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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