Hook your readers
Nobody is forced to read your novel or short story, so it's important to hook readers right away. Your opening sentence or paragraph should encourage them to continue, perhaps by making them laugh, or exciting their curiosity, or just making them want to find out what happens next.
Consider the intriguing sting in the tale of the opening sentence of George Orwell's 1984:
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
It seems like a very traditional opening and then – thirteen? You want to know more and so you read on.
Now look at the first sentence of Raymond Carver's short story Viewfinder:
A man without hands came to the door to sell me a photograph of my house.
Just a short sentence but with so much that we need to have explained. We're hooked.
For me, I use different things as my hook. I want you to do two things, one would give you a dedication (in-line of course since this glitch is crap) and the other is to help you.
1. Find in Cardinal Sins where I did a hook. Use any chapter, except my author's note.
2. Make your hook for your piece you have been doing since tip one!
Insert both answers to the numbers you have to answer above!
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