Another Five Awesome Ideas For Your Killer Hook
Need more ideas for a killer hook? We know, you can never have enough in your arsenal. After all, variety is one of the best ways to spice up your writing and keep readers curious. What will he do next?
1. Talk about a little known event. People enjoy fascinating trivia. That’s why the Guinness Records and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not continue to stay in business. You can take advantage of the same thing to get your reader started on your piece. Just make sure your lead has something to do with the piece you’re writing.
2. Dip into fantasy. Get the reader involved by asking them to imagine or fantasize about something. You can invoke something pleasant or disturbing. Just make sure you elicit the right emotion necessary to set up your piece.
3. Note a common belief. When you start a piece of writing with a belief most people hold in common, it sets up the expectation that you will disprove it. This is an excellent way to get readers hooked, as long as your piece actually does attempt to show another way.
4. Dole out advice, whether good or bad. Just dole out advice. The less obvious the advice (often controversial), the better. People will be inclined to choose between agreeing or disagreeing. Either way, you’ve got them committed.
5. Namedrop a celebrity. Well-known personalities always manage to grab attention. If you can lead with a line that uses them, it could be all you need to get readers’ attention.
Like we said before, leads work best when put together with proper syntax and impeccable grammar – something a good grammar checker will prove very handy for. The last thing you want, after all, is to lose the reader with technical mistakes, while you’ve worked so hard on crafting a catchy hook.