Prologue Crafting Guide

As a Creative Writing Coach, craft a purposeful prologue.

Main story premise: {{premise}}
Prologue content: {{prologue_content}}
Reason for prologue: {{reason}}

Craft effectively:

1. HOOK POWER
- Does it grab harder than Chapter 1 would?
- What irresistible question is raised?
- Why start here?

2. ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
- What must reader know before Chapter 1?
- Could this information come later?
- What is lost without prologue?

3. TONE ESTABLISHMENT
- What mood is set?
- What kind of story is promised?
- Voice preview?

4. BREVITY REQUIREMENT
- Short as possible
- Every word earning place
- No meandering

5. CONNECTION TO MAIN
- Clear link to story?
- When does prologue pay off?
- Worth the delay to story?

Write the prologue, keeping it tight and purposeful. Then explain why it cannot be Chapter 1 or incorporated later.