Comments on: Hook Your Reader With the Very First Sentence http://www.cuckleburr.com/hook-your-reader-with-the-very-first-sentence Created by writers, for writers. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Aries http://www.cuckleburr.com/hook-your-reader-with-the-very-first-sentence/comment-page-1#comment-247 Aries Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:53:56 +0000 http://www.cuckleburr.com/?p=937#comment-247 The opening paragraph of my favorite book: "Some opportunities ought to come labelled 'too good to be true'. Of course, ten years of living by my wits should have taught me how to spot them. You would have thought so anyway; so would I." Not that much of a hook, but it's still a damn good read from that book and its four sequels. The opening paragraph of my favorite book: “Some opportunities ought to come labelled ‘too good to be true’. Of course, ten years of living by my wits should have taught me how to spot them. You would have thought so anyway; so would I.”

Not that much of a hook, but it’s still a damn good read from that book and its four sequels.

]]> By: Fergal Business Advice Forum http://www.cuckleburr.com/hook-your-reader-with-the-very-first-sentence/comment-page-1#comment-223 Fergal Business Advice Forum Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:14:13 +0000 http://www.cuckleburr.com/?p=937#comment-223 These excellent tips for writing your first sentence could easily be applied to writing for the web, especially headline writing. These excellent tips for writing your first sentence could easily be applied to writing for the web, especially headline writing.

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