Awesome First Pages: How to Start Your Story Right

You only get one chance to make a first impression,and that one chance with a reader lasts only minutes. It's no longer acceptable for a book to “get good on page 40." From your first sentence to the first pages of your novel, it's critical to hook readers immediately,whether that reader is an agent, editor, or patron in a bookstore. Not only do you want to quickly pull readers in with your story, you also need to establish your narrative voice as reliable, believable, talented, and authoritative. So how do you best accomplish this?In this webinar, instructor and literary agent Kate McKean shows you how to catch a reader's eye with your first sentences and pages. After sharing her own best principles, Kate examines first pages from published books to show you the dos and don'ts of opening your novel/memoir (including: never start with your main character getting out of bed), and the common mistakes that drive agents crazy and stop them from reading the rest of your work. WHAT YOU'LL