I'll be taking a 'First Page' workshop this weekend with agent Betsy Lerner. She'll be going over first page samples and talking about why certain ones made it and others didn't. Participants can also bring in the first page of their novel for her to critique and return. Here's the question: Does 'first page' mean literally only the first page, where the chapter heading and text start a third of the way down the page, or does it mean the first 250 words, meaning I'd bring in the first page and a some of the second page? I know this is nit-picky, but I don't want to turn something in for a big agent to critique that isn't formatted properly, but also want to supply her with the proper amount of material.
