Here's a secret.

The first three parts make or break a story.

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WHY THE FIRST THREE?

They say, don't judge a book by its cover. But that's how we identify what the author promises that is within the book once we start reading it. The book cover (supposedly) already hints us on the genre, demography, and premise of the story.

They say, you can't judge a story when you haven't read the whole thing. But to burst everyone's bubble, you can actually judge it based on its first parts.

The first three parts of a book almost equates a story summary. Some publishers, given with a pile of manuscript submissions, only have limited time to check each stories one by one. And your chances of being chosen for a publishing deal is
1) when you are already followed by their scouts and being recommended to be given a publishing offer;
2) when you pique their interest with your story's summary (that is, if they require you to submit such along with your manuscript), or;
3) when you blew them away with the first three parts of the book.

In my experience as a published author since 2016, some publishers only require the first parts of your manuscript to be submitted before deciding whether they wanted to read the rest of it.

That's why the first parts of your book matters. Not just for the publishers, but for your readers as well.

At the first parts, they are only one foot in, waiting for indications if they will keep reading or drop your book unfinished.

Your story doesn't have to be pang-masa (mainstream) to be liked on the first three parts. It just needed to be reviewed. Because stories differ, target audience differ, writing styles differ, and the messages we wanted to convey differ.

In THE FIRST THREE, we will be reviewing the first three parts of different stories from different Wattpad authors!

If you are one of those authors whose story/ies is/are included in here, I am already thanking you for entrusting me with reviewing your works!

If you are an aspiring author who haven't submitted to me a story of yours for review, you can still join us! You can still read this book. And who knows? The questions you are afraid to ask might be answered here.

Let's learn together, evaluate together, write together and support each other!

A,

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Disclaimer:

This review is originally intended to be a YouTube series. But because my phone was stolen arouns the last week of September, I lost some files. Doing it all over again might extend the wait for the launch of The First Three, so here's to the good old written reviews!

Take note too that my reviews is not limited to editor/writer point-of-view in critiqueing. This collection also has a mix of reader-perspective reactions.