Top Ten Reasons Your Novel is Rejected by Lois Winston

Author:Lois Winston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lois Winston Publishing
Published: 2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

I would like to distill this down further and suggest that an author needs to hook the reader with an opening sentence. I’ve read thousands of submissions that open with what I can only describe as blah first sentences. The writer goes on to compound the problem by giving the reader several paragraphs, if not pages, of either back-story or boring description. The writer may have a fantastic story, but if he puts the editor or agent to sleep before she gets to that story, the writer has problems.

The opening of a book is meant to suck the reader into the world the author has created. Back-story can come later, trickling in to tease the reader to continue reading more, not as information dumps that pull the reader from the story. A good opening will include only the barest minimum of back-story that is essential to that moment. A good opening doesn’t give editors and agents an excuse to toss aside a book. It makes them want to read more to find out what happens next.

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