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lostprinceofasgard reblogged your post Because it was ace day and also my pro... and added:

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lostprinceofasgard replied to your post: there is a lot of snow and I am very a...

lol its 80 degrees where I live

fuck you and your weather

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I asked you a question a while ago about my short story and you said not to include a prologue. The foundation is a little bit scifi/time travel, and the story makes zero sense unless at least a little of that is established almost immediately. The setting or characters reveal nothing. Is there a way I could convey the necessary backstory at the beginning of the story? (It's definitely a short story, it focuses on one encounter.)

Trust in your readers more to figure out things as you go along. Lay out hints here and there. Realize that readers don't need to know everything up-front and, in fact, figuring out what's going on can be just as interesting as what's actually happening. Yes, it takes a lot of work, but a prologue just doesn't make sense in this context.

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So I'm writing a short story/novelette, and there's a lot of background information that is 100% necessary in order for the story to make any sense. I know prologues are frowned upon in the first place, but I'm almost certain I need one. My problem is, I don't know if having one is ok for such a short story, or if I need to work it in another way.

You definitely don't want a prologue for a short story. 

Honestly, you say it's 100% necessary to have this background information for your story to make sense, but is it really? You may need to just give your readers credit and let them fill in the gaps on their own. Short stories aren't about building worlds (as novels often are) but about telling little snapshots of much bigger stories. 

If your gut is still telling you all this background information is necessary, then maybe it's time for you to recognize you're actually meant to be writing a novella or a novel.

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lostprinceofasgard replied to your post: colinbakerstreet replied to your post:...

It’s not getting better.

Well, there you have it.

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I feel like I should let you know I am very, very bad at keeping conversations going, especially when I don't have emojis to use.

that is A-ok bc it's like 1 am here and im not good at conversations even when I'm not sleep deprived

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heck yeah *sunglasses emoji*

you deserve it bby

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also after sending you like 50 messages I've finally found your 'home' button. I'd just been deleting the /ask part of the url until now

this is right up with being farted on by a mailman on my list of best human interactions of my life