Write a Brilliant Hook: 5 Easy Steps to Writing your Scene and Story Hook (Go! Write Something Brilliant)

Need help starting your story?

Learn how to hook your reader with your opening line!

In today’s competitive book market, a writer needs to capture their reader in the first paragraph, if not the first line. A good hook sets the tone for a book, gives voice to the character, and immediately draws the reader into the story.

There are plenty of great writing books that offer ideas on what kind of first line to write, but how do you find the right words? Best-selling, RITA and CHRISTY award-winning novelist, and nationally acclaimed writing instructor Susan May Warren has spent a decade teaching novelists how to write brilliant stories — starting with hooking their reader with the first line. Using her simple SHARP technique, you’ll learn:

• How to make your reader care about your character
• How to immediately anchor your reader into the story
• How to raise a thematic question that makes your reader curious
• How to plunge your reader into the story action
• How to tap into your reader’s emotions — and use them to keep your reader turning pages

With examples and application questions, you’ll discover the perfect first line for your story that will hook your reader!