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What are red flags for you in a submitted novel's first chapter? Are there any things that irritate you?

Title: Discover Genre: YA Fantasy Astral was one tail-flick past the boundary, one metre beyond safety. By now most Mers would have drifted into the rooms they were meant to be in, and only rushing servants and nobles too proud to bolt would remain in the Castle’s sprawling corridors. He listened fo...

Hello Craig! Thanks for starting the thread. :) I'm a fellow newbie and have just stumbled across this forum and Nathan's blog a few days ago. Good luck with finishing your novel! The hopeful dystopian novel you're writing seems fascinating. (I want to read it now to see how you made a typically sor...