After stating that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sky hook was arguably the best, most proficient shot ever produced, Newell asked a question: "How many of you could see the possibility of a player like Kareem executing his sky hook within the parameters of your offense?" Not one coach raised his hand.
Many books can start slow as they develop the setting and people/characters involved, but if a book hasn't hooked you within 50-75 pages, then there's nothing wrong with moving to another one.
In Milan, Ms. Prada hooked her audience within the first few outfits: dark tweed sheaths or black beaded chiffon dresses worn with indifference over drab knits.
Like any good mystery, the story hooks us within a few dozen pages.
I try to engage my readers by catching them off guard and hooking them within the first couple of pages.
In the process, a second scroll hook forms within the inhomogeneity, which exists side by side with the original filament.
I picked up a battered paperback in one of those pubs where you leave your thrillers for fellow devotees, and within pages was hooked.
Ms. Zurkow, who is a 2011 Guggenheim fellow, is a good example of an artist hooked into the advanced conversations within her field and the world at large.
