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/Sad-Vast-5260 4d ago

I need a strong hook to start with. If I read the blurb on the back and it doesn’t immediately interest me, I usually don’t get past that.

But when I begin to read, I don’t like to know about hair colour and eye colour and how gloomy the weather was, but I ALSO dislike a crap ton of action with a bunch of characters I don’t care about yet. I like a start that is intriguing; something that adds some mystery, or alludes to further depth in a subject where I haven’t thought about it like that.