Does Luke use places where Jesus went for his paragraph hooks here?
Recall that Matthew avoided places as paragraph hooks altogether. Rather he used time statements throughout his gospel e.g. "When".
Try the first sentences in Luke 9:52-13:22
He sent messengers before him to prepare for him in a Samaritan village they were entering.
But the people there would not receive him because he was going to Jerusalem. Seeing this the disciples James and John said "Lord allow us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them for this." But turning he rebuked them.
They went on to another village. As they went along someone said to hm. "I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus said to him. "The foxes have holes and the birds of heaven have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
He said to another "Follow me" But this one replied "Allow me first to go away and bury my father. But He answered.
Leave the dead to bury the dead. Rather you should go and announce the kingdom of God.
Another person said "I will follow you Lord. But first let me say farewell to those in my house. But Jesus said to him.
Nobody putting their hand on a plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others (as followers). He sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he was about to come. He said to them. "The harvest indeed is great. But the workers are few. Therefore beg the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the harvest. Go. Behold I send you as lambs into the midst of wolves. Do not carry a purse, nor a wallet, nor sandals.(etc.)
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Jesus continues to move here. But the main focus appears to be what Jesus says to various parties with whom he interacts.
So try using the "hook" of parties being addressed.
Remember that a 'paragraph hook' (c/f Reality Search analysis):
has to pull together a complete paragraph, not disconnected sentences.
There can only be one "hook" per paragraph.
Every "hook" needs to form a paragraph with no 'floating hooks' being left behind.
All the text in the Section needs to be included into the paragraphs.
The Section needs to flow from paragraph to paragraph in terms of 'points one, two three etc.'
All these points need to be able to fit under the one over-arching heading for the Section.
The Section in turn needs fit into a 'line of logic' being developed by the whole gospel.
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