Prologues and the story

Just a quick question... Does the prologue of a story always have to match who is narrorating the story. If someone put a prologue in 3rd person but the story is written from 1st person, Is that bad?

Just let me know what you think.

Actually, I think that a prologue is a chance for the writer to break away from that. Perhaps try a different point of view? I wouldn't switch to third person just for the sake of it, unless you want to do a whole "orphan left on the doorstep" idea... But in general, your prologue can always be a bit different to the rest of the book, take the chance to look inside the heads of other characters.

No, it's most definately not bad.

Prologues don't always match the tone or POV of the rest of the story - they serve as a sort of introduction of sorts.

However, before you write a Prologue, make absolutely sure that you need it - many people often put in prologues because it looks cool or soemthing, whereas half the time it's just redundant.

Definitely not a bad thing to have a third person prologue and then first person for the rest of the novel, or whatever. There are some very good published authors that do just that, and it can be very effective.

It's how effective your prologue is, rather than how you do it, that matters.

It really is what you think serves the story best. For example, I once read a novel that was told in first person, but something that happened to him as a baby was essential to the rest of the story. That scene was the prologue and was written in third person, mainly using the perspective of the character's father.