November 2017 Group Read: The Cronian Incident #BOM-nov-2017

[Graeme]

He, I figured.

Are you using an omniscient POV with your story?

[Matthew]

Nope, third person limited. Though there may be occasions where I crossed over. I try to pay attention to such things, but I've never been too technically-oriented :)

[Graeme]

I use the same.

It wasn't quite clear who the POV character was in the prologue.

[Matthew]

Yeah, that's the thing. That prologue was put in there at the insistence of my publisher to create some immediate tension and give readers a preview of what was to come. Originally, it began with chapter one and the main character's POV.

[Graeme]

Hmmm.

I'm all for a prologue, but it'll need a story hook of some sort to get the reader into the next few pages.

The way you started is fine, there's a crime (not quite sure - specifically, is it murder, abduction, TBD?) then the intro to the MC (Ward) who is in a tough spot for past misdemeanors.

There is no big hook yet, but there is enough to keep me reading.

[Matthew]

Good, because that was another thing the publisher insisted on, and it's coming up :)

[Graeme]

As I suspected, there is enough in the Blurb to suggest the hook will be an offer galvanizing Ward into a new course of action (with many travails to come).

[Matthew]

Graeme wrote: "As I suspected, there is enough in the Blurb to suggest the hook will be an offer galvanizing Ward into a new course of action (with many travails to come)."

No spoilers! ;)