To Prologue Or Not To Prologue?

They wouldn't bother to read the story if you solved the riddle in a prologue!

Most of the time you have to try it first. Write it out and see how well it works.

Without knowing the details it is pretty hard to give you and answer.

The reason most editors and agents hate prologues is because people use them as an info dump. It also breaks the flow of the action.

I had a prologue for my most recent novel, but I ended up turning it into chapter one after a rewrite. It just fit into the story better. So you can always write it and decide what to do with it later. Maybe you will cut it, or maybe you will incorporate it into the story as a flashback. There are so many options, just try it out and you will find your way.

Sometimes prologues are necessary, and sometimes they are even good. I loved the prologue for the first book of the Wheel of Time. I don't think I would have read the rest of the book, or the series at all, without it.

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Do whatever it is that YOUR story NEEDS. Don' add a prologue if it isn't actually needed. Add it if it is.

And yes, most agents and editors really hate prologues.

I don't think you should give away what man knows at the start. Maybe drop hints, but don't give it all away. The prologue idea sounds good :)