That's the length of my opening chapter in this first draft - if you can call it that, since it's loosely based on something that was written and revised several years ago! However the second scene was written completely from scratch, in order to bring in the main plotline as early as possible, so it is substantially new material.

I'm not sure if the hook is strong enough, but I want to start with Ellie's childhood because the magic in this world is pretty unusual and I think readers will enjoy seeing Ellie get to grips with it. Maybe once I've written the whole book - or got some negative feedback on the opening - I will feel the need to change it, but for now I'm reasonably happy with the way it's going.