What makes a good story hook? by Jannine WALKER https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg 7O ideas en-us 2016-10-11 00:27:35 UTC 2025-10-29 18:48:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png A good hook..... megan_sargent1 https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683006 I think that to have a good hook you need to have the reader ask themselves questions And I think that it should make you wonder. 

In the book I'm reading - The Medusa Project - it's has a good hook

"How did Fergus know that it had been me moving things with my mind? And why was he saying it was evil?" "What on earth was happening to me?"]]> 2016-10-11 03:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683006 I think a good hook is when something in the sentence makes the reader question their thoughts about the book. jemima_sparrow https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683074 2016-10-11 03:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683074 A good hook..... charlotte_harris https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683096 Makes you ask many questions that will eventually be answered. Also a good hook makes people interested and curious on what might happen.]]> 2016-10-11 03:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683096 Hooks enya_brooks https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683174 A good hook needs something that makes you wonder.]]> 2016-10-11 03:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683174 A hook is when something ntrstng has happend or is happening and wants you to keep reading and it make s you curois and wonder what going to happen and  mystery💀👈 sophie_conway https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683186 2016-10-11 03:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683186 A Good Hook arnaz_mallick https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683223 A good hook is something that wants the reader to grow curious about the book, and want to read it more and more.]]> 2016-10-11 03:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683223 nadiyah_masri https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683231 A good hook makes you wonder and think about the story and makes you want to read more.

]]> 2016-10-11 03:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683231 A good hook is the sound of death of the character. raiyan_affendy https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683237 "...there was a pistol pointing at his head ,and he knew if that pistol was fired,all those precious memories,that had been storming up for thirty-two years,would be blasted into oblivion"]]> 2016-10-11 03:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683237 sheryl_lee https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683346 A good hook makes you wonder what happened

]]> 2016-10-11 03:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683346 enya_brooks https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683435 My book Darren Shan has alot  of hook even in the introduce the first sentence says, "My names Darren Shan. I'm half vampire"
This sentence hooked me straight into the story

]]> 2016-10-11 03:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683435 In my book... arnaz_mallick https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683443 In the Ranger's Apprentice, the first sentence is:
"The sentry never saw the dark-clad figure ghosting through the night towards Castle Araluen."
I think this is a great hook, it makes you wonder, what is this dark-clad figure? What is Castle Araluen? The author also had very good sense of word choice.
E.g
Ghosting through the night

]]> 2016-10-11 03:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683443 In my book the reason I kept reading it   was the subject on the first few pages because it made me wonder about what was going to happen? jemima_sparrow https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683456 2016-10-11 03:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683456 My book... rithu_venkatesh https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683483 " There was no note, no explanation, just a bronze small statue of a dragon with daubed in thick red paint across its chest. 408"

This makes me wonder who sent her the dragon and why.]]> 2016-10-11 03:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683483 nadiyah_masri https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683677 In my book the first sentence was:
"It just looked like a pile of rags, floating on water."

It made me think about what was going to happen? What,when,why,who,where? And how it happened?]]> 2016-10-11 03:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683677 From my book..... charlotte_harris https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683683 "What if the great fire of London wasn't an accident?" The blurb starts with a question that hooked me immediately. The blurb is very important to hook the reader because many people read the blurb to get an idea of the genre and what the book is about]]> 2016-10-11 03:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683683 sophie_conway https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683704 Darren Shan
The vampires assistants

Sometimes they'd burst into scream
and run home top speed and stanley would follow after them


]]> 2016-10-11 03:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683704 A good hook is.. EeJin https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683766 Something that makes you wonder and makes you interested what's about/going to happen.]]> 2016-10-11 03:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jannine_walker/zz8l2v443yg/wish/129683766