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Another great list!
Thanks, Alex!
There are so many good links here, Elizabeth, as always! I like it that there's one on prologues. I don't think there's one right way to start a book, so I don't think a prologue is always necessary. One of my books has one; the rest don't (and neither does my current WIP). I think it's a matter of what serves the story best.
I’m just like you! I have one prologue across all my books. I doubt I’ll use one again, but I never like to say never.