How to Shine Glory on Chapter 2

By Heidi Croot

Prologues and first chapters are such prima donnas. All the attention flows their way. They even get their own acronym, coined by author Allison K Williams, who calls on them to be Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, and responsible for Kicking off the narrative. In other words, “SUCK.”

It sucks all right.

And why? Because no such glory light shines on Chapter 2s—ever the bridesmaids, never the bride, dragging the weight of Chapter 1 behind them like a train. Yet second chap...