tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post862448360624830115..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: It's About TimeEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-11462881496481770012010-09-24T07:55:48.926-05:002010-09-24T07:55:48.926-05:00This really hits the nail on the head for me. I&#...This really hits the nail on the head for me. I've dutifully avoided the prologue and concentrated on my story and hero/heroine. It wasn't hard, despite the fact that I write fantasy - where prologues are quite popular.<br /><br />Then the story expanded to take in an entirely new character, a character that neatly tied in with the web of the plot. <br /><br />Recently, I had my first 2 chapters critiqued by an editor who has worked in publishing houses in my genre. I submitted the first chapter with my hero's story and the second with the new character. She advised me to make the second chapter my prologue! When I protested (mildly, she's an editor after all and who am I to argue?), she suggested I make the second chapter my first and call it chapter one. If it is ever picked up for publication then I can discuss the prologue issue with the editor.<br /><br />Now, my problem? I'm not starting with my hero, and if my hero's story wasn't strong enough to start with, then I am of the opinion I need to start his story again - and get my chapter one back to my hero.<br /><br />The dilemma of where exactly to start the story is a skill I've yet to master :( But I refuse to give up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-38315334148518870372010-09-23T10:03:25.767-05:002010-09-23T10:03:25.767-05:00Hello, I have something for you at my blog : )
ht...Hello, I have something for you at my blog : ) <br />http://mightymouse88-hypotheticallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/09/creative-blogger-award-nomination.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182443845308273600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-47819262820042692002010-09-22T22:34:43.841-05:002010-09-22T22:34:43.841-05:00I have a prologue, and I actually tried just rolli...I have a prologue, and I actually tried just rolling it in to chapter one, as suggested here and many other places. However, I had 2 editors tell me that "No, really, yours is a real prologue. Leave it that way." (Which was what I thought, but I was trying to get away from the "no one like prologues" issue.)<br /><br />My entire story is in the POV of the heroine - except the prologue. The prologue ends right as chapter one begins, like the passing of a baton - so no time delay factor. It sets up the tension for chapter one where the reader knows more than the MC. And it becomes very important to the end of the book in a bookend type way.<br /><br />It just bothers me that so many bad prologues have given them such a bad name that I have to go through all that justification. :)Jami Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957122956518765455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-57832416826734177512010-09-22T13:46:43.884-05:002010-09-22T13:46:43.884-05:00"stories unfold in time, and compressing that..."stories unfold in time, and compressing that time can enhance the story."<br /><br />THIS is a great point, and something I've realized through writing. The first book I tried to write happened over a 6 month time span...and the pacing was slow and distorted. I had to jump between weeks in order to actually write the action. In my second book, I compressed it to just over two months and skipped only a few days here and there where the things that would've happened would've already happened in the book. Some times people have ORDINARY days, and so it makes sense to have them, but not WRITE about them.<br /><br />I think the prologue creating distance between the beginning of the story and the beginning of the BOOK is a great point. I see it in my own writing. I keep saying I know this prologue doesn't do anything. It's back story, although it's good to know for a reader... but it happens ten years before the BOOK begins. That's probably why it doesn't seem to work.<br /><br />Thanks for your insight, as always!Jessica Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405267450788581689noreply@blogger.com