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920bee02 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7b682b86 Agree totally. If you write a bad, boring prologue it does not suggest a great book will follow. It can be hard to judge how it will land though
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Christina Anne Hawthorne | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4f83c065 This is just my own theory, but I like to think of a strong prologue that's untethered from the rest of the story by time or space as existing as a short story. Does it hold up on its own, even if it ends with a cliffhanger that requires the main story to resolve (AND the main story also needs)? Does it provide background that's critical to the main story on PAGE ONE?