which prologue is better?
In the next room was the person who wanted to kill me.
first prologue:
They say that when you're in danger you can think clearly, but that wasn't true for me, and it wasn't true for my body to defend itself; my legs were shaking like jelly and my lips were tingling.
Did he really just say that? Before I could react, he kissed me again. I couldn't think straight anymore. The person in front of me was driving me crazy, and the person in the next room was driving me crazy.
second prologue:
They say you can think clearly when you're in danger, but that wasn't true for me, and saying my body was acting in self-defense wasn't true for me either. I could barely feel my hands anymore; the duct tape was constricting them. My body should be preparing for fight or flight, sending adrenaline coursing through my body, but I feel tired.
What's wrong with me?
The only thing I understood was that I had trusted the wrong person, but even that I didn't fully understand. The person standing in front of me was capable of anything, and the person I wanted here wasn't here.
Why did this happen to me, why did I get involved, I, at 14, was really too young to die.
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A short tip… I’m picking up some word repetitions. Try to avoid them. Especially with a very short prologue as you have it, something really falls into weight, just when it is in the same sentence.
Besides, I would make the sentences a little shorter.
I’m also a huge huge fan of box sets, but the readers will thank you if you add a point from time to time… this is a lesson that I had to learn painfully VERY:)
Otherwise… I was openly not standing as far as a prologue starts and the other one stops.
At Prolog 1:
There’s nothing to be said here, and I don’t know why you’ve got this kissing scene. Okay, if you still think that the person wants to kill her (first sentence of the whole question). but why can she be kissed, so close?
Sure, it’s always nice when the prologue opens up questions that make me read more as a reader, but here I am a bit confused.
I might get a little more violent in the first sentence. After all, your figure here is in an emergency situation.
So according to the motto.
Otherwise… I find it a bit discarded, overall. You work a lot with ‘person’ and ‘person’… I find it a bit unhappy. But that might be just a ‘Me problem’.
In any case, I would make more, the whole situation makes something more plastic and tangible for the reader, less abstract. Because you have chosen a good foundation, I think… we have our protagonist (I accept) who looks at the safe death. You throw the reader into action. Now it is more about getting something more concrete without telling too much.
Just as for the person of the protagonist… clearly, the prologue isn’t about to introduce your figure, but just try to get a little more on her feelings. As I would do, I have already indicated in another one about your questions.
In short, I think the right setting for the prologue has definitely been found, that’s done so well… now it’s more about creating a bit more tension and getting this ‘swell between’ ‘not concrete enough’ and ‘counts us a little too much’ more accurately.
So, in the end, something that doesn’t allow the reader to fish completely in the trench, which is enough to make more 🙂
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I personally like the first better.
He really said that before I could react, he kissed me again. I couldn’t think clearly.
In my opinion, this is written with two s.
and I like the ending very well at the second prologue.
The person in front of me made me crazy and the person in the room was it.
But I don’t know what’s better with your story because I don’t know her.
Finding the second prologue better, it becomes clear in what situation the character is and who it is all about. Otherwise you can still work on grammatics, drawing, tempus and spelling…
Hi, I personally like the first prologue better because it doesn’t give so much information. I also noticed, as has been mentioned, the word repetitions that you could leave. In itself, both prologues sound very good and exciting, but the first is a bit better. Good luck with your book, LG Ava
Thank you.