Kelise
Maester
I went out to dinner with the local writer's centre last night, and asked one of the authors there what he thought of prologues (as he uses them) and how long he thought they should be.
'No longer than five pages. Ten, if you're interesting.'
I asked then, 'but what if you have a lot more information than that?'
"Learn eloquence. Or learn how to weave the information in the first section, up to the first transition point. Large chunks of information will be skipped."
So... what do we think about that? Ten pages at the most? Can we think of authors who've gone beyond that? I've checked all my fantasy books annnd haven't found one yet, though I'm sure there's a few/many who go beyond that 'rule'.
'No longer than five pages. Ten, if you're interesting.'
I asked then, 'but what if you have a lot more information than that?'
"Learn eloquence. Or learn how to weave the information in the first section, up to the first transition point. Large chunks of information will be skipped."
So... what do we think about that? Ten pages at the most? Can we think of authors who've gone beyond that? I've checked all my fantasy books annnd haven't found one yet, though I'm sure there's a few/many who go beyond that 'rule'.