28 March 2016
Most literary agents receive around 5,000 manuscripts a year from aspiring authors, and each year probably end up taking on only around five or six.
So how do we decide what to take on and what to reject? It all hangs on that first page.
If the first page is well written, captivating, intriguing, with promise of a great plot to come, then the agent will continue reading. After just a few pages, they will get a sense of whether this is a story for them.
Luigi Bonomi
