Life Is But A Dream: Prologue

3 posts
Random avatar
Gender None specified
Points 300
Reviews 0
Prologue

Everyone alive has a life of some extent. Or corse all of us do. Even I do. However, we all know that life is unfair. Life is filled with misfortune. Life is a mystery that cannot be unfolded. This is a novel dedicated to a life that has such a small existence, but this life feels the pain and anguish that any human does.




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 1040
Reviews 14
This is a really good introduction to a story, it's obviously short, so a wee bit harder to review, but I'll do my best! First of all I think that
MyLifeMyStory wrote:Even I do
is a bit of a strange line to put in in the context, as we would normally expext someone to have a life. This might of course make more sense if I read the rest of the story, but right now, I don't fully understand that line. Second point is
MyLifeMyStory wrote:Or corse all of us do
I can see a typo there but that is probably unintentional, but I would also change it to 'Of course we all do' I think that flows a bit better. Thirdly and lastly;
MyLifeMyStory wrote:but this life feels the pain and anguish that any human does.
I might change this to 'but this is a life that...' or something similar. I think that would also flow better. Hope this has been helpful to you, and look forward to reading the rest of this!!
"The last to be overcome is death, and the knowledge of life is the knowledge of death." - Edgar Cayce




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 6338
Reviews 140
MyLifeMyStory wrote:Prologue

Everyone alive has a life of some extent .

- This seems a bit redundant.
What are you trying to say exactly? It is obvious that those who are alive are living, but do you mean they "have a life" or something like that?
MyLifeMyStory wrote: Of course all of us do.
Even I do.
However, we all know that life is unfair. Life is filled with misfortune. Life is a mystery that cannot be unfolded.

You don't really need to put "however" there. it sounds much smoother without it.

How about this...
Prologue

Everyone has a life to some extent.
Of course we do.
All of us do- including me.
We all know that life is unfair. Life is filled with misfortune. It is mystery that is yet to be unraveled.
*This is a novel dedicated to a life that has such a small existence, but this life feels the pain and anguish that any human does.

* I didn't change that sentence, but I'd remove it, if i were you. It makes it seem more like a summary or forward, rather than a prologue.

Prologues are more like a pre-scene? from the story from the point of view of one of the characters, or the narrator. The reader isn't really supposed to be told in the story that it is a novel.
( maybe you could place it as a dedication)
Solvalery/GeeLyria Fans
Link



What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
— J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye