Assertion: prologue | /r/HasProperty | short
Facets:
value: especially
type: DEGREE
value: before the real story
type: OTHER
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: pretty
type: DEGREE
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The prologue is usually pretty short, maybe a few pages (five minutes or so in a film).
text: If you have a first chapter that you just absolutely cannot change, but you know it doesn't move quite fast enough to thrust the reader into the story and hook him, then one might consider a prologue (even a short one) to help accomplish this task - so long as the prologue actually has something to do with the story and isn't just there as a hook.
text: In short, the prologue is essentially a short story before the real story that helps the reader understand holistically the plot of a book.
text: Especially when prologues are short and provide only cursory information, they serve to heighten the interest of readers quickly so they will want to continue reading.
text: While my prologue is short, it is descriptive only, and not distinctly different in tone to the beginning of my novel, so I will weave it into my first few chapters.
text: Either way, I know this chapter or prologue was short but spare me.