hooks – Gwen Hernandez

The Sunday Squirrel: the night was dark

September 26, 2010Gwen HernandezThe Sunday Squirrel, Writing Craft

For my pacing class, we had to write opening lines based on some version of the sentence “The night was dark”. Each was supposed to include a minimum of the hooks listed in brackets. Below are my attempts. Which ones (if any) hooked you? “I’m not your mother,” she said, rocking gently on the porch

Off the hook

A writer’s life is filled with hooks. The first scene, page, paragraph–heck, the first sentence–must grab the reader/editor if you want them to keep reading. But, don’t forget the hook at the end of each chapter or scene, the hook in your query letter, synopsis, website blurb, back cover copy… Well, I’m apparently hook-challenged. (I