Ah, the prologue, the bane of Agent Pete's working life.
I too am not a fan of prologues, though I will read them. I was reading one I love the other day and asked myself "why"? And I realised the main character was in the prologue (this is a best seller). I was invested immediately (most other prologues I skim, disinterested). That realisation made me remember another prologue I loved (also a bestseller, but in a different genre), that too was the main character.
Made me wonder, what makes you sit up and pay attention (and not be disappointed) with a prologue?
In the interests of resuscitating the prologue, let's discuss the secret ingredients that make them work![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
I too am not a fan of prologues, though I will read them. I was reading one I love the other day and asked myself "why"? And I realised the main character was in the prologue (this is a best seller). I was invested immediately (most other prologues I skim, disinterested). That realisation made me remember another prologue I loved (also a bestseller, but in a different genre), that too was the main character.
Made me wonder, what makes you sit up and pay attention (and not be disappointed) with a prologue?
In the interests of resuscitating the prologue, let's discuss the secret ingredients that make them work
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)