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but mine is different because i am the vampire and he is only part plus my ending is totally different from breaking dawn
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So about prologues, are they better long or short?
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idk . . . prologues are hard for me sometimes. . . I had 2 different prologues for Fyre, but ended up just adding it as chatper 1.
That sounded A LOT like BD. No offense, but, yeah.
I think they should be about a page or two shorter than your chapters...
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You know what I like to do? I like to go back and read the prologue when things are starting to come to a close in a story, or after the story has ended. Because when you read a prologue initially, it never makes sense. But after the book is over, it makes a whole lot of sense. And oftentimes, it's quite creepy.
Yesireebob. Especially if it's the next book in the series, like in Twilight. Cause you would think you would know what was going to happen, and sometimes your prediction was right, but usually not.
I dunno if my prologues are like that. Normally I just don't want to tell you something in the story and use the prologue to tell you it.
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Often, it is years before the story starts, or an event at the end of the story. But other times it is just a setup.
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Usually, when I write prologues, they're about stuff that happened in the past, many years ago or something, and/or that are in the view of a different character than the main/showing different characters than the main. Basically, most of my prologues are showing things that you couldn't have seen in the MC's view. For example, the prologue for outcast, you see lavender's mother giving lavender to her father, and then in star soul you see the stars making the mistake, sixteen years ago...yeah. I'm sort of rambling right now. I'll stop now. :D
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HEY I GOT A PROLOGUE!!
I never really knew what death was like.
I never really searched for death either. It just came.
I never realy understood death, but now I do.
Now that I know, I don't want to die. And yet I am only inches away from it.
Time is ticking. What do I do during my last minutes of life?
I run, for a few more years of life.
I never really knew what death was like.
I never really searched for death either. It just came.
I never realy understood death, but now I do.
Now that I know, I don't want to die. And yet I am only inches away from it.
Time is ticking. What do I do during my last minutes of life?
I run, for a few more years of life.
A new one. I'm calling it W.R.K.R. The Warner The Rescuer, The Killer, and the Resurrecter.
That's cool. What's the storyline? A synopsis, I mean.
It's about this guy named Haden who accidentally falls upon death, but doesn't want to die. So he's trying to escape death, (the killer), but the killer gets preturbed about it. He thinks that everyone should die. So when the Warner, Rescuer and Resurrecter step in to help save all the innocents from death, the killer messes with fate so that he's killing everyone that crosses his path. But he really wants Haden, because he keeps running away.
It's kinda scratchy, but that's about the best I've got so far.
It's kinda scratchy, but that's about the best I've got so far.
That sounds really cool. Have you gotten any of it written? If you do post it, I'd love to read it. ☺Well, you don't have to. But if you do I'll read it.
yeah, i've got a little written, i just need to put it up. here. i'll put it up now.
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Well apparently my prologue is okay cause someone was like "I think you just skipped a lot of important parts like this and that" and the thing is after the book everything in the prologue makes sense to an extent XD
I think we've got prologues covered pretty well.
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Yep! Agreed! I'm still 14 and, in case you don't read other topics, I got the David Archuleta CD! And we got a Wii!
oh my gosh . . . ur kidding right? I GOT THE SAME THING!!!!!
OMG HOW DOES THAT WORK?! XD
LOL. I still get a 'santa' gift. I've got three younger brothers, and two of them I know for sure still believe in Santa, the other I think does.
yeah, i got one member who still believes. sometimes i wish Santa really did exist.
Yeah.My sister is terrified of santa even though she knows that he's not real. But if you think about it, he is terrifying. A man you don't know very well who can get into your house that knows where you sleep and knows when you're asleep and also knows what you've been doing all year.
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you know if you sing "santa claus is coming to town" and insert "edward cullen" whenever it says "santa claus" it's really funny.
"EDWARD CULLEN'S COMING TO TOOOWN!! HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING, HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE ..." yeah. it works, doesn't it? lol
lolz. :D"Santa" still comes to my house. Apparently my 9 year old brother "still believes." Whatever. More presents for me!!!!
Wow I sound shallow.....
My birthday is tomorrow!!!!! YAY BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday, Paige! Again!I loved my Santa gift this year. I got The Dark Knight.
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Complete Novels: Voyage in the Dark / Quartet / After Leaving Mr Mackenzie / Good Morning, Midnight / Wide Sargasso Sea (other topics)The End of Mr. Y (other topics)
Breaking Dawn (other topics)
Zoey groaned as she flipped through the calendar in the kitchen, it was around that time of the month. The one thing she wish would stop when becoming a vampire is the menstrual periods. She felt nauseated and lightheaded; she rubbed on her slightly bloated belly. She doubled over in pain as she vomited in the trash can just below the calendar. She vomited up part of the blood she had eaten last night. Zoey thought this unusual a started to panic not knowing what was wrong with her; she decided to not to tell Phillip. When she turned around she saw Phillip staring at her with a look of horror on his beautiful face. Phillip's eyes became soft as the tears began to fill his eyes. The vampire stared at him bewildered not knowing what was going on. Suddenly, she felt a tiny nudge in her stomach it felt like she had butterfly's floating around in her. Zoey gasped in horror finally understanding why he was crying, a huge lump raised in her throat and her hot tears burned her as they slid slowly down her smooth face. Phillip walked to her holding her close in his warm arms as Zoey buried her head in his shoulders sobbing her silent tears.