How to Use Prologues, Part 4, Does Your Story Need a Prologue?

Image courtesy of Tumisu via Pixabay Hi SErs! It's a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, I'd like to talk about whether or not your story needs a prologue. Here's a link to the previous post on Prologue Dos and Don'ts So far in this post series we've looked at what a …

How to Use Prologues, Part 3, Prologue Dos and Don’ts

Image courtesy of Tumisu via Pixabay Hi SErs! It's a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, I'd like to talk about prologue dos and don'ts. Here's a link to the previous post on What A Prologue Is and Isn't One of the reasons prologues have fallen into ill repute in recent times …

How to Use Prologues, Part 2, What A Prologue Is and Isn’t

Image courtesy of Tumisu via Pixabay Hi SErs! It's a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, I'd like to talk about what a prologue is and is not. Here's a link to the previous post on Prologues Overview. Below is a screenshot of the dictionary definition of the word ... As you …

How to Use Prologues, Part 1, Overview

Image courtesy of Tumisu via Pixabay Hi SErs! It's a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, I'd like to introduce a series of posts on Prologues and their uses, as well as how to do them well and what pitfalls to avoid. Some people have strong feelings about the use of prologues, …

How to Write Point of View, Part 11, Summary and Wrap-up

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Hi SErs! It's a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, we're wrapping up our series of posts on how to write POV. The writer has a choice of four POVs and three Tenses: First PersonSecond PersonThird Person Limited (otherwise known as 'close')Third Person Omniscient (otherwise known …