: Re: How long can a prologue be, and what should you not do? A while back I wrote a prologue about the beginning of time and space and all that. One thing I noticed later is that between the

I appreciate all the ideas flowing in this thread.

However...one sentence has hijacked my thinking about prologues.

"Many agents and publishers immediately throw a manuscript aside when they see the word "prologue" at the opening." If that is true, I imagine all other considerations are moot. Bummer. I have prologues in two of my manuscripts. They conform to all the 'good' reasons enumerated above.

So what? I'm not ambitious with my writing but I'd hate to be scratched from consideration automatically over a decision to use the word Prologue...

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: Duping the reader? My goal is to introduce the reader to a â€˜wonderfulâ€™ fantasy world with an underdog main character full of panacheâ€¦and delve into the constraints and debilitations of living

: Is putting Heaven in my book title a bad idea if the book isn't religious? I have a really good title for this book, but I'm scared it implies the book is religious when it's really not.

: Are -lich adjectives and adverbs critiqued in German fiction? The anti-adverb advice for English should be (and often is) stated as specific to -ly manner adverbs; Ben Blatt has found the more

: What to avoid when writing a villain that is insane? If let's say one wants to portray a villain in a novel that suffers from insanity/psychosis as he has literally lost his grip on reality

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