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Q&A Is the first page of a novel really that important?

The cover is important, the blurb is important, the reviews are important, the story structure is important. The first page is important. One of the best exercises I ever did was to bring home tw...

posted 4y ago by DPT‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar DPT‭ · 2020-04-20T17:55:45Z (almost 4 years ago)
The cover is important, the blurb is important, the reviews are important, the story structure is important. The first page is important. 

One of the best exercises I ever did was to bring home twenty books in my genre and analyze the first page of each. There is a pattern, even with the differences between authors. I adapted that pattern to my manuscript and immediately people were more easily drawn in.