Mastering Plot Twists: How to Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure to Captivate Your Readers

Structure Your Plot to Surprise and Satisfy Readers! Plot twists are a unique element of the craft of writing used by writers of all genres--from memoirs to thrillers, screenplays to stageplays--to create unexpected twists and turns. A surprising plot twist can hook an audience and keep readers turning pages, right down to the final scene.Mastering Plots Twists is your essential guide to crafting a quick pace with more focused narrative and action, all by using the artful, unexpected plot twist. The result is more nuanced, multifaceted books that sell and develop a devoted readership. Using similar structure and techniques as the Agatha Award-winning Mastering Suspense, Structure, & Plot, award-winning author Jane K. Cleland will teach you to integrate thrilling moments in every genre. Inside, Cleland will show you how to:Use plotting, structure, pacing, and subplots with the intention of developing plausible, yet surprising, twists.Integrate plot twists into any story-not just mysteries and thrillers.Study novels of any genre, to recognize the specific techniques writers use to surprise their readers.Improve your writing craft with scores of cases studies, checklists, decision-making models, and exercises.Packed with pages of usable, hands-on material, Mastering Plot Twists is the key to engaging your readers throughout your narrative.