Hey writers! Each month (and sometimes more often), we’ll choose 2-3 “first pages” to review. A first page, for our purposes, is the first 350 words of your book—fiction, non-fiction or memoir. We will read the page aloud on the podcast and discuss with a single thought in mind: Would we keep reading?
This month we get… constructive! It’s HARD to get these right. And while you can count on your reader to know where they are in time and space and genre based on their selection of the book in some cases, in most you can’t be relying on that. You have to grab the reader AND make them feel settled and secure in wherever you are, even if that’s not what the protagonist feels at all.
We know it’s hard. We’re trying to get there, and we can help you get there, too.
