This live, hands-on workshop provides formulas for authors to create a compelling story hook that will get parents to stop scrolling on social media and click on your book and bring it home to their children. 

Getting the attention of busy educators, librarians, counselors, and parents isn't easy, and you need a strong hook to stand out.

Using The Story Hook System™: Children's Book Edition, participants will leave with a polished hook they can use in:

• Back cover blurbs
  
• Amazon book descriptions
• Book fair displays
• School visit materials
• Social media reels or carousels

Too many children’s book authors lead with their book's lesson instead of clarifying what makes their book stand out from the others with a tightly written emotional hook.

In this workshop, authors will learn how to refresh the hooks on their backlist, write compelling social media captions, and get their books in front of the right readers.

The skills learned during this workshop will help authors market their books by considering multiple angles and crafting multiple hooks.

This class is for authors who have a great story—but struggle to explain it in a way that captures people's attention.

You’ll get the most from this class if:

• You’re trying to write better blurbs, descriptions, or ad copy
• You’re posting on social media, but not getting engagement
• You’ve launched a book and now need to actually market it

This class will help you craft a scroll-stopping, curiosity-sparking hook that captures the heart of your book. Use it in your marketing, your back cover, and anywhere you want people to pay attention.

Participants will learn how to:

• Break down your story into 5 hook-worthy ingredients
• Use simple formulas to write (and revise) your hook
• Adapt your hook for different platforms (Amazon, social, agents)
• Use a grading rubric to evaluate the strength of your
• Create additional hook variations to test what works