Usually I do but there are times that I start reading and the prologue reads so badly that I skip ahead to chapter 1 to see if it's any better. Sometimes, I never go back to the prologue.
In reading prologues written by aspiring writers, I often find that the prologue is actually the backstory that the author needed to know but which adds absolutely nothing to the novel and -- in some cases -- distrcts from it.
And quite a few of these have been very, very boring and far too long.
I'm with you. Usually I read the prologue, but if the prologue is going very badly, I'll skip ahead to chapter one to see if the badness is a prologue thing or whether it continues throughout. Sometimes prologues are written in an entirely different tone and style than the whole rest of the book. Sometimes this works, sometimes it's too much the afterthought tacked onto the beginning for decoration or something.
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In reading prologues written by aspiring writers, I often find that the prologue is actually the backstory that the author needed to know but which adds absolutely nothing to the novel and -- in some cases -- distrcts from it.
And quite a few of these have been very, very boring and far too long.
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