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Thank you, that's good advice. I'll do some experimenting then. :)

What if the prologue was from the 'other side' so to speak? Briefly, my story is about a young thief who appeared out of nowhere one day and started robbing ...

Yeah, I'm ditching the poem. X) I just have no skill in poetry, and no desperate desire to practice. The reason why I want a prologue is because before I ...

Okay, so i started writing a novel, and the main character's name is something which, in another language, means Shadow. I need a small prologue poem, but I can't for ...

I just began writing one of those spontaneous stories that just pop out of my head. The main character is a thief, and i have to justify his strange action. ...

I have to agree. To me it seems like 9000 words (congrats) are not quite a novella.

I think the snowflake method is a pretty good bet. It's a great way of planning out everything you need to keep a story moving and write without stalling every ...