Putting it all together to write your hook!

Hey Everyone!  Happy Fiction Friday!  For the last month we’ve been talking about HOOKing the reader you’re your story.  I hope you remember the SHARP acronym! S-Stakes H – Hero/Heroine Identification A – Anchoring R – Staring the story on the RUN P – The problem or Story question. Today, I’m going to give you [...]

What’s the problem?

Hey there!  Welcome back to our HOOKS discussion!  We’ve been talking about the elements of a great HOOK – using the acrynom SHARP S= Stakes (Public or Private) H = Hero Identification (or Sympathy) A stand for ANCHORING!  Or, using the journalist inside to create place!R – Starting your story on the Run, or two [...]

Hooking your Reader…week 4! Starting on the RUN

Ack! Susan May Warren back after a two week OOPs! where I woke in the middle of the night going…uh oh, I forgot to blog on WI!! Just to catch us up…we were chatting last month about HOOKING your reader. We talked about: StakesHero/Heroine identificationAnchoring – So – let’s voyage on. Our 4th component to [...]

Throw in the Anchor! Writing a Hook week 3

Happy Friday~!  Susan May Warren here hopping over from http://www.mybooktherapy.com (where we’re talking about Writing Tension in a scene), to continue or Friday Fiction Chat about HOOKS! We’ve been talking about the elements of a great HOOK – using the acronym SHARP S= Stakes (Public or Private) H = Hero Identification (or Sympathy) A stand for ANCHORING!  [...]

Hooking the Reader: Week two!

Hey! I’m back (thanks for having me!) with more on HOOKS today on Fiction Friday. HOOKing the reader is essential for a great story. Last week, we started our discussion on HOOKS — with the acronym SHARP. The first element of a great hook is STAKES. Today, we’re moving on to: Hero/Heroine Indentification. I was [...]