I thought I'd share this little conversation I had with my 8-year-old daughter since the subject of prologues and how readers feel about them tends to come up often.
"How was library time today?"
"Terrible."
"Terrible? Why was it terrible?"
"Well, I got a book that I thought was going to be really interesting, but you know what happened? I read the first six pages and they were just alright. Then after I already read six pages, chapter one started. So what were the first six pages? And chapter one had nothing to do with the first six pages. I was mad."
She was really in a huff about this. She got even angrier when I laughed.
"How was library time today?"
"Terrible."
"Terrible? Why was it terrible?"
"Well, I got a book that I thought was going to be really interesting, but you know what happened? I read the first six pages and they were just alright. Then after I already read six pages, chapter one started. So what were the first six pages? And chapter one had nothing to do with the first six pages. I was mad."
She was really in a huff about this. She got even angrier when I laughed.
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