Is this a good prologue/premise to a book?
If that's what your story is about, that's fine. It sounds like it would be fun to write. Do not however begin your story like this. Prologues are rarely a good idea. You have given an example why. Narrative summary is never good to start off. You are not starting the story or advancing the plot. You are telling your readers a plethora of information. It's an info dump. It's a bad way to begin. If you have backstory, let it come out as your story unfolds. Begin your story with something happening right away that either introduces that characters or gets the conflict rolling.
Is this a good prologue? For a romance/ war book.?
The problem is, it's just statistics. There's really nothing fascinating about it that grabs my attention. I feel like I'm reading a history book, which is the last thing I want to do. Also, you use the word grieve and then, one sentence later, you use the word "grievance." Big no-no. It's being redundant. And this line really didn't make sense to me: "...and the immortals had more to celebrate than just the millenium." They are celebrating the death of one billion immortals? I think it should read more like: "...but the immortals had no cause for celebration." To be honest, this sounds more like your basic idea for a story that you slapped down. If you're going to use a prologue, it needs a little extra UMPH, you know, to get readers enticed. A famous saying in writing is: "Don't tell me, SHOW me." Show me the war that's going on. At least, a brief little view of it. Maybe from the eyes of a fairy princess watching in a tower or some wizard on the battlefield or a bunch of lazy demons hanging out on the sidelines watching others die. SHOW ME the terror of the war. SHOW ME the grief for the dead. SHOW ME EVERYTHING. The rest of your little history lessons can easily be taught through dialogue or a simple recollection by a character gradually throughout the book. You don't need to dump all this info on us right away. I hope I have helped and I wish you the best of luck on your book! =D
Is the Korg Prologue good for beginners?
Probably not! There are over 200 presets, which are good for the novices. However, this is a Professional hybrid keyboard with 61 full sized keys. 4 voice modes and 3 oscillators per voice are way too much for the beginner. It’s also a tad more (2 grand) than a beginner would want to pay!
What's the opposite of prologue?
considering that a prologue is: An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play. It would be an: epilogue.....A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play. :) Peace
I wrote a 9,000 word prologue for my book. Is this too long?
I do not agree that there is an arbitrary limit to the length of a prologue. The only question you should ask yourself is: is it necessary?What does your prologue accomplish? Does it help readers understand the rest of your novel? And is it readable in its own right?A professional example: Kurt Vonnegut included a three-page prologue to his novel Mother Night. This was very readable, and it was about the length of an average chapter in this same book.My own The Best of Enemies contains a prologue that some might think is a bit long. I just checked. The word count is 2738 words.Check your own prologue, and see if some of it duplicates information given in the novel itself. If so, those can be cut out.I have no problem per se with long prologues, but note that others may not have my patience. For the sake of readers, you should consider reducing the length to ±3000 words.No A2A on this question.
Romeo and Juliet Act 3 prologue?
Now as the heat becomes more intense Grief, trouble and blood lie just on the horizon As the divide between the Capulets and the Montagues increases The love between the two star crossed lovers becomes deeper, Strengthened by a ring, a vow and a plan for the exiled boy. But theirs arent the only matrimony plans being made. For despite the doomed situation the boy and maiden are in, Juliets fate is being decided as she dreams, Testing Romeo and Juliets commitments to eachother and their families.
What are some of the novels with great prologues?
The first Harry Potter book is a good example of author who didn’t use the general way of writing a prologue,(likely because Rowling knew it would likely get skipped).J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is told in a close 3rd person POV (Harry’s), but her first chapter is quite different, told when Harry is a baby and switching between omniscient and 3rd person POVs (Mr. Dursley’s and Dumbledore’s).Rowling may have considered setting this information aside as a prologue because of those different voices and the ten-year lag between it and the next scene, but she didn’t do it. The info contained in those first pages is critical, it helps to set the story up and makes it more easily digested for readers. And it’s 17 pages long. This battle is vital for the reader to be able to understand the following events and thus would have been an excellent example of a good prologue. But, Rowling, despite the fact this chapter would have made a prime prologue still chose to make it Chapter One so the reader would actually read this essential piece of story information.Apart from Harry Potter ,here are other ten books ,which I think ,have great prolougues:“Loving Frank” by Nancy Horan“The Piano Tuner” by Daniel Mason“Montana 1948” by Larry Watson“The Name of the Rose” by Umberto Eco“Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen“The Hours” by Michael Cunningham“Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho“The Promise” by Ann Weisgarber