10 AI prompts for tweet hooks that stop the scroll

Generate 5 tweet hooks (first lines only, max 130 chars each) using the curiosity gap pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: state something that makes the reader want to know more without revealing the answer. Format examples: 'Here's why X is wrong about Y', 'The thing nobody tells you about Z', 'After {N} years of X, I figured out Y'. Avoid generic curiosity ('You won't believe this') — be specific.

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the specific-number pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: lead with a specific number (dollar amount, percentage, count) that's surprising or counterintuitive. Format examples: 'I spent $X on Y. Here's what I learned.' '{N}% of {audience} don't realize {fact}.' Max 130 chars each. The number must be specific (not '$1M+' or 'many') and credible (don't fabricate research statistics).

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the contrarian pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: state a widely-held view, then immediately push back. Format examples: 'Most people think X. Here's why they're wrong.' 'The standard advice for X is wrong for most people.' Max 130 chars each. The contrarian view should be one a thoughtful person could defend with evidence, not a hot-take-for-the-sake-of-it.

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the hidden-cost pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: identify a hidden cost or opportunity people miss. Format examples: 'The hidden cost of X is Y.' 'You think X is the cost. It's actually Y.' 'People focus on X. The real expense is Y.' Max 130 chars each. The 'hidden' element should be specific and verifiable, not a vague concept.

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the personal-stakes pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: lead with a specific personal experience that has high stakes. Format examples: 'I lost {amount/thing} doing X. Here's the lesson.' 'I rejected {opportunity}. Here's why.' 'I quit {job/path} at {age}. Best decision I made.' Max 130 chars each. Stakes must be specific (dollar amounts, age, named opportunities).

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the insider pattern. Topic: {industry/role}. Pattern: open by establishing insider credibility, then promise a non-obvious insight. Format examples: 'After {N} years in {industry}, here's what nobody tells you.' '{Role}s know this; {target audience} don't.' '{Insider observation} is the thing that surprised me most.' Max 130 chars each.

Generate 5 tweet hooks that open with a question designed to make the reader pause. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: the question should be open-ended, have multiple valid answers, and connect to a specific situation. Format examples: 'What's the biggest mistake you'd make as a beginner X?' 'How do you know when to quit X?' Max 130 chars each. Avoid yes/no questions — they don't generate continued reading.

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the counterintuitive observation pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: state something that runs against intuition but is true. Format examples: 'X looks like Y but is actually Z.' 'The opposite of common advice on X is what actually works.' Max 130 chars each. The observation should be one that would surprise someone with 1-3 years of {topic} experience.

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the loss-or-failure pattern. Topic: {topic}. Pattern: lead with a specific loss or failure you experienced and tease the lesson. Format examples: 'I failed at X. Here's what I learned.' 'My biggest mistake in {topic}: Y.' 'Lost {amount} to {failure}. The lesson nobody warned me about:' Max 130 chars each. Specifics required: the failure must be named.

Generate 5 tweet hooks using the inversion pattern. Topic: {common advice in your field}. Pattern: take a piece of common advice and invert it, then signal you'll defend the inversion. Format examples: 'Stop doing X. Do Y instead.' 'Everyone says X. Try the opposite.' 'The advice that hurt my {goal}: X. What helped: Y.' Max 130 chars each. The inversion should be defensible, not contrarian-for-contrarian-sake.