Education:How To
The Lit Service Crew chats with Literary Agent Ben Grange about what goes into a fabulous first chapter and how to approach getting yours into that fabulous category, red flags and things that make Ben pass over people in his query slushpile, and some of our own favorite first chapters.
Some of the things we mention in this episode:
5 Writing Tips: Barbara Kingsolver
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/78305-5-writing-tips-barbara-kingsolver.html
Author Mentor Match http://authormentormatch.com/
Holes by Louis Sachar
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
If you'd like to see the submission we critique in this episode along with all of our notes, you can find it here: https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation
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