Thanks to everyone who posted their hooks on the site. Very brave and stellar.
We loved them all!! We truly did. It was so hard to pick.
The winner is…
“I felt nothing as I sighted my M-4 rifle on a distant point and maintained position, despite getting sandblasted by a putrid desert wind.”
Anastasia B. Congratulations. You are [...]
Category Archives: hooks
Hook Em Dano Winners!
March 25, 2008 – 4:07 pm
Announcing The First Annual My Book Therapy HOOK contest!
March 19, 2008 – 5:29 pm
Or what I want to call the, “Hook ‘em Dano!” Competition!
Hey all! Last week we talked about what makes a great HOOK – using the SHARP elements (Stakes, Hero/Heroine Identification/Anchoring/on the Run/Problem or Story Question.)
I hope you’ve been honing all your hooks last week – if not, head over to Voices, and Rachel has started [...]
HOOK ‘em Dano Examples (Okay, I’m in a Hawaii 5-O mood since I’m going somewhere warm!)
March 12, 2008 – 9:18 am
Stirling McRae should have known he couldn’t escape his duty, even deep inside the forests of northeastern Alaska, a hundred miles from civilization.
No, it found him in the form of a grimy terrorist in an orange hunting vest and cap. Only, said terrorist hadn’t a prayer of escaping the McRae brothers. At least that’s what [...]
