Hi all, for those who have read the first chapter of my novel will probably have realised that the prologue is rather confusing. i have had some say it needs to be longer and more detaild and some the opposite, now my problem is, is that the background story to my novel is so huge i'm going to need help knowing exactly what to put in.
the size of what i'm doing is why i felt the need to make my own thread and as some of you may even have seen, i have begun writing the appendicies (which is looking to be over 20,000 words long). do people always read an appendicies before reading the book? because that has all the information i want to put in the progloue itself. i know the prologue should basically sum up what happens prior to the story and set the scene, but basically everything i have planned over 14 books (yes...14) leads up to this and i'm struggling to both add the detail and language i want, but also grab the readers attention, so i've been told that my work is good, but i fail to grab attention at the beginning.
This for The Fire Princess, it is a fantasy epic and so there is a hell of a lot going on prior to and in this story.
ok, so here's my first chapter with prologue at the beginning:
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now, ask ANY QUESTIONS you have about any of it and i can answer it and hopefully we'll be able to pinpoint what i need to include, feel free to re-word any of it and tell me what you think would grab your attention!
please i really need help, thanks
Ash
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