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WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN YOUR NOVEL?
Each chapter has a unique job to perform, but your Opening Chapter is CRITICAL to your success as a writer.
If you haven't incorporated at least 3 of the
5 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
in your opening pages, you risk losing the agent/publisher/reader long before they get to that fantastic last middle or last chapter.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR?
In Ten Times Guilty, as well as in With Full Malice, both crime thrillers, I introduced m/c in the 2nd chapters simply because I didn’t want a Prologue, but I kept the 1st chapter short and dramatic action to increase pacing.
In your opening chapter, you must not only include all the essential elements, but you must do so in a way that the chapter still MOVES, that it doesn’t come to a halt when you introduce the elements.
WEAVE it all in along with story. The further the reader reads, the less likely he’ll put your book back onto the shelf and search for something else.
When I queried the publisher for one of my supernaturals, they replied with a request for ONLY the 1st 3 paragraphs of my opening chapter.
So your first page MUST entice them to read further. Then they asked for the 1st 3 chapters, then the full manuscript.
After reading the full, they offered a contract.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR OPENING PAGES?
NEED HELP WITH YOUR OPENING PAGES?
Have you included the 5 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS in YOUR opening chapter MUST have?
While I've retired from editing full manuscripts, I love helping writers with their opening chapters, the critical OPENING PAGES that either entice readers/agents, and/or publishers to turn the page or replace your book with someone else's masterpiece.
If this has happened to you, and you'd like personal help, don't worry. I'll work with you. For one price, I will:
PROOFREAD, COPY EDIT, and EDIT for CONTENT your opening chapter.
Your job as a writer is to present your manuscript/story in the best possible light.
MY JOB AS AN EDITOR IS TO HELP YOU
ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL.
FEE: TO BEGIN THE PROCESS: TESTIMONIALS:
I'll ANALYZE & EDIT
I'll ANALYZE & EDIT
your 1st chapter up to
your 1st chapter up to
2500 words:
2500 words:
INCLUDES:
INCLUDES:
proofing, copyediting, and editing for content:
proofing, copyediting, and editing for content:
$95
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