writethisfanfic | Prologue or flashback if the hero/main protagonist doesn't show up for a while? (Reply)

Morning :).

I'm trying to work something out. I want Control for my hero/main protagonist. However, Teri, my second hero/protagonist, is prominent in the beginning, and with other story lines involved, he's not showing up for a while.

I know most folks don't care for prologues and flash backs/forwards, but in this case, can I get away with one/some before the main story starts?

Teri finds something out at the beginning, involving stuff from their pasts, that leaves her scrambling. Besides upsetting her, she needs to keep this under Control's radar until she gets it straightened out, which, of course, doesn't happen. The little side stories are to get some other necessary characters brought in - and that's about as far as I have solid ideas for.

I was reading a guest post on Storyfix by Jennifer Blanchard last night, starting all this. She reminded me that "the hero must be a single person," and "he has got to be heroic... and on a journey." I realized I was writing the wrong person as the hero, and that he wasn't hero enough. Now I'm trying to rearrange things to take care of that.

Have a great writing day!
Theresa