Don't I just look lovely in it?
The hooks talked about in the video are below
Just as a note, your hook can be more than a
sentence. It should at least make your reader think. These are also listed on
my blog. Feel free to make up your own or manipulate them to your own desire,
(just keep it clean, I won’t read it if it’s naughtyL)
For an even bigger challenge you can use more than
one, OR you can find a way to combine
a few. Yeah, look at you go. You’re writing, pat yourself on the back, your
parents or spouse must be so proud of you. J
Oh and a final thing that I forgot to mention, your
hook should direct your reader to your main character, no “it was a windy day”
seriously, that is overused (though right now it really IS a windy day) and
gets kind of annoying after you read it for the millionth time. Give the wind a
break.
1. The
rain fell like acid.
2. My
stomach wheeled like it was stuck upside down in a twisted cartoon.
3. I
ran down the street, too winded to even look back.
4. The
gravel crunched under the horse’s hooves.
5. There
was no one in the whole world that I hated more than Morgan Felt.
6. The
gum burned a hole through the bottom of my shoe.
7. The
ocean roared.
8. Great,
of all the horrible things to happen to me today, I had to get my hair stuck in a killer pine tree.
9. The
book smacked me in the head, causing painful stars.
10. I was pretty sure that the wind was trying to
play tornado and rip me from my sneakers.
11. Kylie sighed. When she couldn’t cover her bald
head, she sighed again.
12. The
doctor was grim, too grim. My heart
pounded.
13. Ouch!
My jerk older brother slams the door right on my toe, officially putting an end
to our, no doubt, heartwarming conversation.
14. The
newscaster screamed suddenly.
15. Oh no!
It was all I could think.
Fifteen hooks are enough, don’t you think?
Manipulate these all you want. Change it to third person POV (point of view, if
you’re not sure what this is, leave a comment below, I’ll reply as soon as I
canJ)
change it to past tense, to present tense. Go on. Do it.
Remember, I’m making these videos for you, not just
to torture the world (hehehe) if you have questions, ASK THEM, and go start. I
challenge you, that’s right. Start it.
Oh and go check out Lindsey Stirling, I can’t say it
enough, she is AWESOME!!!
(yes, this is copied from my YouTube movie, but why write it again when the first one was good enough? A good rule to remember with writing, no need to be a perfectionist, something you might turn into when you start writing, I did, oops.)
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ReplyDeleteSorry blog problems any who I said:
DeleteI love the video!!! {I feel ten times smarter now!} :D
I'm glad!!! I'm publishing another tomorrow :)
DeleteHope I am doing this right, and on the right post...
ReplyDeletehere is my hook thingy,
I stare a the clock, moving agonizingly slow. I tap my foot and scream in my head, school feels it has been going on for a month.I stare at my teacher talking about...... I'm not shure but I am positive it is boring.
Yay! Hope you like it
{though I probly broke a bunch writing rules, spelling, word placement, and other stuff}
Hurray! okay Comment thing ended... Yay
Why do I keep going on, okay fingers stop typing.... :D :D
Nice hook thingy!
DeleteMakes me want more :)
See, you did it right, you made me want more and spelling is a 'who cares' when you're starting.
:D
Keep going, I'm curious to know what would happen next, why is your character so anxious to get out of school I wonder? Hmmm...