Get Your Readers Hooked on the Next Sentence

Getting Your Readers Hooked with Your First Pages

Immediately put your story context in your readers’ mind. Paint the picture to start your story and how that picture effects the characters, then get your readers hooked as you move the story along beyond the opening scene. Will your readers become fascinated in the beginning or walk away and put your book down? Get your readers hooked after the first few pages and move on.

Start With The Senses

“Some stories grab hold of us and just don’t let go. We laugh and cry and our palms get sweaty and we feel as if we’re living these stories. These are the ones that become our favorites. Sometimes we don’t like the endings. They may even make us angry, but we still end up loving them anyway. More…

What Makes These Stories So Lovable?

“They put us right in the thick of the story. We feel like we’re living these stories because the author has taken steps to make sure we’re fully captivated. We forget that it’s words on a page that another human being has written. We forget that hundreds of other people could be reading the story at that very moment. It’s our story. Just us and the characters and their world.
We’re all in. More…

Now, your readers are past your initial creative process of your characters. We then take your characters, dressed them up to be worth knowing and caring for. Show your characters worthiness and shove them up to your readers so they can judge if their story is worth pursuing.

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Tell everyone about your stories. More…

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Don’t forget to edit your character’s story. Are you using the right words to describe them? More …

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