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The First 50 Pages

Engage Agents Editors and Readers and Set Up Your Novel for Success

By Jeff Gerke

Seeking Writing Success Start at the Beginninghellip

(October 17 2011) ndash First

impressions are vital Compelling opening

scenes are the key to catching an

agent or editorrsquos attention and crucial

for keeping your reader engaged

The First 50 Pages is here to help you craft a strong beginning right from

the start Often using movies as examples this informative and

entertaining

read

first

takes

you

inside

the

minds

of

acquisitions

editors

and

literary

agents

Then

Jeff

provides

readers

with

what

your

novelrsquos

first

50

pages

needs

to

accomplish

ndash

and

exactly

how

to

pull

it

off

Yoursquoll learn how to

introduce your main character

establish your story world

set up the plotrsquos conflict

begin

your

herorsquos

inner

journey

write an amazing opening line and terrific first page

Includes a foreword by James Scott Bell author of Write Great Fiction Plot amp Structure and The Art of

War for Writers

About the Authorhellip

Jeff Gerke is an editor and author of fiction and nonfiction including such books as the Operation

Firebrand novels and Plot Versus Character A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction He is the

founder

of

Marcher

Lord

Press

an

independent

publisher

US

$1699

(CAN

$1799) | 978‐1‐5996‐3283‐4 |

(W1819)

240

pages

Writerrsquos Digest Books a division F+W Media Inc

Available

November

2011

FOR

IMMEDIATE

RELEASE



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FIRST P G SPAGES G S

PAGES

Jeff GerkeJeff Gerke

ENGAGE AGENTS EDITORS AND READERS

AND SET UP YOUR NOVEL FOR SUCCESS

ldquoFrom the insiderrsquos perspective everything theyrsquorenot telling you about your 1047297rst 50 pages Invaluablerdquo

mdashDONALD MAASS

Literary agent and author of Te Breakout Novelist



[ VIII ]

FOREWORD

Te night I murdered Jeff Gerke was also the night he was reani-

mated rom the dead just so he could write this book

I trust my opening sentence has led you to this one Tatrsquos all

you have to do to write a hit novel afer all String enough sen-

tences together that compel the reader to read on and on until the

end and then yoursquore done

Simple isnrsquot it Sure like climbing Mount Everest is simple

But you can eventually scale the highest peak on the planet

with enough training and stamina and by remembering that the

whole ascension starts with the 1047297rst ew steps Just as writing a

great book begins with the 1047297rst 1047297fy pages

Which is where Jeff Gerke comes in

Jeff is an author himsel (see the novels o Jefferson Scott) but

also an editor and publisher He has thereore seen 1047297rst pages rom

all angles and knows whereo he speaks He speaks clearly in this

book on the subject o how to write that crucial opening material

You see you really only have two choices capture the reader

(or agent or editor) in those 1047297rst 1047297fy pages or donrsquot

Which do you choose

I thought so Jeff rsquos book is here to help you Hersquoll show youhow itrsquos done (and not done) so you can start up the mountain

with con1047297dence

Begin

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[ 1 ]

SUCH A YOUNG MAN

Bushy hair Narrow shoulders A thin man A little nerdy even

Hardly the sort of leading man we expect today

He looked almost shy as he thanked everyone who had spokenbefore him that day He stared at the ground or his shoes or the

notes before him His opening lines were awkward promising a

tedious interminable speech on a sweltering day under the Hous-

ton sun He fumbled with the lectern while delivering a line with

the unfortunate rhyming of knowledge and college

But when he started his speech in earnest the magic beganldquoWe set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to

be gainedrdquo he said Knowledge that ldquomust be won and used for the

progress of all people hellip Tere is no strife no prejudice no nation-

al con1047298ict in outer space as yet Its hazards are hostile to us all Its

conquest deserves the best of all mankindrdquo

It was September 12 1962 and John F Kennedy was stand-

ing in Rice University stadium delivering what became perhaps

his most famous speech With his words and with the force of

INTRO U TIONINTRODUCTION



THE FIRST 50 PAGES

[ 2 ]

his will he was launching the US space program with the goal

o putting an American astronaut on the moon beore the end o

the decadeldquolsquoBut whyrsquo some say lsquochoose the moonrsquordquo he asked rhetorically

ldquolsquoWhy choose this as our goalrsquo And they might well ask lsquoWhy climb

the highest mountain Why thirty-1047297ve years ago 1047298y the Atlantic

Why does Rice play exasrsquordquo

Tis got the laugh it deserved Rice was known as a school or

intellectuals and their ootball team was routinely slaughtered byootball powerhouse Te University o exas But Jack raised his

voice and cut through their laughter uttering the lines that give

me chills even today

ldquoWe choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other

thingsmdashnot because they are easy but because they are hardrdquo

Now their laughter turned to cheers He rode their joy and

turned it into an uproar

ldquoBecause that goal will serve to organize and measure the best

o our energies and skills Because that challenge is one that wersquore

willing to accept One we are unwilling to postpone And one we

intend to winrdquo

Te gooy young man with the strange accent and the unruly

hair had with def interplay o words and elements generated a

palpable energy in his listeners An energy that had existed in po-

tential orm but had remained only latent until he began

I he had asked that crowd to personally und the mission to

the moon at that very moment I believe they wouldrsquove done it Tey

wouldrsquove ound a way John F Kennedy ignited a movement that

day a orce that swept up not only his hearers but the nation and the

world and we are still reaping the energy o his vision to this day

Such is the power o a strong beginning



INTRODUCTION

[ 3 ]

bull WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON bullTe words you deploy in the 1047297rst pages o your novel can and must

have a similar power Tey must arrest the imagination o your

reader and 1047297re his vision so he will go with you through the tri-

als and triumphs o your story You want him right with you to in

JFKrsquos words eel the ground shake and the air shatter by the sheer

orce o your tale as i it is the greatest adventure on which man

has ever embarked

You want your novelrsquos launch to be as thrilling as the lifoff

o a Saturn C-1 booster rocket Whether itrsquos an adventure story a

horror novel a romantic comedy a cozy mystery or whatever else

you know your beginning must be strong or the reader will never

endure it long enough to get to the heart o your story

You may already know a bit about how the publishing process

works You know that a literary agent or an acquisitions editor at

a publishing house will decide the ate o your book based merely

on its opening pages

I you knew how little o a manuscript is read beore a publisher

chooses to accept or reject a book you might be appalled Usually

it is only one person the acquisitions editor who has read the book

rom start to 1047297nish beore a contract is offeredmdashor not All the other

eight or twelve executives have read perhaps only 1047297fy pages o the

book Te 1047297rst 1047297fy pages Or ewer Maybe only the 1047297rst ten Tey

trust the editor or the rest

Most large publishing houses are closed to so-called unso-

licited submissions (manuscripts not sent to them by agents) So

beore your bookrsquos opening pages receive the scrutiny o a pub-

lishing housersquos executive committee they must pass muster by a

literary agent



THE FIRST 50 PAGES

[ 4 ]

Agents receive thousands of manuscripts every year Some re-

ceive tens of thousands In an environment like that itrsquos simply

human nature that they look for ways to quickly get through oneproposal and get on to the next so they can reduce the slush pile

at least a little

Many of their rejections come easily Te author has not fol-

lowed the agencyrsquos writerrsquos guidelines or has sent a non1047297ction pro-

posal to an agent who accepts only 1047297ction But even with those

eliminated the stack of remaining manuscripts towers as high asa rocket on the launch pad

Some agents will read a proposal in the order itrsquos presented

cover letter one-sheet synopsis etc and then head to the sample

chapters Othersmdashthe 1047297ction-lovers mainlymdashwill skip everything

else and turn directly to page 1 of the chapters

At that point yoursquove got about ten seconds to hook this person

Remember shersquos looking for a reason to say no Not because shersquos an

ogre but because shersquos in a hurry She loves 1047297ction and she wants

to love your book and she must 1047297nd new authors to keep her own

business going but there are so many others waiting in linemdashmost

of them she knows will end up being klunkersmdashthat your book al-

ready has two strikes against it by the time she gets to page 1

So your page 1 had better rock

If your opening line manages to not offend her 1047297ction sensibili-

ties and if your opening paragraphs keep her with you shersquoll turn

to page 2 With these early pages yoursquore basically in a moment-by-

moment effort to skirt disaster with the agent or acquisitions edi-

tor Disaster being the rejection of your manuscript If you lose her

in those early pages yoursquove lost her permanently

Itrsquos like poor Westley in Te Princess Bride Every evening his

captor the Dread Pirate Roberts would send him to bed like this



INTRODUCTION

[ 5 ]

ldquoGood night Westley Good work Sleep well Irsquoll most likely kill you

in the morningrdquo With every line paragraph and page the agent

or editor is most likely going to kill your book in the morning It isyour task to ldquostay aliverdquo as long as possible o the very end if you

can because thatrsquos where glory awaits

Itrsquos not only agents and editors whom you must keep on the

good side of Te same is true of your reader Yoursquore trying to keep a

very busy person from doing one of the hundred things he ought to

be doingmdashor one of the many V shows he wants to be watchingmdashso he will read your book to the end Enough missteps and the spell

will be broken and something else will capture his attention

Years ago I was looking for a new novel to read So I went to

the library and plucked off the new releases shelf ten books that

looked interesting I took them all to a table and opened them one

by one I was looking to be engaged Hooked Arrested by how the

book began Most of them failed utterly Tey began with back-

story exposition or something else utterly dull Or their language

was obtuse showy or any of a hundred other things that soured

the book for me

Granted much of that is subjective and therersquos no way you can

anticipate and please every reader But the point was that I was a

reader wanting to be hooked by the novelrsquos opening and most of

them botched it So I put them all back on the shelf and went home

with the one that grabbed me

What is your situation Have you been told that your open-

ings tend to be weak Do you sense that your whole book has gone

wrong and you have a hunch that it got off course at the outset

Are you paralyzed because you want to start your novel off right

but you donrsquot know how Or maybe yoursquore hoping this book will

write the opening for you



THE FIRST 50 PAGES

[ 6 ]

Irsquom like that As I was writing this book I was also in the midst

o changing how I ran the accounting or the small indie press I

ounded Irsquod been running it off a spreadsheet but afer our 1047297rsttwo years the thing had just gotten to be unwieldy It took me a week

every time I had to 1047297gure royalties or pay taxes It was aggravating

So at the recommendation o counselors I decided to transition

rom a spreadsheet to a database (Donrsquot let your eyes glaze overmdashI

really am heading to a point)

I purchased a very good database program and began 1047297g-uring out how to run my publishing company rom it It wasnrsquot

long beore I ended up in a terrible 1047297x I had tapped none o the

strengths o the database and couldnrsquot 1047297gure out how to do any o

the things in a database that the spreadsheet program had done

so easily Irsquod lost way too much time in the effort and I was now

orced to run the business on both a database and the old spread-

sheet It was maddening

So I did what any sensible person would do I went online to

Amazoncom I ound a terri1047297c book on how to master the database

program I was using I read all the reviews and decided to take the

plungemdasheven cashing in an Amazon gif card to do it

Anxiously I waited by the mailbox When would the magical

book come and solve all my problems I could hold on until then

couldnrsquot I

Finally it came I ripped open the smiley ace box and pulled

out the talisman It was indeed a tome Hal the weight o my toddler

daughter I reckoned Surely the answers were here I was saved

I set it on my desk beore my computer monitor and waited

And waited

Slowly it dawned on me that I might have all the answers beore

me but the book wasnrsquot going to solve my problems all by itsel I was



INTRODUCTION

[ 7 ]

going to have to open that beast and actually read it Read it It was

1300 pages long or crying out loud And a bonus CD with 600 more

pages What had I been thinking Where is my trusty spreadsheet[bangs head on desk]

My wersquove come a long way rom JFK to head-banging havenrsquot

we And in such a short time

Anyway I am saddened to inorm you that wonderul as this

book may be it will not write your 1047297rst 1047297fy pages or you

However i I do my job right this book will energize you withall the electricity o a stirring speech and you will ride the surge o

inspiration all the way through those opening pagesmdashand beyond

Because we choose to go to the moon Not because it is easy but be-

cause it is hard And because as Eugene F Ware said ldquoAll glory

comes rom daring to beginrdquo

bull IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD bullYour novel can have a tremendous launchmdashnot just so agents and

editors will keep reading and not even so readers will stay with you

but so it will be strong as a work o literature Structurally the 1047297rst

1047297fy pages your o book have to accomplish certain objectives or

the oundation will be weak

You have to engage your reader 1047297rst and oremost You have to

introduce your hero You have to establish the context o the story

You must reveal the genre and milieu and story world You have

to set up the tone o the book Yoursquoll also be presenting the stakes

introducing the antagonist establishing the herorsquos desires start-

ing the main characterrsquos inner journey and getting a ticking time

bomb to start ticking down

And you want to do all these things without boring your reader

losing your reader dumping backstory on your reader misleading



THE FIRST 50 PAGES

[ 8 ]

your reader insulting your readerrsquos intelligence or tipping your

hand to your reader

Te 1047297rst 1047297fy pages o your book are so important to get right thatitrsquos tempting to say they are the most important pages in the manu-

script And yet they are in a sense merely the ront work you have to

do to get to the real heart o your story which takes place in Act 2

I recently bought my 1047297rst Kindle e-reader Te box it came in

was itsel the beginning o a storymdashthe tear-off strip or getting in-

side the box actually said ldquoOnce upon a time helliprdquo on it As I lifedthe lid and beheld the masterul presentation o the device so lov-

ingly nestled inside I elt the thrill o beginning a novel I just knew

I was going to love It was an undiscovered country terra incognita

yet a1047297re with possibilities

Tatrsquos the effect Irsquom going to teach you to achieve with the 1047297rst

1047297fy pages o your novel

bull WHO IS THIS PERSON bullSome readers donrsquot eel a curiosity about who has written a given

non1047297ction bookmdashthey just want to get to the good stuff inside Irsquom

that way sometimes depending on the book Other times I want

to know who this person is who thinks he has something to teach

me on this subject In case thatrsquos how yoursquore eeling this time I o-

er a brie introduction to Jeff Gerke

I entered the publishing industry in 1994 when I received a

three-book deal to write a series o near-uture technothrillers I

have now had six o my novels published (under the pen name Je-

erson Scott) plus another six or so non1047297ction books on a variety

o topics including three on 1047297ction crafsmanship

I have worked as a staff editor or three publishing companies

and have done reelance editing and writing work or dozens o oth-



INTRODUCTION

[ 9 ]

ers O particular interest to the reader o this book I have served as

an acquisitions editor at those houses Tat means Irsquove read thou-

sands and thousands o 1047297rst 1047297fy pagesBooks I have selectedmdashbased partially on those 1047297rst pagesmdash

have won many major awards in my publishing category includ-

ing several Book o the Year awards And I was recently a 1047297nalist

or Editor o the Year or 1047297ction in my industry niche

In 2008 I launched my own small publishing company March-

er Lord Press which publishes science 1047297ction and antasy novelswith a spiritual edge

I am a regular aculty member at multiple writers conerences

around the United States Whether itrsquos in the conerence setting or

in private coaching I love helping novelists learn to better do what

it is theyrsquore trying to do

Tis led to my Fiction Writing ip o the Week column (whichis still available or ree at wwwWhereTeMapEndscom) and all

my 1047297ction how-to books including the Writerrsquos Digest title Plot Ver-

sus Character A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction

I have been told that one o my most valuable skills is the ability

to diagnose whatrsquos working in a novel and what needs to be 1047297xedmdash

and exactly how to 1047297x it

Tatrsquos the passion I bring to this book I hope to use whatever

clarity I can muster to help you see precisely how to structure your

1047297rst 1047297fy pages so they take off cleanly and expertly put your story

ldquoin orbitrdquo or the readerrsquos enjoyment

bull PREFLIGHT CHECK bullTe First 50 Pages is divided into two parts Part one gets you in-

side the heads o the 1047297rst people who will encounter your opening

pages acquisitions editors and literary agents Tere yoursquoll 1047297nd



THE FIRST 50 PAGES

[ 10 ]

out what these people are thinking and what actors weigh upon

them as they decide whether or not to pursue publication o your

novel Knowing what theyrsquore dealing with will help you positionyour book or success

In part two yoursquoll get the ull explanation o what your nov-

elrsquos 1047297rst 1047297fy pages have to accomplish and how exactly to pull it

all off Te 1047297nal chapter in the book talks about how to take what

yoursquove done in those opening pages and continue it through page

51 and beyond

As you read this book yoursquoll 1047297nd that I use movies as my ex-

amples even more than novels I do so unapologetically though I

realize yoursquore here to learn how to write a novel Tatrsquos or three rea-

sons One movies are a perect distillation o storytelling Tey are

like short stories 1047297ction in a hurry With only 120 pages to work

with in a screenplaymdashand with most o it white spacemdashyoursquove got

to nail the essence o the necessary components o good story with

effi ciency and precision

Second movies are part o our common culture and are there-

ore more likely to be amiliar to you than perhaps a novel might

be I yoursquore not already acquainted with a movie I reer to it would

take just two hours o your lie to become an expert on it Tat canrsquot

happen with a novel (well or most people and most novels)

Tird like a good beginning to a novel using movies as ex-

amples does more than one thing It teaches you how to write

good 1047297ction but it also teaches you how to write good screenplays

I canrsquot speak or you but most o the novelists Irsquove spoken with

over the yearsmdashmysel includedmdashsecretly hope their novels will

be turned into movies Why not make it easy on the producer by

writing a novel that could easily be adapted or the screen And



INTRODUCTION

[ 11 ]

why not learn how to structure solid beginnings or two orms

o media at once

So i I cite Toy Story 3 more than Anna Karenina yoursquollknow why (Plus Irsquom a ilm-school grad so my mind runs ever

to movies anyway)

bull LETrsquoS LIGHT THIS CANDLE bullA novel with a terri1047297c 1047297rst 1047297fy pages is a novel that is very likely to

get published Itrsquos not a guarantee because some people can write

a great ldquolaunchrdquo but then lose their way or have no ability to land

the plane But it is virtually guaranteed that a novel with a weak

1047297rst 1047297fy pages will not get published

At the end o his speech with LBJ wiping sweat rom his ore-

head in the background and the sun beating down overhead John

F Kennedy delivered these words

ldquoMany years ago the great British explorer George Mallory who

was to die on Mount Everest was asked why did he want to climb

it He said lsquoBecause it is therersquo Well space is there And wersquore go-

ing to climb it And the moon and the planets are there and new

hopes or knowledge and peace are thererdquo

Dear writer your novelrsquos beginning is there and new horizons

o wonder and joy await us So letrsquos start the countdown on this

thing shall we Time or lifoff



WRITING REFERENCE

SEEKING WRITING SUCCESS START AT THE BEGINNINGWhether yoursquore looking to get published or just hoping to hook your reader first

impressions are vital Compelling opening scenes are the key to catching an

agent or editorrsquos attention and are crucial for keeping your reader engaged

As a writer what you do in your opening pages and how you do it is a matter

that cannot be left to chance The First 50 Pages is here to help you craft a strong

beginning right from the start Yoursquoll learn how to

bull introduce your main character

bull establish your story world bull set up the plotrsquos conflict

bull begin your herorsquos inner journey

bull write an amazing opening line and terrific first page

This helpful guide walks you through the tasks your first 50 pages must accom-

plish in order to avoid leaving readers disoriented frustrated or bored Donrsquot let

your reader put your book down before ever seeing its beauty Let The First 50

Pages show you how to begin your novel with the skill and intentionality that willland you a book deal and keep readersrsquo eyes glued to the page

Includes a foreword by James Scott Bell author of Write Great Fiction Plot

amp Structure and The Art of War for Writers

ABOUT THE AUTHORJeff Gerke is an editor and author of fiction and nonfiction including such books

as the Operation Firebrand novels and Plot Versus Character A Balanced

Approach to Writing Great Fiction He is the

founder of Marcher Lord Press an inde-

pendent publisher

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983124he FIRSTFIRSTIRST

FIRST P G SPAGES G S

PAGES

Jeff GerkeJeff Gerke

ENGAGE AGENTS EDITORS AND READERS

AND SET UP YOUR NOVEL FOR SUCCESS

ldquoFrom the insiderrsquos perspective everything theyrsquorenot telling you about your 1047297rst 50 pages Invaluablerdquo

mdashDONALD MAASS

Literary agent and author of Te Breakout Novelist



[ VIII ]

FOREWORD



















Which do you choose



Begin

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literary agent



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the book for me














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couldnrsquot I





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hand to your reader



























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Which do you choose



Begin

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literary agent



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the book for me














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couldnrsquot I





And waited





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hand to your reader



























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THE FIRST 50 PAGES

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intend to winrdquo













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literary agent



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INTRODUCTION

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the book for me














THE FIRST 50 PAGES

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couldnrsquot I





And waited





INTRODUCTION

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THE FIRST 50 PAGES

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hand to your reader



























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literary agent



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hand to your reader



























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hand to your reader



























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THE FIRST 50 PAGES

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51 and beyond























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hand to your reader



























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hand to your reader



























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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

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