Lesson 13: Act 1 – The Hook

Lesson 13: Act 1 – The Hook Homestead on the Corner

In this episode, Trevor discusses ways to use the opening of your narrative to pull readers into your story with effective hooks, questions, and setups that will strengthen and enhance your plot, characters, and structure. Learn how and when to use cold opens, prologues, and in media res openings, pull the audience in, and use foreshadowing effectively in your first act. For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode, Trevor discusses ways to use the opening of your narrative to pull readers into your story with effective hooks, questions, and setups that will strengthen and enhance your plot, characters, and structure. Learn how and when to use cold opens, prologues, and in media res openings, pull the audience in, and use foreshadowing effectively in your first act.

For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com

Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner

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