what exactly is a prologue and a epilouge and how would i write one ?

Question

umm im writing a story and i kinda want to write it in a way how stephenie meyer (the genuis) writes hers im not shur how i would do that

Answer 1

A prologue is a passage in a book that takes place some time before the actual action starts and sets the tone for the book. It can be a few paragraphs or a lengthy chapter. It can also be called a preface. An epilogue is exactly the opposite. It is something that occurs some time after the actual action of the book and ties up loose ends or gives readers a glimpse at the future of the characters. Pax-C

Answer 2

Well a prologue is a chapter set before the chapter one, not usually introducing the story but merely giving background or mentioning past events. An epilogue is the opposite, a chapter after the last one describing events taking place after the book's end, maybe to provide closure or leave readers to wonder. I don't know who stephanie meyer is though, sorry. For writing one in general maybe you should write the book first and then write the prologue/epilogue afterwords. Good Luck!

Answer 3

I love Stephenie Meyer's books too. You don't have to inculde a prologue and an epilogue though. A prologue is like an introduction, it gives the reader some background info on the story and an epilogue is a passage added to the end of the book that usually says what happened to the characters after the end of the book.

Answer 4

Prologues and epilogues are basically short chapters at the beginning and ending of the story respectively. The prologue serves to hint at the inciting conflict of the story without really delving into the plot immediately. Basically, it's an attention-getter, and can be set at any point in the timeline of the story's events. The Kite Runner, for example, starts with adult Amir reflecting, then flashes back to his childhood for the first half of the book, then goes forward to after the prologue for the second half.

And epilogue, however, is basically just a denouement to all the loose ends, and usually always takes place after the plot is fully concluded. Then it sets up for a sequel. To be continued ...

Answer 5

Prolgue is a scene setting before the main story. The Epilogue is a scene just after the end of the main story.

Try writing the prologue from the point of a character other than the main, but whom is not immediately identifiable.

Try writing the epilogue as a kind of summary after the climax of the main story.

Answer 6

Think of a prologue as background information for the story to come--or as a little bit of what happened BEFORE your story begins.
An epilogue is the flip side. It's what happens AFTER the end of your story. Sometimes you end a story with a lot of action or an emotional scene, and people care for the characters so much, they want to know what happened the them after the climax.
Don't worry so much about how another writer does this. You have to find your own path.

Answer 7

porlouge is the beginning of a book explaining whay/why the story came about. epilouge is the usually the end thoughts of the writer and telling about him

Answer 8

the prologue is the beginning part and epilogue the ending part