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@lissie-w

Hi Lizzie,

So how did “Lucy’s” day begin to go south? How did you first begin to indicate something was going wrong?

If a potential reader was walking through a book store and happened to pick up your book from the shelf, and open to the first page, what lines would you use to hook them in to keep reading?  Do you have any examples of just a few lines in your WIP where the shift takes place?

@laur_m

Hi Laur,

That sounds like a good plan.  It is consistent with the Latin phrase:  in medias res (in the midst of things)

What peril did you introduce to the MC that would intrigue a reader to keep reading?  Could you share a few lines of what you consider to be your hook?

Also, in other books you’ve read, (assuming in the same genres of this group) could you share a few opening lines from one of your favorite books that hooked you in?

I am a big fan of suspense writer Dean Koontz.  Here is an example of a few of his opening lines that got me right away:

“With a draft beer and a smile, Ned Pearsall raised a toast to his deceased neighbor, Henry Friddle, whose death greatly pleased him.  Henry had been killed by a garden gnome.” Page 1, Chapter 1 of “Velocity” by Dean R. Koontz