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Start Your Story Right: How to Hook an Agent with Your First Pages and Chapter One OnDemand Webinar Mystery/Thriller When you listen to thisDescription The first 30 pages of your book (let's be honest, even the first 3) are supremely important in terms of catching the attention of an agent and an editor. If you're serious about getting your book published, you have to be serious about making your work stand out in the slush pile. An agent won't wait until page 40 or chapter 3 for your story to get going. It has to be excellent from the first paragraph. So what does an engaging opening