If your first sentence is a dud, chances are the reader won’t give you a second chance.
In today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we’ll explore the art of the hook sentence.
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We’ll explore how to:
- Withhold to create suspense
- Raise expectations and curiosity
- Juxtapose details to create tension
- Set your story in motion
And we’ll peek under the hood of some great hook sentences from the masters including Hemingway, Denis Johnson, and Margaret Atwood and see how they work.