How the first Harry Potter novel hooked readers: Voice vs. Exposition (video essay)

How the first three chapters of "The Philosopher's Stone" hooked readers, agents, and editors, using voice, mystery, and nostalgia.

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What’s the best way to start a story? What makes readers, agents, and publishers take a chance on our book? What holds their attention? There’s plenty of advice out there on how to write a first chapter, but so much of it is generic. So, instead, I went looking for concrete examples in great books. On How The Novel Starts, I explore the opening chapters of popular novels, and figure out what writers can learn from them for their own work.


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SOURCES AND ATTRIBUTIONS

Photo by Annie Spratt
https://unsplash.com/photos/-9vMBjrU-RA

"Snowmen" by Kai Engel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_One__Cold/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_One_-_Cold_-_04_Snowmen

"Divertissement" by Kevin MacLeod
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/Divertissement

"Gagool" by Kevin MacLeod
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Contemporary_Sampler/Gagool

"The Forest and the Trees" by Kevin MacLeod
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Contemporary_Sampler/The_Forest_and_the_Trees

"Brand New World" by Kai Engel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Sustains/Kai_Engel_-_Sustains_-_01_Brand_New_World

"modum" by Kai Engel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_07_modum_1636

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