Go Back to A Guide To Creative Writing
Save you buying the Book for this exercise. We spoke briefly before about the twists and turns of plot, now I want you to write a short story of about 200 words involving a ‘Twist” in one of the areas indicated by the contents page of the book that we are not going to buy! It’s a good book but let’s keep our expenses well and truly down for the moment.
Look at Part 2: Different kinds of twist through to the chapter marked OVERVIEW
If you are still a bit ‘stuck’ for an opening line, then try starting with…
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- It was a normal sort of day…
- Nothing surprised me when…
- The train was late as usual…
- Terry stopped for a routine ‘pick up’ and…
- Julie found her purse in the hallway…
- The man in handcuffs was a man I knew well…
- The caravan door was open and there stood…
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Over to you…