I critiqued 78 first chapters in 30 days

🌳 Join our free Writing Woods community: https://writingwoods.com I critiqued 78 first chapters last month, and I saw the same mistakes over and over. Today, we're covering the most common issues in opening pages and how to fix them so you can write stronger story openings, improve reader engagement, and hook agents in the first ten pages. ⏱️ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Drafting vs revision mindset 01:20 - Conflict 04:09 - Why is the reader reading? 05:38 - Grounding the reader 07:31 - Organic exposition 08:56 - Prologues 13:19 - Focused pages 14:45 - Stronger first chapters 🎧 WRITING WOODS PODCAST YouTube → https://writingwoods.com/youtube Spotify → https://writingwoods.com/spotify Apple → https://writingwoods.com/apple 📚 BOOK EDITING Thoughtful, passionate editing → https://victoriagriffin.com 📌 FOLLOW ME Instagram → https://instagram.com/vgriffinauthor Facebook → https://facebook.com/vgriffinauthor