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The first 50 pages : engage agents, editors and readers and set up your novel for success / Jeff Gerke.

First fifty pages (other title)

Summary:

First impressions are vital and the opening scenes of a novel are crucial if the reader is going to stick around until the story's end. This guide walks writers through the tasks their first 50 pages must accomplish in order to avoid leaving the reader disoriented, angry, or, worse.

Record details

ISBN: 9781599632834
Physical Description: viii, 231 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Submission process. In (and out of) the beginning -- Proposal killers -- Three bombs -- Part 2: What your first fifty pages must accomplish. Engage your reader -- Introduce your main character -- Establish your hero's normal -- Establish your story world's normal -- Start the inner journey -- How to begin -- Another fine mess -- A one-act play -- The first page -- Pages 2 to 50 -- Conclusion.