Trick
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So, I've been unable to write for sometime due to a ridiculous schedule but I have been habitually world building as I am wont to do. My WIP is in first person and I have no plans of changing that. It has two POV characters and is told in the form of their journals, switching back and forth every few chapters. I like how it reads thus far but with all my errant world building I've stumbled on an idea for a prologue. I was avoiding a prologue since I know many people don't even read them but i realized that my idea, though good (obviously I think so) wouldn't kill the book if someone didn't read it. My only remaining problem is that I do not want it to be another journal entry from someone who won't be heard from for at least fifteen more chapters. It would function something like the "Ice Monster Prologue" named after George R.R. Martin's opening for TSOIAF. It would be short and to the point and I think it can only work in 3rd person. It would even tie right into the beginning of chapter one (not chronologically but via setting). Would it be too jarring to switch from 3rd to 1st and then never switch back? I think I could possibly write it in 1st without the 'journal' preconception but I doubt its effectiveness. I feel that with 1st being so tight, the reader will expect to get to know the prologue POV right away and I can avoid that with 3rd.
All thoughts more than welcome!
All thoughts more than welcome!