To create a hook for the first line of your book, pose a question in the reader’s mind. Who? What? Why?
Example from 15 Best First-lines in Fiction. by Matt Blake, Penguin UK contributor:
‘I am an invisible man’
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952)
Not just an iconic opening line, but a deeply enigmatic one. As the unnamed narrator quickly explains, this is not a case of Edgar Allan Poe or Hollwood invisibility but a man ignored by the society around him. Thus begins one of the greatest novels of the 20th Century.
What is your first line? Add your comments at the end of this post.
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