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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Those paragraphs (2 and 3) should, I think, be on what you want to happen at the beginning and at the end, not attempts at actual opening and closing text.
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Actually, looking at the way I've been going about writing right now, I did write the prologue (not a clean version, just a really fast draft) before getting down all the details of the story.
The reason I like it like this is it gives me sort of a test drive of the characters and the world. It helps me to see better if there's chemistry between them, and how would they react in future situations, what would fit them best, what should be changed, etc. which helps me plan the rest of the story afterwards.