Awesome, Laura!
For me, I often don’t figure out the hook until I’ve composed the scene, the whole scene. For a couple of my books, I didn’t figure out the hooks until I was finished with the book and could see more clearly the themes I’d been working with. So I always give myself plenty of room to figure out the hook.
And I love that you love subtext! YES! This is still one of my favorite parts of writing.
Let me know how everything works out for you, okay?