Writing a hook:

• Has to be short (max of 50 words).
• Should be one sentence.
• Introduce the main character.
• State theme and core plot conflict.
• Add context.

So how do you do this?

Here’s me working through a new idea for a picture book. This story is supposed to be fun and make you like Dog and be able to see where he is being reasonable as a dog but also where he is taking his superhero-ness too far.

Dog knows he is a superhero and invites the reader to see his superhero life as a slightly unreliable narrator.

Dog presents his life through his self-identified role as a superhero.

Dog, a rescue in a wonderful family, shows the reader his life as a superhero through his slightly unreliable perspective.

Dog, a rescue, presents his life through his slightly unreliable perspective and invites the reader to see him as a superhero.

Dog, a rescue, through his slightly unreliable perspective, invites the reader to see him as a superhero.