Reddit reviews Writing Active Hooks (2 Book Series)

I recommend Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell. The ebook is $3, and it's short; put it on your phone and you can read it in an afternoon. Bell is a good writer, and presents a surprising idea about how to structure your story.

If you like that and want a more in-depth lesson, try his Plot and Structure.

How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey. Frey comes at it from a different angle than Bell, but I've also found his advice to be useful.

Writing Active Hooks by Mary Buckham. 2 book series. It's the science of how to keep a reader's interest. You need to hook the reader on the very first page, or else he might set the book back on the shelf. Then before that hook falls out, you set another one. Then another. In this way, the reader is pulled forward and can't stop reading. He has to find out what's going to happen next.

Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell. An unusual perspective that involves finding the defining moment for your main character. Once you have that, the rest of the book practically falls into pladce. $4 and only 100 pages. Put it on your phone and you can read it in an afternoon or two. Also, his Plot and Structure.

How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey.

Dramatica: A New Theory of Story by Melanie Anne Phillips.

Writing Active Hooks by Mary Buckham. Also, her Writing Active Setting.

Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland.