Can you write an epilogue without writing a prologue?
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Answer:
Yes and no.
Explanation:
If we take the words epilogue and prologue in a very literal way, then they mean something like "after word" and "before word". So if you write something that consists of two parts then the first part could be called a prologue to the second and the second an epilogue to the first. In that sense, it is not possible to write an epilogue without making what went before into a prologue.
Treated a little more sensitively, an epilogue is an addendum to the main piece of writing which provides additional explanation or conclusion, while a prologue is an introduction. So we would not normally apply the term "prologue" to a main piece of work that happens to have a - typically somewhat shorter - epilogue.
The story is written in first person, and the prologue is in third person. Theprologue focuses on a secret of one of the characters (which the main character would have no way of knowing, and the author would nototherwise be able to tell the reader dueto the first person perspective).