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You can't really insert a hook afterwards. It will feel inserted. The hook needs to be there organically. You've presented a bizarre but intriguing image. In order to use it, you have to build a re...
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2019-12-13T12:00:04Z (about 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T02:07:34Z (about 5 years ago)
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You can't really insert a hook afterwards. It will feel inserted. The hook needs to be there organically. You've presented a bizarre but intriguing image. In order to use it, you have to build a reason for it. - Is it a literal pineapple, like you can buy at the store, which has through some magical or technological means become animated? - Is it a person dressed as a pineapple, with bare legs visible? - Is it a person dressed as a pineapple mascot (think Mr. Peanut), and the character is supposed to have clothes of some kind which have been lost? - Is it an advertising exec pitching a quirky commercial to a client who sells pineapples? - Is it a dream? - Is it a videogame? If there is no logical or natural reason for the naked pineapple to stroll into the book, send him strolling out again. As Kate advises, keep a notebook. Write down your fabulous hooks. You can reread them later at your leisure and make yourself happy with your own writing all over again. But _don't_ clutter up your novel with them if they don't belong there.
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2011-12-31T13:59:04Z (almost 13 years ago)
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