Plot twist story prompts aren’t meant for the start or the top of tales. Rather, they’re for forcing huge and small turns within the anticipated trajectory of a narrative. This is to make it extra attention-grabbing for the readers and writers alike.
Each week, I’ll present a brand new immediate to assist twist your story. Find final week’s immediate, No Longer There, right here.
Plot Twist Story Prompts: Bugging Out
For at the moment’s immediate, introduce bugs to your story. These bugs may very well be bugs or different creepy crawlies. Or they may very well be viruses. Ants and spiders? Sure, why not? Computer viruses? All bugs are welcome for this plot twist immediate.
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Whether it is honest or not, many individuals are bugged by bugs, so that they’re a great way to introduce sturdy reactions from characters. Some individuals freak out on the sight of bees; others squirm when confronted with worms (which I notice will not be a bug, however like there’s some leeway with all these prompts…and worms slant rhymes with squirm).
And bear in mind, bugs may very well be as imperceptible to the human senses as a virus, however do not forget these outdated atomic B-movies with their 50-foot everythings, together with spiders, ants, and grasshoppers. In different phrases, bugs can threaten from inside and from with out, and that is sort of scary, proper? Unless you’ve gotten a personality who loves bugs (communicate of a plot twist).
So introduce bugs to your story, and see what occurs subsequent.
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Have you hit a wall in your work-in-progress? Maybe you already know the place you need your characters to finish up, however don’t know the best way to get them there. Or, the story feels a little bit stale however you continue to imagine in it. Adding a plot twist is perhaps simply the answer.
