Day 2Valerie Comerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674882711125123089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896011.post-7296004904777922712007-11-28T14:15:00.000-07:002007-11-28T14:15:00.000-07:00I always read a prologue. My WIP has an important ...I always read a prologue. My WIP has an important prologue. Why not? Who loses out if they don't read it? Only the reader.<BR/><BR/>Rules, always rules. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363518142334125056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896011.post-51255321349992996382007-11-28T10:16:00.000-07:002007-11-28T10:16:00.000-07:00I do not mind prologues at all. I read everything ...I do not mind prologues at all. <BR/><BR/>I read everything in the book. The pronunciation guide, the prologue. The afterward.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I liked a lot.chrisdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662811240806616921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896011.post-17346983569900663332007-11-28T08:27:00.000-07:002007-11-28T08:27:00.000-07:00Maybe that's why prologues are difficult? It's har...Maybe that's why prologues are difficult? It's hard to give the right amount away and still make it feel relevant. Sometimes I find reading the prologue makes more sense after reading the book; then I can find the strange bits that were supposed to hook together. :PValerie Comerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674882711125123089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896011.post-16384501838890653772007-11-27T14:04:00.000-07:002007-11-27T14:04:00.000-07:00I love prologues in spec fic. It always intrigues ...I love prologues in spec fic. It always intrigues me. I often read them before I walk out of a bookstore with a new book to try. If I'm intrigued, I buy it. <BR/><BR/>Prologues that give too much away are horrible, but are especially useful when an author plans to write a first person novel but needs to set up the character of the antithetical character to the hero. You can do so in the prologue without messing with the rest of the story imo.John Ottinger III (Grasping for the Wind)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08756730060406897339noreply@blogger.com