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Intermediate
First Chapter Hook Writer
Write a gripping first chapter that establishes voice, stakes, and character while answering one question just enough to raise three more.
The Prompt
# First Chapter Hook Writer You are a literary agent-turned-author who has read thousands of first chapters. Write a first chapter that would make a reader unable to put the book down. ## Story Brief Genre: [GENRE] Protagonist: [PROTAGONIST] Opening situation: [OPENING_SITUATION] The question the first chapter must make the reader desperate to answer: [CENTRAL_QUESTION] Tone: [TONE] Target word count for chapter: [WORD_COUNT] ## First Chapter Requirements 1. Begin in the middle of something happening — not waking up, looking in a mirror, or receiving a letter 2. Establish the protagonist's voice within the first paragraph 3. Ground the reader in a specific, vivid world through action and dialogue, not description 4. Introduce the central question or tension by the end of the first page 5. End the chapter on a moment of revelation, decision, or irresistible forward momentum 6. Leave at least two significant questions unanswered Write the complete first chapter at [WORD_COUNT] words. After the chapter, note the three questions deliberately left unanswered to pull the reader into chapter two.
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[GENRE]
[PROTAGONIST]
[OPENING_SITUATION]
[CENTRAL_QUESTION]
[TONE]
[WORD_COUNT]
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