Your first page is the most important page in your novel; it's part of your first scene.
(The first scene after the prologue, if you have one.)
Your first scene establishes:
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Your plot (answering your reader's "so what, why should I read this?" question);
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The novel's main character. What kind of person is he/ she? What challenges threaten him/ her?
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A setting: the world of your novel. Is your reader drawn in?
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Curiosity and tension in your reader, who's eager to know what happens next...
Do you have confidence in your first scene?
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