Starting your novel - what to do about page one?

The first page for your manuscript is the first impression that readers will get of your book. And if they aren’t impressed at the first, they probably will never look at your story, article or book again. This means that your first page has to impress. It has to be compelling. It cannot be crap.

Your first page of your manuscript should set the stage for the action that is going to happen in the story. And it should make your reader feel drawn in and compelled to continue reading. If you haven’t done this one the first page, then all hope might be lost. You have to make your reader want to turn the page.