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How to Write a First Page That Hooks a Reader

Most readers decide whether to keep reading in about ninety seconds. Your first page has one job: make a promise and start keeping it. Here’s how strong openings do it. 1. Start in the middle of something.Not an explosion — a moment. A character mid-decision, mid-argument, mid-mistake. Backstory can wait; motion can’t. If your first…

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