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Stop Losing Readers
Make Your First Chapter Unforgettable
Your first pages decide everything.
If we aren’t hooked right away, we don’t stick around. The beginning of your book has one job. Keep us reading.
Readers are impatient. They’ll skim a couple of paragraphs before deciding whether your story is worth their time. If the beginning is slow, confusing, or bogged down with too much exposition, they’ll move on.
Your goal is to make them curious and eager to turn the page.
Grab Attention Immediately
1. Start With a Question or Mystery
Make readers wonder. Give them a situation that doesn’t quite add up.
“Tara stepped into the abandoned house. The door had been locked for years, yet the smell of fresh coffee hung in the air. Who had been here?”
This forces readers to ask, what’s going on? They won’t stop reading until they find out.
2. Open With Action
A slow build-up kills momentum. Instead of describing the setting for two pages, put the reader in the middle of the story right away.
“The sirens screamed through the city as Jackson sprinted down the alley, gripping the stolen flash drive in his pocket. If they caught him, he…
