Hello all, and let me first thank any who have thoughts to share.
I have a question about the amount of data needed to tell of an event which had occurred but is not really part of the story. A bit like a prologue but more of a setting of events which brings the time to the time of the story.
In a way it is the first hook, but I don't want it to over-ride/over-shadow/have the story depend on it, nor have the reader want/need to know more than what I give. (I know that is hard as each reader has their own imagination, so I'm trying to find a balance.)
So, how much is too much, how little is too little? I've been playing with this for a bit now but don't want to make a prologue because of the stigma, but believe that to go without such an opening leaves too many questions at the beginning.
As it stands I have used about 100 words.
Thank you
Sam