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How to make a Publisher Angry
Carnifex:Pacifex:
kinda glad you posted this article, i've been starting to question my prologue.
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: Carnifex:Pacifex on June 12, 2013, 06:44:39 AM ---kinda glad you posted this article, i've been starting to question my prologue.
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Some advise about prologues that I've had is this. When in doubt about whether or not to have a prologue.... don't.
So unless you've got a smoking hot piece of coolness say-la-V
But I'm not (yet) an expert. Merely somewhat proficient.
The Deposed King
Wordmaker:
In fact, "when in doubt, chuck it out" is sound advice across the board.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Wordmaker on June 12, 2013, 08:20:28 AM ---In fact, "when in doubt, chuck it out" is sound advice across the board.
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Of course, the failure mode of that is some fo the CJ Cherryh Alliance/Union books where she has gone through and thrown out any scene not serving at least three purposes; I love the series and they have won Hugos, but an awful lot of people bounce off them hard because figuring out what the hell is actually going on requires paying attention as if you were stuck in a tumble dryer with a family of grumpy rattlesnakes.
Wordmaker:
That's the danger of a writer sticking to hard and fast rules. "At least three purposes" is a nice idea, but if it means cutting out important information or character development just because you can't find that third purpose, you're doing yourself, and your readers, a disservice.
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