So when grabbing the attention of your readers, the earlier the better seems to be the goal. Ideally, you want to do it in your first line. My question though is do you want “a hook” or “the hook”?

Think about that. I mean ideally you would want the best hook possible but again, think about my question.

I’m still tinkering with the backstory/worldbuilding with my sup-her novel and have, at least what i would like to believe, as the hook. Still, would a hook work just as well? I know, promise to the reader and all, but what if it’s a cousin like hook that you use to grab their attention? I’m going to have to devote a few brains cells to this.