Comments on: Teen Author Challenge, Week 3 – Hooking your reader

By: Cari

Cari — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:30:12 +0000

Hi!

Some of my favorite hooks are:
Paranormal
Quest
Romance
Good vs. evil

In my story I have a few hooks:
Romance
Coming of age
Taking a Stand

Thanks!
Cari
neohippy10 at hotmail dot com

By: Iryna

Iryna — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:13:21 +0000

I have to say, seeing a new Teen Author Challenge post up just makes my day! Like you, I LOVE romance (who doesn’t?) and I also enjoy mysteries, those from rock bottom to the tippy-top of the ladder novels, second chances, overcoming obstacles, and really any book where the main character realizes and changes her/his life for the better. I haven’t set my story idea in stone yet (shame on me), but I have this idea of twisting the way you traditionally tell a story, and I’m planning on having some romance in my book too.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:02:56 +0000

Great post Kay!

My favorite type of hooks are:
-Second chances
-Paranormal elements
-Opposites attract
-Romance
-Good vs. Evil

As I was reading your list, I was like WOW, most of them are in my story I’m working on. Here’s my list:

– Good vs. evil
– Second chances
– Overcoming obstacles
– Romance
– Paranormal elements
– Accepting yourself
– Redemption
– Mystery
– Hitting rock bottom and climbing your way back out

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:01:53 +0000

Honestly? There’s no right or wrong. It all depends on the writer. Some people work best when they can bop back and forth between multiple projects because it helps their writing stay fresh on all of them. Other people like to focus on just one project at a time so they get deeper into the story with no distractions. It’s all about finding what works best for you!

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:59:19 +0000

Great comments, you guys! I love all the hooks you’re finding in your own work and in the books you love.

By: Ita

Ita — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:51:07 +0000

Great challenge for this week, need to actually look at something I’ve written to check about hooks, but I’d thought I’d mention hooks from my favorite book The Princess Bride (cause that type is the book I tend to read):

Adventure
Romance
Good vs. Evil (in my opinion)
Overcoming Obstacles

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:31:07 +0000

+1 Great post Kay!

+2 My favourite hooks are definitely forbidden romance, paranormal elements and just romance in general.

+4 In my story, the latter two are present as well as a bit of a mystery.

By: Mrs. V

Mrs. V — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:03:48 +0000

I forgot to mention, with my students this year I am going to have Author Tip Tuesday to share writing tips. I have started collecting advice from authors that they would give to my middle school writers, but I have also been keeping my eyes open for comments. Your TAC quotes seem like they will be perfect.

By: Mrs. V

Mrs. V — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:01:57 +0000

As with the other weeks, I really enjoyed this. You thought of such a great paying it forward idea.

Hooks I Love:
*Romance
*Multi-cultural
*Happy endings

Hooks In My Story:
*Overcoming unexpected family emergencies
*Separation from family
*Surprises
*Sports
*Finding inner strength in order to go for dreams
*Travel

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:57:45 +0000

Oh, another great post! I love TAC posts! I also want to ask you a little question: What is your opinion on working on two stories at one time? Because that’s what I doing and I’m not sure how it’s working.

I love stories with:
– Romance
– Paranormal elements
– Opposites attract
– Quest
– Mystery
– Hitting rock bottom and climbing your way back out

And one of my stories has:
– Good vs. evil
– Second chances
– Overcoming obstacles
– Romance
– Paranormal elements
– Quest
– Mystery
– Small town America

I didn’t even know about this, haha. So I’ll definitely be thinking about it.

Thanks again Kay!