Your first scene "sets the scene" for your novel

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:

• Your plot (answering your reader's "so what, why should I read this?" question);

• The novel's main character. What kind of person is he/ she? What challenges threaten him/ her?

• A setting: the world of your novel. Is your reader drawn in?

• Curiosity and tension in your reader, who's eager to know what happens next...

Do you have confidence in your first scene?

Perhaps you need guidance.