Act 1 The Hook

Leon Davis.... The real story is in the middle...the first Act is: hook, set up, background ... then  

something happens to the protagonist that kicks off the long...quest or struggle of ACT II. THE Trigger...or turning plot point introduces and  triggers events... the logical thread

The Hook....Has a purpose that needs to be understood, if we are writing commercial fiction. My observation is it shows the reader you can fulfill the expectation of a good story. In other words, here you sell the story and your ability to write a compelling tale.    Most people, new to writing fiction, struggle with this. Don't worry or fret, this is where you send a message to the real YOU...

 I have instructed the real me... COMOS. YOU plus the COSMOS is the . COMOS... When we find that access and tap into the harmony of the COSMOS we gain what wise folks through the ages searched for. It will appear different on the surface, but it's your way home, to truth the light of understanding.  Begin like a child. You don't need a special book or school or status.   and there are many ways to do this... there are guides to writing a hook ... many resources. Instruct yourself and you will find you are smarter than you were before. You are in action, and you are being guided by the harmony of the universe... now don't quit your day job. But don't stop learning reading and writing.

Let's say our goal is to write better fiction...

A method we jump on is to get lost in our imaginations... yes , good, that is OK.. but it but move from chaos to order.  

That's what the  Cosmos is all about... order of the highest degree, of the highest purpose, this is you resource and guide. It's part of creation. Like gravity. Energy.  So we study human analysis and we compare it to the message we hold as self evident. 

All men are created equal , not exactly but under the theme of the Constitution we form a nation dedicated...in theory to strive to make it so... it is like a prayer. Our founders programed themselves to seek truth, justice and pass a system that had a chance of perfecting it. 

When I write I try to write something that takes a  short term idea and a long term theme.... 

This is why I study what writer's write and what thy say about writing. I don't take anything at face value but test it... in the lab of knowledge, logic, and long term consequence.


The Hook....

L. Brooks says....The mission is not to fully introduce the story's main antagonistic force, but rather, to foreshadow it. If Part 1 does show antagonistic force at all, it shows only part of it, without explaining what it means. And it's not to show the  reader the big inciting incident in the first few pages — that's called a hook, which is an important part of the setup. 

Let's look at an example. In the first few pages of a story we might see someone following the hero, though the hero remains unaware. This presents tension and conflict, because we fear for

the hero's safety. It's a great hook and it foreshadows the conflict of the story. But it doesn't mean anything yet. We don't understand how this conflict, this antagonist force, will thrust the hero down a certain path in quest of a specific outcome, or what the stakes of that quest will be.  Larry Brooks (2011-01-27). Story Engineering (p. 146). F+W Media, Inc.. Kindle Edition. 

This is a great writer's manual and I wish I could discuss it page by page. I have read it for 5 years.... talking about the nuts and bolts of writing is like being a evangelist. But I believe someday I will write a book people will read, and then they will wonder how that happened.