Silver Tongue

apathetic-revenant:

“oh no, my audience has begun to guess the big twists of my story and are accurately predicting what will happen!”

incorrect response: write the rest of the story to be as twisty, shocking and counter to expectations as possible, regardless of whether this is a logical or satisfying way for the plot to go

correct response:

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the other correct way to handle a twist

Drop hints early on

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sew doubt in that theory with unreliable witness testimony

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Then reveal that it was true the entire time

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