[processing please hold]

The reader will know if he has something by the end of the first page

How very true. You have to grab and hold their attention with that first page to guarantee they turn to the second. It's crucial.

[RightWhale]

And, unless you are self-publishing you will have to do this with the most critical reader there is—the person who has to read a dozen works like yours every day before lunch and decide if it is worth calling the ink delivery truck.

[carton253]

Before I go... don’t forget to go back and read some of the other posts... There are things posted for critique and a really good conversation about description narrative.