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

June 17, 2022March 22, 2022 / harmonykentonline / 58 Comments

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

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

June 1, 2022March 22, 2022 / harmonykentonline / 54 Comments

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

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

May 6, 2022March 22, 2022 / harmonykentonline / 64 Comments

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

Keeping Track of Story Ideas

April 18, 2022April 9, 2022 / Joan Hall / 77 Comments

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. One of my first posts at Story Empire was titled “The Stories Around Us.” Ideas come to me in all kinds of places and all sorts of situations—on an Alaskan cruise ship, observations in restaurants, things I see while driving, listening to a song, or watching a movie. … Continue reading Keeping Track of Story Ideas

How to Use Prologues, Part 1, Overview 

April 11, 2022March 22, 2022 / harmonykentonline / 75 Comments

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, … Continue reading How to Use Prologues, Part 1, Overview 

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