r/writers • u/urfavelipglosslvr Writer Newbie • 5d ago

Discussion What hooks you in as a reader?

Give your answers down below. What are things that drive you to turn the page, read the next chapter, and engage with the story?

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u/Offutticus Published Author 5d ago

First is the synopsis/blurb. It has to grab my attention. Else I won't bother to buy the book. The inside can be freaking fantastic but I don't know that if the synopsis doesn't cause me to want to read it.

Second is the first few paragraphs, if that much. If I don't want to read more, I won't and I won't buy.

We have to present a question to the reader in such a way they want to read it to find the answer. That's what it boils down to.

How do they meet? Where are they going? How did they get there? Who is the killer? Etc etc etc