The kinds of prologues you should avoid writing

The advice some authors have heard about prologues is simple: don't write them.

As is the case with many craft questions, though, there's much more nuance to be found than an always or never answer.

Editor Tiffany Yates Martin says this is the case with prologues.

Yes, they can be done poorly — but there are certain patterns that clunky or flubbed prologues often follow.

Martin shares the types of prologues that fail in a guest post for Jane Friedman's blog.

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