Madelyn (Maddie) asked Madeline Martin:

hi! I just wanted to let you know that I read your book The last bookshop in London and I loved it! I'm currently writing a book and I was wondering how to start it off? im having some trouble with that. TIA!

Madeline Martin Thank you so much, Madelyn (hey, nice name, BTW ;) ) Congratulations on writing a book!! Starting a book off in the right place can be tricky and a lot of times it goes off of 'gut instinct'. If you're at a place that doesn't require too much backstory detailed out and does jump into action pretty quickly without leaving someone confused as to how all that action began, that's usually a pretty good spot.
Also, different genres will have different starting points. Romance = the "meet cute", historical fiction = the big change that is coming happens after a brief showing of 'normal life', thrillers = body (or some crime) shows up, etc.
There is a lot of great content on Youtube and a lot of great blogs out there. It might be helpful to search the genre you're writing to see what authors in that genre recommend for the starting point.
I hope that helps. Best of luck to you with your book! :)
Hugs,
Madeline

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