3 Powerful Writing Hooks Every New Blogger Should Use

If you’re struggling to build an audience, read this:

Evan Kelly
3 min readJun 19, 2024
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A bad hook can murder your content.

You may have just written the best article in the world, but a bad hook will lose your readers faster than you can hit publish.

Writing attention-grabbing hooks should be your top priority as a new writer.

Instead of winging it, here are three hooks that are proven to pique curiosity, generate interest, and suck your reader into your world.

Story Hooks

A personal anecdote or compelling narrative is one of the most effective ways to pull people into your content and keep them reading.

If you’re writing an article for an audience of snowboarding enthusiasts and your core message stresses the importance of wearing a helmet, the following hook would probably work well:

I was in a medically induced coma for 6 days. The doctors called it a subdural hemorrhage. My wife and kids called it the worst week of their lives.

Many new writers avoid telling stories in their content because they think their audience either won’t care or won’t find it interesting. However, if you’re attracting an audience from scratch, story hooks are…

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Evan Kelly
Evan Kelly

Written by Evan Kelly

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