Quote Originally Posted by nikita
Hadn't thought of the characters providing the twist. I must "think" as if I were the character. Sounds like "method" writing, as in "method" acting. This is a very different excercise to try. "Gotta try it to buy it!"


Nikita

That is the best 'method', However it might not agree with your style, sensitivity or what are you aiming at. You might want to 'construct' the story and stick to it as suggested.

One of the most common methods of creating a twist is to leave out (ok hide) some important fact about a character or situation. Then when you spring it at the reader it can cast completely new light on what's really going on,

(Turns out he's an alien? He/she is actually an agent for enormous secret society, led by immortal DeVinci, and the whole story is just a subplot and you can develop all you want until you get bored?) OK so these are banal, think of some new ones

Pejanon