Mathematics

The first scene in a book must have the following things added in:

Your protagonist. Just as a duckling will assume that the first moving thing it sees is its mother and follow it around, yourreader will assume that the first character encountered in your book is your protagonist. You, therefore, need to ensure that your readers can identify with this character. Give them something about your main man (or woman) to hang their hat on, be it memorable, endearing, quirky or flawed. The catalyst...