Let’s find out why! So you didn’t make last week’s First Page Showdown. Wanna know why? Six of you are about to find out. I encourage everyone here to read these pages then read the official Showdown pages because sometimes it’s not easy to tell why pages work. You need to see what’s on the […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: A burgeoning artist is offered a once in a lifetime fellowship, luring her into the dark side of New York’s elite art world. About: Cassie Keet has been working in the industry as an actor for a long time. She also writes, directs, and produces a lot of short films. This script […]

Last week we had a contest for Best First Page. This was the winner, which I’m going to review for you right now! Was The First Horseman my pick for best first page? You’ll have to wait til Thursday for that answer, when I rank the five contenders. Before we get into today’s analysis, let’s […]

That March Newsletter is in your inbox. If you aren’t signed up for the newsletter, e-mail me at carsonreeves1@gmail.com and I’ll put you on the list Since it looks like The First Horseman is running away with the First Page Showdown title, I’m going to put this post up early so that people can discuss […]

I want to thank everybody for sending their first pages in. It was fun reading through all of them. For me, it’s always a reminder of how difficult it is to write something that stands out. Due to the fact that these pages are pitted against other pages within seconds, it’s much easier to compare […]