Day - 250

To Twist Or Not?

The other day I rambled on about tying in plot lines in Red Bow 2.0 to "Untitled." One way that I thought about accomplishing this was with a couple of big twists in the storyline. Personally, as a reader, I love it when there are twists in books. I like being surprised and I also like that "oh man" feeling when you read something in a book. I think Ted Dekker is the master of plot twists. Every single book of his that I've read, I've been surprised with the twists. I've even tried to search out the possible twists, but he always keeps me guessing.

As an amateur writer, I think that I have a basic understanding of how to do this in a book. Crush, for example, has some pretty significant twists and it seemed to work pretty well. What about you loyal blog readers? Do you like plot twists? Or does it upset you when an author toys with you?

The new twists that I've thought of not only tie in nicely to "Untitled," but they also make this version of the story better in my opinion. I'm trying to push myself and write the best story that I know how to. I took a couple of classes at Wordstock this year and one thing that stuck with me was the comment about "don't save your best writing for later, write it now!" There are things that I've wanted to hold back on because I thought they were too good to put in the story, but it really doesn't make sense to do that. I should be laying it all out on the table, so to speak.

An update on Red Bow 2.0, I've outlined 11 new scenes, not including two new plot twists, that I need to write. With the help of the MindMapper program, I'm noticing that the guts of the story have gone from a basic story, to a story that develops characters, and flows in a more smooth manner. There were too many plot holes in the first revision that I had to go back and address.

I hope you are all as excited as I am to see how my writing will unfold. I've definitely seen growth in my writing over the last few months. It's nowhere close to where I want it to be, but I think I'm headed in the right direction. I will experiment and try new things and those things may or may not make it into the final drafts. This whole writing process and this journey is all about practicing, learning, and growing as a writer.

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