#JustWrite Fostering Creativity Award Winner
caine door
The Hook: Write a first line that will make your readers want more. Use strong voice, action, surprise, or any other method to hook your reader.
This month’s winner is Caine Dorr, from Vancouver, WA. His winning entry:
“You know what would help me calm down some? If you go down there and put a bullet between her eyes!”
Caine’s hook starts in the middle of a tense situation. We don’t know what’s going on yet, but the speaker is clearly agitated. “Down there” evokes the image of a heroine trussed up in the cellar, mad scientist’s underground lab, or subterranean cave. And already, the threat of violence!
Every month I’ll be offering a free exercise for fostering your creativity. These are a sampling of the exercises that I suggest to my Fostering Creativity clients. My clients’ exercises are tailored to their specific needs and challenges, but these free exercises will give you a peek at how my program works.
Each month, I’ll select one winner. The winning entry will be highlighted on my blog, you will receive the #JustWrite Fostering Creativity Award to display on your blog or web site, your entry will be showcased here at the Winner’s Circle, and you’ll receive a mystery prize as well. This mystery prize will be specially crafted or selected just for you. It could be a video reading of your entry, a book giveaway, a drawing to illustrate your entry, a free critique, or something else just for you.
