How to Use Prologues, Part 6, Spoilers Ahoy

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 Foreshadowing in a prologue. Here's a link to the previous post on Backstory Delivery. How do you write foreshadowing into your prologue, and do it well? This type of prologue teases …

How to Use Prologues, Part 5, Backstory Delivery

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 Backstory Delivery in a prologue. Here's a link to the previous post on Does Your Story Need a Prologue? So far in this post series we've looked at what a prologue …

Write What You Know? Not Always!

Greetings, SE’ers! Beem Weeks here with you again. Today, I am going to share some brief thoughts on writing those things in which the author may not believe—or even agree with. Can we, as authors, write about those things in which we don’t believe? I honestly never gave much thought to such a notion—until a …

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 …