Comments on: 7 Deadly Sins of Prologues–Great Novel Beginnings Part 2

By: In the beginning…there was Prologue #MFRWauthor – Nomad Authors Blog

In the beginning…there was Prologue #MFRWauthor – Nomad Authors Blog — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:03:10 +0000

[…] Kristen Lamb has some reasons for not using prologues. […]

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Sat, 13 Oct 2018 16:04:47 +0000

[…] the first chapter leaps back and forth between Mrs. Dursley and third-person omniscient. (This article has a lovely discussion of this.) It’s an enormous inconsistency in the narrative style and a […]

By: How to Know When to Keep a Prologue – Renea Guenther

How to Know When to Keep a Prologue – Renea Guenther — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:07:45 +0000

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By: Ellen Dudley

Ellen Dudley — Sun, 06 May 2018 06:41:35 +0000

Delete the word prologue and insert chapter one if it’s a long one if it’s short insert ‘A word from the author’.
On the other hand, if you are writing a series but the reader has ‘*Jumped in’ with Book # 4 then this would be appropriate as without it there would be…

Prologue.
A quick look back…

Time on Earth passed by, hundreds of years in fact, with almost all known diseases cured.
With crime on the decrease due to the new Enforcers, no longer human but Agnates with a positronic brain possessing high intellect and deducing powers, life on Earth changed dramatically, but the Laws of Privilege still applied throughout the known Universe.

Maybe the phrase ‘A quick look back’ would suffice…

By: Afterthoughts on Prologues – jessicanorrie

Afterthoughts on Prologues – jessicanorrie — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:48:15 +0000

[…] information dump, though! I found a sober pro prologue summary by Carol Benedict and elsewhere Kristen Lamb identifies seven deadly prologue sins in colourful […]

By: The Primrose Path to Prologue | Polishing Your Prose

The Primrose Path to Prologue | Polishing Your Prose — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:34:30 +0000

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By: Should I Use a Prologue for My Book? | The Moonlighting Writer

Should I Use a Prologue for My Book? | The Moonlighting Writer — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:03:38 +0000

[…] But even if your intentions are good, you could still end up with a front piece that’s not quite as powerful as it should be and that may be redundant. To make sure that you’re hitting the sweet spot, you’d do well to avoid Kristen Lamb’s “7 Deadly Sins of Prologues“: […]

By: N.Deadman

N.Deadman — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:41:51 +0000

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By: Reawakened: Prologue | A Series of Snarks – The Book and The Bone

Reawakened: Prologue | A Series of Snarks – The Book and The Bone — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:48:53 +0000

[…] for the technical aspects of the prologue, let’s see how it does against this handy list of things you shouldn’t do in a […]

By: BLACK-I-AM

BLACK-I-AM — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 06:24:19 +0000

Hi, Kristen
Thank you so much for this post. It really explained a lot. Lol, I didn’t know what a prologue could do tova book.