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I usually make a rough plan in my head. I know where I want to go, what key scenes I want to include and how to get to them. This process is never really finished and I keep adding little details along the way, sometimes entire character arcs and plotlines, like 'hmm, maybe a little political...

From my habits as a reader the books that hook me the easiest are the ones that start by teasing the crazy that's about to come. One of my favorite authors, Benedict Jacka, used to copy/paste part of the first action scene of the novel to before the first chapter, just to give the reader a taste...

Phrases like "[character] said" or "he said/she said", or speech tags, are considered 'silent phrases'. Readers will generally overlook them while reading so there is no issue with using them constantly. They won't get annoying. You'll likely ignore them while reading and they're just there so...

Wow. Yeah, I'm bookmarking this. I'll be getting back to you. Didn't even consider that as an option.