How The Novel Starts | A Game of Thrones: how to write a prologue (video essay) @HowTheNovelStarts | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
How the prologue of A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin breaks from the Tolkien model of starting with heavy exposition and world-building, and instead delivers a simple action scene with sympathetic characters—a scene that foreshadows the great conflicts of the novel and series.
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* A Game of Thrones synopsis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones
* Dramatic irony definition and examples en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Dramatic_irony
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How the prologue of A GAME OF THRONES by George R. R. Martin breaks from the Tolkien model of starting with heavy exposition and world-building, and instead delivers a simple action scene with sympathetic characters—a scene that foreshadows the great conflicts of the novel and series.
TRANSCRIPT on Medium: medium.com/@hownovelstarts/how-the-prologue-of-a-game-of-thrones-hooks-readers-2644137c054f
FOLLOW AND SHARE on Twitter: twitter.com/hownovelstarts/status/1306675527198138369
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ADDITIONAL READING
* A Game of Thrones synopsis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones
* Dramatic irony definition and examples en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Dramatic_irony
---
ABOUT THIS CHANNEL
What’s the best way to start a story? What makes readers, agents, and publishers take a chance on our book? What holds their attention? There’s plenty of advice out there on how to write a first chapter, but so much of it is generic. So, instead, I went looking for concrete examples in great books. On HOW THE NOVEL STARTS, I explore the opening chapters of popular novels, and figure out what writers can learn from them for their own work.
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"Sopor" by Kai Engel
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"Mercy" by Kai Engel
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"Cold War Echo" by Kai Engel
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