I think I have a small tip, not sure if it's any good though..
Well, my tip is as follows:
Try NOT to overdo stuff in your books, like nature descriptions. Those of you who have read Tolkien's books will know what I'm talking about (the endless description of Lorien's tree's...). While nature descriptions can help to give you an idea about stuff, it's mostly very irritating and annoying to read if it goes on for too long. That's why I recommend to keep it down on the nature descriptions.
You can make about a paragraph about the surroundings, or maybe even one page, but don't go making 5 pages about every single leaf in a forest(figuratively speaking ofcourse ;P). This goes for the character descriptions in your books. Keep it simple, and add little bits of it over the course of your story.
Also, a nice way to start out is..well..blank. Don't start out with a huge epic fight, which may be fun, but it's too sudden. You can start with a simple setting, like a house, or a tavern. Those are well-known places, and most readers know how the average house or tavern looks like, so you don't have to add in that much of details. Again, same goes for character descriptions. While it's nice to describe that your pretty girl has long waving hair that falls like a waterfall in the summer around her well-formed shoulders...blabla...etc. It'll distract. And it's all about keeping your readers..well, reading. So you can say that your girl has "Nice copper-brown hair that falls to her shoulders" and that's really it.
Personally, I leave a lot to the imagination of the reader, and only fill those gaps if needed at the end, or if some things play an important role.
...Okay, this turned out to be a much larger tip than I first anticipated.
Also, a last hint: Don't be like me, typing in large blocks, but order your paragraphs to topics.
PS: If you're using more than 1 protagonist, you don't have to start a new chapter to introduce him or her, but just a new paragraph(you can even separate them with some small, nice drawing)
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