Thank you for all the great advice, I'm keen to avoid overtelling and undertelling and cliches and info dumps and all of the other pitfalls that the beginning of a book can be prone to, so it's suer helpful to read a range of opinions and replies.
neandermagnon, what you say about knowing nothing about the character or her mother prior to the waking was something that had been bothering me, the lack of connection, the why should I care? response that the reader might have.
I also agree with those that warn about too much info before the story gets going, and leaving some mystery to be a reveal at a later point. It's all about balance I guess
I wrote a quick prologue yesterday, the link should be in my signature if anyone fancies letting me know if I'm stumbling in the right direction? I called it BEFORE and was going to then name the start of the book AFTER, with the actual incident that changed everything not being fully revealed until a good few chapters in.
neandermagnon, what you say about knowing nothing about the character or her mother prior to the waking was something that had been bothering me, the lack of connection, the why should I care? response that the reader might have.
I also agree with those that warn about too much info before the story gets going, and leaving some mystery to be a reveal at a later point. It's all about balance I guess
I wrote a quick prologue yesterday, the link should be in my signature if anyone fancies letting me know if I'm stumbling in the right direction? I called it BEFORE and was going to then name the start of the book AFTER, with the actual incident that changed everything not being fully revealed until a good few chapters in.