Okay, hear me out with this, it's not a simple 'are prologues a good idea?' question.
At the beginning of my ms the mc is 13, however for the rest of the book he's 22. AT the moment I've got it so the first chapter is when he's 13 and then the next chapter moves forward to when he's 21.Is this better than a prologue?
I've got a nagging feeling that what is currently the first chapter should be a prologue. However, I'm also aware that quite a few people tend to skip over prologues (heck, I've done it a couple times myself). There's some important stuff in the first chapter, and I don't want people to skip over it and be confused.
So which is a better idea, an eight year time skip between chapters 1 and 2 with no prologue, or an eight year time skip between a prologue and the first chapter?
If it's of any relevance, the first chapter/potential prologue is only 1,505 words long.
Thanks for your time!
At the beginning of my ms the mc is 13, however for the rest of the book he's 22. AT the moment I've got it so the first chapter is when he's 13 and then the next chapter moves forward to when he's 21.Is this better than a prologue?
I've got a nagging feeling that what is currently the first chapter should be a prologue. However, I'm also aware that quite a few people tend to skip over prologues (heck, I've done it a couple times myself). There's some important stuff in the first chapter, and I don't want people to skip over it and be confused.
So which is a better idea, an eight year time skip between chapters 1 and 2 with no prologue, or an eight year time skip between a prologue and the first chapter?
If it's of any relevance, the first chapter/potential prologue is only 1,505 words long.
Thanks for your time!