What writing habits do you have? Different writers face different advantages and drawbacks in forming good writing habits. The circumstances...
I don't do prologues, and I wouldn't recommend them either. There's often a sort of "intro" like NaCl pointed out, but I wouldn't make it as long...
Great post, Wild Card :D You don't have to be funny ALL of the time. Be serious in the serious scenes and funny in the others.
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