For more than 27 years, the Leatherman roamed an unrelentless 366 mile circuit, which he completed like clockwork every 34 days. The opening hook is important in all that you write. Remember, readers are hungry for information and entertainment. Their attention span is short, unless what you have written keeps them interested. However, it is in the first few sentences that they find a reason to stay with your work or leave it.
Editors are much the same.
They have little time to read through all the ideas that cross the desk. The story Creating a Great Opening Hook in Your Query Letter is Copyright 1998 by Michael Bavota. The collection of works called Fish Eggs For The Soul is Copyright 1998 by Brian Rickman . Copy edited by Sara Fawbush , editor of The Young Writer's Collection .