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If you're doing anything that you know maybe like because you see the advice out there like

never use prologs, right? But obviously we see a lot of these little prologs in disguise.

Just think about why you're doing it. And if you have a valid reason, then it's probably okay.

If your reason is because I want to tell my reader all this information before the story even

starts, probably not okay, right? Because we don't want to be info dumping. So I always just like

to say to fact check yourself, think about why we would do it. And if you know you might have some

reasons similar to what Bonnie Garmes did with this book. Welcome to the fiction writing made

easy podcast. My name is savannagilbo and I'm here to help you write a story that works.

I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming.

So each week I'll bring you a brand new episode with simple, actionable, and step-by-step strategies

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