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Most creators waste 30 minutes per piece agonizing over opening sentences.
Smart ones generate 18 proven hooks in 60 seconds.
⛳️ Why this works
Writing is hard enough without staring at a blank page for 30 minutes.
You sit down to write. Cursor blinking. Type something. Delete. Type again. Delete.
30 minutes later? Still blank.
Here's the thing:
Your opening sentence is like a bag of chips.
Once someone eats the first chip, they can't stop. They grab the second. Then the third. Before they know it, the whole bag is gone and they're reaching for another.
That's exactly how readers should feel about your content.
One sentence pulls them to the next. Then the next. Until they've consumed everything you wrote.
But if that first chip tastes like kale? They're gone. Back to scrolling TikTok.
The problem isn't your writing ability. It's that you're reinventing the wheel every single time.
Multi-million dollar content creators don't do this. They use proven frameworks. Six specific opener types that psychologically hook readers.
Declarative statements. Thought-provoking questions. Controversial opinions. Moments in time. Vulnerable confessions. Weird insights.
Each one triggers a different psychological response. Each one makes readers say "Just one more sentence."
You train your AI sidekick once with all six types. From that point forward? Type your headline, get 18 hook options in 60 seconds.
Turns out, frameworks beat staring contests every time. Bingo.
Let's see how Lisa figured this out:
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Lisa writes thought leadership articles on LinkedIn. Posts 3 times a week.
But here's her problem.
Her routine: Write the full article first. 2 hours. 1,000 words. Done.
Then save the hook for last.
That's when the paralysis hits.
Article written? Check. Headline written? Check. Opening hook sentence? 45 minutes of staring at a blank page.
She'd try declarative statements. "Leadership isn't about titles." Delete.
Questions? "What makes a great leader?" Delete.
Bold claims? "Most CEOs are terrible leaders." Too aggressive. Delete.
Should she go vulnerable? Statistical? Controversial?
45 minutes. Six attempts. Still blank.
The article was done. Just needed one sentence to hook readers. That one sentence took longer than writing the entire piece.
Then Lisa found something. A principle from a multi-million dollar content expert.
A concept called "The 6 Opener Framework."
It explained exactly why manual hook-writing was killing her productivity. And how to generate 18 proven options in seconds.
Lisa decided to follow these steps:
Step 1: Train AI with the 6 opener types and examples Step 2: Generate 18 hook options for any headline
📝 Step 1: Lisa trained her AI sidekick with the framework
Lisa just finished writing her latest article.
1,200 words on remote leadership. Two hours of work. Content solid. Structure tight. Headline ready: "The Future of Remote Leadership."
Everything done except one thing.
The opening hook sentence.
She opened a blank doc to draft it.
Stared at cursor. Nothing came.
Tried a declarative statement. "Remote leadership requires new skills." Too boring. Delete.
Question? "Is remote leadership the future?" Too vague. Delete.
Moment in time? "In March 2020, everything changed." Everyone already used that. Delete.
20 minutes. Three attempts. Zero keeper.
The problem? Lisa was guessing which opener type would work. No system. Just throwing darts blindfolded.
But wait. What if she could see 18 proven hooks across all 6 types? She could pick the one that hit hardest.
Here's what she tried:
The 6-opener framework training prompt:
I'm going to train you to write effective single-sentence openers.
These are proven ways to hook readers in the first sentence.
Here are the 6 proven opener types:
1. Strong declarative statement - Plant your flag, state what's true
2. Thought-provoking question - Get in the reader's head
3. Controversial opinion - Challenge conventional wisdom
4. Moment in time - Ground them in a specific scene
5. Vulnerable statement - Relate on emotional level
6. Weird unique insight - Make them say "What?!"
Now here are examples for each type:
DECLARATIVE STATEMENTS:
- Becoming successful doesn't just "happen."
- The wealthiest people have the simplest investment portfolios.
- Going to the gym isn't a hobby, it's a lifestyle.
THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS:
- Did you know the average Millennial has less than $10,000 saved?
- What's the difference between pros and amateurs?
- Is there such a thing as eternal happiness?
CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS:
- It's impossible to be both rich and happy.
- Intelligence isn't something you're born with.
- If you drive a Tesla, you just want people to think you care about the environment.
MOMENT IN TIME:
- In 1982, David Ogilvy wrote a memo titled "How to write."
- At 5:46 AM Pacific, September 11th 2001, America changed forever.
- My fear of cafeteria trays began in 8th grade.
VULNERABLE STATEMENTS:
- I've never been a very social person.
- For 27 years, I struggled with alcoholism.
- For the first 10 years of my career, I was a terrible employee.
WEIRD UNIQUE INSIGHTS:
- 85% of the world's oxygen comes from phytoplankton.
- California isn't the largest US state. Alaska is.
- Crows are one of the most intelligent animals on earth.
When I give you a headline, generate 3 opening sentences for EACH of these 6 categories (18 total).
Rule: Don't use the headline itself in the openers.
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INPUT:
Headline: {INSERT your headline e.g "The Future of Remote Leadership"}
The AI sidekick returned 18 hook options.
Lisa scanned them.
Under "Declarative": "Remote leadership isn't about Zoom calls—it's about trust built across time zones."
Under "Question": "What if the leaders who resist remote work are the ones who never learned to lead in the first place?"
Under "Vulnerable": "I managed a remote team for 3 years before I realized I'd been doing everything wrong."
18 options. Six psychological triggers. One minute.
Completion moment: Lisa had a trained system that would work for every future article.
🎯 Step 2: Lisa generated 18 hooks for her next headline
Lisa finished writing her next article.
1,400 words on performance reviews. All done. Just needed the hook.
Instead of staring and guessing, she copied the headline into her trained AI sidekick.
Headline: "Why Most Performance Reviews Fail."
60 seconds later: 18 openers across all 6 types.
She read through them. Most were solid. Three were perfect.
"Performance reviews don't fail because managers are bad—they fail because the system is broken." (Declarative)
"What if I told you 67% of employees say performance reviews make them LESS motivated?" (Weird insight + question)
"I conducted performance reviews for 8 years before realizing I was destroying team morale." (Vulnerable)
Lisa picked the vulnerable one. Felt most authentic for her voice.
Pasted it. Published.
Article went live. 247 likes. 34 comments. 12 new followers.
One commenter: "That opening sentence hooked me instantly."
Not bad.
Completion moment: Lisa would never waste 45 minutes on an opening sentence again.
🏆 Lisa's results after 3 weeks
Before:
Time per opening sentence: 45 minutes
Openers tried per article: 6-8
Confidence in opener choice: Low (just guessing)
After:
Time per opening sentence: 2 minutes
Openers generated: 18 per headline
Confidence in opener choice: High (proven types + options)
Her process now:
Write article (2 hours)
Finish with headline
Copy headline into AI sidekick (10 seconds)
AI sidekick generates 18 hooks (60 seconds)
Pick best one (1 minute)
Paste at top and publish
Hook creation time: 2 minutes. Not 45 minutes.
Her AI sidekick handles the framework psychology and example generation in 60 seconds. Bingo.
🧩 Your turn
Copy the prompt into your AI sidekick.
Paste your headline. Your AI sidekick generates 18 proven openers across 6 psychological types.
Pick the one that fits your voice and topic.
Generation time: 60 seconds. Time to publish: 2 minutes.
That's it, my fellow outliers!
Yours 'helping you earn more by doing way less' Vijay peduru 🦸♂️