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    The document provides prompts and ideas for generating plot twists in stories, including having someone's identity be mistaken, an event be misinterpreted, or important information be withheld from characters or readers. It suggests analyzing the assumptions made about who, what, where, how, whom, and why in each plot point and considering how twisting one of those elements could surprise readers or characters and change the course of the story.

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    The document provides prompts and ideas for generating plot twists in stories, including having someone's identity be mistaken, an event be misinterpreted, or important information be withheld from characters or readers. It suggests analyzing the assumptions made about who, what, where, how, whom, and why in each plot point and considering how twisting one of those elements could surprise readers or characters and change the course of the story.

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    Plot Twist

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    Giovanna Campos
    The document provides prompts and ideas for generating plot twists in stories, including having someone's identity be mistaken, an event be misinterpreted, or important information be withheld from characters or readers. It suggests analyzing the assumptions made about who, what, where, how, whom, and why in each plot point and considering how twisting one of those elements could surprise readers or characters and change the course of the story.

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    PLOT

    TWIST BRAINSTORM…

    SOMEONE'S IDENTITY IS MISTAKEN: SOMEONE HAS ANOTHER MOTIVATION:

    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________

    AN EVENT IS MISINTERPRETED: INFORMATION IS MISSING:

    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________

    HOW DOES THE TWIST SURPRISE THE HOW DOES THE TWIST SURPRISE THE
    READER? CHARACTERS?

    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________

    HOW DOES IT CHANGE CHARACTERS: HOW DOES IT CHANGE THE STORY:

    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________ ___________________________________
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    ___________________________________ © E.A. DEVERELL - http://eadeverell.com
    PLOT GO THROUGH EACH OF YOUR PLOT POINTS:

    TWIST
    I assume __________ (who?) does __________ (what?), at
    __________ (where?), by __________ (how?), with __________
    (whom?), because __________ (why?)…

    … but what if one of those is not what it seems?


    it's the opposite?
    someone's lying?
    some vital information is being withheld?

    I ASSUME… BUT WHAT IF…


    (WHO?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHAT?)_____________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHERE? )___________________________ ___________________________________
    (HOW?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHOM?) ____________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHY?)______________________________ ___________________________________

    I ASSUME… BUT WHAT IF…


    (WHO?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHAT?)_____________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHERE? )___________________________ ___________________________________
    (HOW?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHOM?) ____________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHY?)______________________________ ___________________________________

    I ASSUME… BUT WHAT IF…


    (WHO?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHAT?)_____________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHERE? )___________________________ ___________________________________
    (HOW?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHOM?) ____________________________ ___________________________________
    (WHY?)______________________________ ___________________________________
    ___________________________________
    IF ALL ELSE FAILS: ___________________________________
    Resurrect a character. ___________________________________
    Bring in help from an unexpected source.
    Give ulterior motive to a minor character.
    © E.A. DEVERELL - http://eadeverell.com

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