![]() ![]() Surprise, withholding, and the building of tension, are critical across genre and sub-genre. These books have twists that are so juicy that they can cause whiplash, keep you awake at night, and – if they’re really good – haunt you forever.Īs a psychological suspense author, I’ve long been obsessed with the art of the twist (so much so that I did my final semester MFA presentation on surprise: how to craft twists that stun your reader). ![]() When it comes to perfecting your craft, one of the best things you can do is read plot twist books – books that are so expertly plotted and suitably disorienting that they make you sit up and say: “wait…what did I just read?” Literature (and Hollywood) is obsessed with telling stories that shock and amaze, carefully selecting how and when to reveal the dirty truth, to let loose the madwoman in the attic, the big “he’s actually dead,” or “it was all in your head” reveal-often at the precise moment when the reader is least expecting it. ![]()
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