Hi SErs! It’s a day of Harmony here at Story Empire 🙂 Today, I’d like to talk about whether or not your story needs a prologue. Here’s a link to the previous post on Prologue Dos and Don’ts

So far in this post series we’ve looked at what a prologue is and isn’t and also what to do and not to do when using a prologue. How, you might ask, do you decide whether or not you need a prologue in the first place?

Why Do You Need a Prologue?

1. A well-written prologue can add power to your main narrative
2. If you want to foreshadow events to come, a prologue will help you to do that to good effect
3. If you want to let your reader be privy to information the characters are unaware of, then a prologue will be a useful tool