https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/crafting-the-hook-why-your-novels-first-line-is-crucial/ Promote your book to Written Word Media's audience of over one million readers. Read our blog for information on all things self-publishing. Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/crafting-the-hook-why-your-novels-first-line-is-crucial/#comment-229762 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:55:01 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=64362#comment-229762 Great info. I always strive to open with a sentence that makes you want to keep reading. Here are two of my opening sentences from two books: Senator Helen Delany’s heart pounded in her head like a sadistic woodpecker repeatedly ramming his beak into a Maplewood tree trunk. Here is the other opening sentence: Paul Clark blinked several times as consciousness slowly reclaimed him.

]]> https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/crafting-the-hook-why-your-novels-first-line-is-crucial/#comment-228168 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:25:00 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=64362#comment-228168 This is such a good breakdown of what makes a compelling first line! Thanks for this thorough and excellent overview. It’s super valuable and helps to demystify a crucial (and often intimidating) aspect of any book.

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