Critique Series: Your Very First Page (Novel & Memoir) OnDemand Webinar

Critique Series: Your Very First Page (Novel & Memoir) OnDemand WebinarAgents and editors agree: Improper story beginnings are the single biggest barrier to publication. Why? If you have a bad beginning, no one will keep reading. Does your manuscript grab a reader's attention at page one and never let them go? Find out in this session. You will: Get an insider's perspective on how editors and agents can tell right away whether your manuscript is worth further consideration. Avoid beginner mistakes that doom a manuscript

Agents and editors agree: Improper story beginnings are the single biggest barrier to publication. Why? If you have a bad beginning, no one will keep reading. Does your manuscript grab a reader's attention at page one and never let them go? Find out in this session.

• Get an insider's perspective on how editors and agents can tell right away whether your manuscript is worth further consideration.
• Avoid beginner mistakes that doom a manuscript from the first page.
• Experience in real time how an editor makes a decision to keep reading or not.
• Get a checklist for self-editing and revision that will improve your manuscript overnight.

• Writers with a first draft ready for critique
• Writers who keep getting rejected after submitting their manuscript to an agent or editor
• Writers unsure if their first page is making a good impression
• Writers who want to learn more about what kind of a story beginning will impress an agent or editor
• Writers who suspect their first page may have some challenges (e.g., slow start, prologue, flashback, too much description)