The Offer Paradigm

Every first page every first sentence is making the reader an offer it does other things as well but the offer paradigm is a good way of thinking about it especially when you come to the redrafting phase. Lee Frank Jim: The only hook here really is who leaps out of bed and immediately brushes their teeth before having breakfast surely the teeth brushing comes afterwards. I'm sure I'll get a series of emails now from people saying well actually I brush my teeth before and after breakfast but you're weird right how can you have orange juice for breakfast having brushed your teeth? He says if your novel starts to sound like a tedious party game you play with your family at Christmas you've gone too far.