I got Hooked free on the Amazon store in some promotion or other -- possibly something about NaNoWriMo -- along with a bunch of other books. I don't know exactly why I started reading it; maybe it was the shortest. Anyway, it's the second non-fiction book in a week that's been surprisingly compelling. It's really about writing the first chapter, especially the first paragraph, or even more specifically, the first line of a novel. It's about exactly how to get your readers hooked. And it's really, really interesting. Almost every chapter gave me something to think about, and it uses examples to help the reader understand exactly what its driving at.

It's no longer free on Amazon, but it is worth paying for if you're a writer, and you're looking to polish the opening of a story. Even if you've had creative writing lessons, I think there's pretty much bound to be something in this for you.