Skipping the prologue actually made me enjoy a book more for once

I used to force myself to read every prologue because I felt like I was 'cheating' by skipping them. Then I tried it with a Brandon Sanderson novel, The Way of Kings, and the first 200 pages actually hooked me instead of dragging. Has anyone else found a specific trick like skipping parts that changed how you see a book?

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piperbailey24d ago

It's funny you mention that because I've started doing the same thing with movies now. I skip the first 15 minutes of a lot of films because they just set up boring backstory that gets explained later anyway. It's like how people skip the first chapter of a cookbook to get to the actual recipes. Once you realize that the author's idea of what's important isn't always what you need, you start trusting your own judgment more. Books, movies, even instructions for assembling furniture, they all have this padding that feels mandatory but isn't. It's basically just learning that the creator's plan for how you should experience something isn't the only way.

bennett.evan24d ago

My brother skips the first 10 minutes of every horror movie @piperbailey, and honestly he never misses anything important.

blair_taylor3224d ago

I started skipping the first three pages of every thriller and now I actually enjoy the payoff.