Excellent writing advice

This is a series of posts from X that I found to be very well said. Although I already know it (easier said than done), it's points worth repeating:

The first pages of your novel have a simple but incredibly important job:

Give the reader NO CHOICE but to keep reading.

But is your opening hitting the mark?

Here are the four key elements every strong opening includes:

— Alyssa Matesic (@AlyssaMatesic) January 8, 2026

(four more posts in this thread... follow it for some great tips.)