Lit Fest 2025

It doesn’t matter how good your book is overall if your first ten pages don’t hook the reader. Most agents request the first couple pages to see if they want to read the rest of the book, most readers in a bookstore will give the opening pages a try to decide if they want to buy your book, and the Look Inside button on Amazon allows readers to check out your opening pages. In this class, we’ll discuss a variety of ways to ensure your opening pages are effective. Open to fiction and memoir writers of all levels. Writers should bring their first ten pages either on their computer or printed out for their reference only (meaning, no copies to distribute, just a copy for themselves to make changes to and reference).