Friday, October 16, 2020

Flog a Pro: Would You Pay to Turn the First Page of this Bestseller?

Flog a Pro: Would You Pay to Turn the First Page of this Bestseller?:
Please judge by storytelling quality, not by genre or content—some reject an opening page immediately because of genre, but that’s not a good enough reason when the point is to analyze for storytelling strength.

This novel was number one on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list for October 18, 2020. How strong is the opening page—would it, all on its own, hook an agent if it came in from an unpublished writer?