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Ryan Van Cleave

Ryan G. Van Cleave runs the creative writing program at Ringling College of Art and Design. He’s the author of The Weekend Book Proposal and 20 other books.

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In short, a lot of smart story people want novel prologues to die a quick and seemingly necessary death.But is that really the best advice to follow, along the lines of, say, squeezing the tube of toothpaste from the

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By Ryan Van Cleave
May 14, 2020

Ryan Van Cleave

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The Power, The Peril, The Prologue