My Own Plot Twists Surprise Me

Image: author’s own, made with Canva; ‘The Writer Diaries’ was part of the original title of this post on my personal blog, Dora Reads

“Holy sh**!”

These are the words I’ve just written on paper. Hand-written, in ballpoint pen, in my multi-coloured Crayola notebook (all the cool kids have them! 😉😎)

They’re words I’ve given to one of the characters from my Work in Progress (WIP), Dan, as he realises something ground-breaking that makes everyone look at the situation entirely differently.

…It’s a sentiment I fully endorse, because I have no clue where this plot twist came from.

And, with wide eyes, my only statement at this moment can only be an echoed, ‘Holy sh**.’

(Only I can’t swear because my mother, so it was more like ‘Holy…’ and then trailing off.)

Because it makes sense. The plot twist makes sense.

And I didn’t see it coming.

Sure, there are a few pre-written sections which no longer fit with this development, but due to the patchwork way I write, that’s really nothing new.

I write each section with the expectation that it may never make it into the finished novel -