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.