john9221
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on only. The rest of the book may be told from just one other viewpoint [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or from several different viewpoint characters that are in some way removed from the one you've used in the prologue. The prologue can bypass the danger of viewpoint violation.Do You Need a Prologue?The points raised above will probably give you a good idea already of whether you really need a prologue. If you're still not sure, then simply ask:What if I just call the prologue Chapter 1? Will the story flow smoothly from that point anyway? (If the answer is "yes", ditch the prologue.)Do I need to give the readers a fair bit of background information for the story to make sense? (If "yes" [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the consider doing it in a prologue before the 'real' story starts.)Am I thinking of using a prologue just to hook the reader? (If "yes", then ask yourself why you can't do this just as effectively in Chapter 1 anyway. Do you need to brush up on your technique for creating suspense and conflict? Does your plot need revising? Are you starting your story too early?)Perhaps the best way to illustrate the use of a prologue is to actually show one. I've chosen not a prologue to a fantasy - the need for a prologue tends to be more obvious in speculative fiction - but a contemporary novel [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Mary Stanley's Revenge (Hodder Headyilai:
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