Start Your Story Right: How to Hook an Agent with Your First Pages and Chapter One OnDemand Webinar Mystery/Thriller Successfully hooking an agent (and

Successfully hooking an agent (and readers) with your writing takes voice

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a writer's material must evoke a reaction that tells them the material will not only sell

When you listen to this 90-minute online instructional video

Start Your Story Right: How to Hook an Agent with Your First Pages and Chapter One OnDemand Webinar Mystery/Thriller Successfully hooking an agent (andDescription The first 30 pages of your book (let's be honest, even the first 3) are supremely important in terms of catching the attention of an agent and an editor. If you're serious about getting your book published, you have to be serious about making your work stand out in the slush pile. An agent won't wait until page 40 or chapter 3 for your story to get going. It has to be excellent from the first paragraph. So what does an engaging opening