[header] How to write a prologue for your novel [title] Use the prologue to provide backstory. [step] One way to use a prologue is to provide backstory on a character or several characters. This can help you, as the writer, avoid using other tricks like flashbacks or inserted backstory in the novel.
[header] How to write a prologue for your novel [title] Use the prologue to provide backstory. [step] One way to use a prologue is to provide backstory on a character or several characters. This can help you, as the writer, avoid using other tricks like flashbacks or inserted backstory in the novel.
This is a good way to have realistic predictions about your character or characters and to provide backstory about your characters. [substeps] Part of this skill is learning how to steer yourself in the backstory without overusing backstory as an opportunity to tell your story in your own person. You also need to provide backstory to make your novel a reality. [substeps] Use your intro to provide backstory. You may also be able to use the prologue for your readers in your sequel, but instead for you each chapter. [substeps] For example, you may use a prologue, or humans together who are here today. This option is useful if you are struggling to cover the details of a character's past within the action of your novel. [substeps] However, many writers argue against using a prologue as a way to dump a whole bunch of backstory, or past information, on the reader.