Erika Chandler
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Writer. Reader. Illustrator. Classical educator. Appalachian. Wife and mother of two. Goldendoodle mom. Anglican. 📖 Tolkien 🎌 Nihon 🥤Coke Zero Current project: Dual-POV blending modern Japan and yokai mythology in a YA fantasy. 110k words. Querying.
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It depends on the prologue! If it's necessary for comprehension and stands alone, or is short and gets us right to the pages, or has beautiful language everyone loves, prologue with your query. But if it's to your benefit--fast comprehension, grounded scene versus floating, I'd go with chapter 1.
Show PostI wish I could say definitively! But the short answer is: do what helps you. Your beta readers can help you choose too.
Show PostShould you keep your prologue? Ask what it does. The strongest prologues change how we read everything that comes after. If yours is very different in tone from the rest of the book, or could be confusing, or make the reader feel disoriented...consider sending chapter one with your query.
Show PostPitching a dual POV book? Here's a structure agents love, courtesy of Bridget Smith at last night's panel: One paragraph for the first character One paragraph for the second A few lines showing how their stories collide, how they feel, the stakes this brings up, and what they do about it.
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Oof, all really hard questions! How does he decide?
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