I think almost every experienced film photographer has done this at least once.

The remedy is to learn to check very carefully that the film is properly loaded before you start taking photographs.

How best to do this depends on the type of camera you are using. With fully manual film cameras, it is generally easy to use the film rewind knob to do this. After attaching the film to the take-up spool and before closing the camera back, gently turn the rewind knob in the rewind direction. This will take up the slack film in the cassette. If you have attached the film firmly to the take-up spool, the rewind knob will show resistance as soon as the film becomes taught.

After closing the camera back, when you wind on the film ready for the first exposure, the rewind knob should turn in the backwards direction indicating that film is being drawn from the cassette. Every time you wind the film on, the rewind knob will turn showing that the film is coming out of the cassette.

Get into the habit of checking that the rewind knob turns when you advance the film!

Note: On some cameras, the rewind knob has to be pushed in to engage and may not allow the film to be advanced while it is engaged. In that case, it will not turn when the film is advanced, but you can still occasionally check that the film cannot easily be rewound (in which case it is not properly attached to the take-up spool).

It may be helpful to use a cassette filled with old film to experiment with. You can then check that the film is being loaded and advancing correctly by doing it all with the camera back open so you can see exactly what is happening.

On cameras with auto wind and rewind, the camera itself should indicate an error if the film fails to engage with the take-up spool.