How Important Are First Pages?
In February, I spoke at a Christian Writers Retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia. I spoke to the writers about the importance of their first pages and what their first pages needed to include.
In the two-hour session, we discussed four goals and ten components that their first pages needed to address.
In the thirteen-minute audio, you can hear the beginning of the presentation, along with a short discussion about the four goals, which are as follows:
- Introduce a story-worthy problem
- Hook the readers
- Establish the rules of the world
- Forecast the ending
Many people say that these items will determine whether a reader will stay with the book through the end. How important are these to you in your own writing or reading?
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