We’re constantly updating our articles to bring you the best advice on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing your book. This article was originally published on November 18th, 2013, and has been expanded by Robert Wood. Sometimes, the end of your story needs a little something extra – a final section separate from the story proper
A prologue is not essential to a story which is why you need to make sure that “your reader” will benefit from having one. I use the term “your reader” here, as opposed to “your story”, because a prologue should be written with your reader in mind if it is to be written at all.
Sometimes characters and worlds are so brilliant they demand more than one novel, but writing a series presents very different challenges to writing a single book. Every good book has well-developed characters, an engrossing plot, and a healthy dose of conflict, but a good book series demands all of that and so much more. A
When you think about it, the first person seems the most “natural” voice for you to use in your story craft. It is after all how we talk to each other and how we relay our everyday experiences. But when you’re writing a novel, you’re not telling someone about what happened to you, you’re writing
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