What's Your Big Twist? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382 soniczll Anyone die? Turn out to be an identical twin? Comes from the northern 79th plantet of the Zeron Sub-Galaxy? Anyway, leave your cool or noteworthy twists here or help others find their way with their own! Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:28:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_483558 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_483558 Mcfeegle Ooh, tough one. My plot is pretty twisty. A couple big ones: The president of a major processed-cheese producing corporation turns out to be the reincarnation of the dog star Sirius. His long time rival, the reincarnation of the Greek God Aristaeus, was basically the one to cause everything going on in the plot. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:39:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_484863 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_484863 soniczll Woah! That's awesome! Your novel sounds pretty radical. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:06:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_485938 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_485938 AKimlin Probably connected to my Moriarty style character Cerise - she is on the scene. I guess the biggest twist is the murderer gets away. Although that could change as I write it. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:07:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_488735 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_488735 JediWriter My one big twist, I just figured out the other day, might not occur for a few books (rather like the emperor in Star Wars). In the end I plan on having the villain manipulating all the crimes my detective solves as being his "late" wife. It seems she died when a "unabomber type" kidnapped her and blew up the yacht she was on. But unbeknownst to my protagonist, she lived and prospered under the tutilage of the "bomber" and has been manipulating everyone around the protagonist to commit all manner of crimes. The first of which is a series of serial murders/rapes. The second is going to involve a homicidal priest. The one thing I haven't figured out yet, is her motives for doing this, when she apparently loved my protagonist. Perhaps it was money. Perhaps it was power. Love for the Antagonist. Just a bad case of PMS. I'm not sure. If there are any ideas for motives, I'd appreciate them. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:09:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_496276 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_496276 Mcfeegle Thank you. :) Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:16:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_499619 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_499619 bookaholic The amnesiac woman who looks just like the missing heiress is actually an elemental involuntarily possessing the heiress's dead body. She's also the killer, but she doesn't know that. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:09:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_502997 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_502997 SammyWrae I have a big twist right at the end, but I am hoping that it doesn't come as a big twist at all. There are hints all the way through the story, and while I am hoping it might surprise people, I don't want it to be a "what the hell?" ending (like "Happytown" was - that was a truly appalling example of what a "twist" can be). Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:45:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_504020 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_504020 muninsfire The first person killed is not connected at all to the rash of suspicious deaths that follow. His death is actually an accident--the cartel hitman who kills him went to the wrong hotel, and killed the wrong guy. All the rest of the deaths that follow are due to the machinations of the cult attempting to bring about the End of Days ;-þ Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:50:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_504141 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_504141 Zekka In the last half of the book, my main character's female friend-bordering-on-sidekick, a government-appointed official, is actually using him to discredit and defeat a political rival (who the main character dislikes, but respects). In addition, he has no way to achieve his own aims without allowing her to - opposing her would mean instant and utter defeat. The worst part is that he deliberately initiated the chain of events leading to this, knowing what would occur, thinking he would come out on top. This might not seem like much of a twist, but it completely changes the tone of the piece from semi-altruistic to a black-and-gray perspective where nobody is in the right. Most of the twists in this piece are heavily built-up-to, foreshadowed, and almost don't feel like twists when you reach them. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:21:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_506761 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_506761 JackGee My book is all about this seventeen year old kid trying to find out what happened to his disappeared dad, and I've only thought of one twist so far: -There are a bunch of family photos of the family and some random woman. The kid's mom always said that this was his dad's sister. It turns out, though, that the woman is really someone the dad had an affair with (not his sister, no incest) I think I want to put more twists in there, but this is the only one that I've got the sotory set up for. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_507627 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_507627 TudorQueen The biggest twist I have so far is that when the murderer is revealed, it's also revealed that the first victim was innocent of the action the killer attributed to him. And since every other action was to cover up that original killing, it was really all for nothing. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:08:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_508131 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_508131 A.J.Horn My antagonist identity is the big twist of my story. He is the MC's half-brother (they have the same mother) but the MC doesn't even now he exist. He is also the one that killed the MC's mother and older brother and almost killed the MC, twenty years ago. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:53:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_509426 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_509426 KellyinCA Well my novel deals with several serial killers so there are lots of little twists. The one I'm writing right now is that the female victim is not who they thought she was. Maybe she's the male victim's sister or minister or the woman he's having an affair with - but now they need to know why she was attacked until unrecognizable. The big novel twist will deal with someone this detective trusts becoming so untrustworthy that she put the entire family in danger. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:57:40 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_525953 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_525953 GEG That someone you think is the murder victim, actually murdered 11 other people and is psychopathic. Hopefully if it turns out the way I want, while people may have suspicions, it'll only be the final sentence of the book where people realise it's her. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:56:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_532599 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_532599 bhudfops I think the MC's new boyfriend is gonna turn out to be the rapist and later kidnapper of her sister. If I can figure out how to tie it all together. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:35:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_535181 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_535181 Yirin It could still change as I write it but I think my big twist is going to be that the autistic schizophrenic my MC cares and feels responsible for is connected to the murders. And he may or may not throw himself of a building because the voice in his head tells him to.... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:43:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_546860 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_546860 Chestyleroux Twist One: The main character is a really good guy. The story follows just how good he is. Towards the end of the novel he is told by the mob leader that he has two days to kill his two infant children or the mob will do it for him, slowly, before then killing him. Their death is inevitable and so, naturally, he kills his children in an act of humanity. Twist Two: The mob leader comes back, tells him he's a horrible human being because who would murder children? The mob leader is not going to kill him now because he thinks it'll be more tortuous for him to have to live with what he's done. It's left ambiguous as to whether the mob leader was ever going to kill the MCs children, or whether he was just playing mind tricks. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:39:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_548173 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_548173 sevenson The reader will find out at the end that Bruce Willis was dead the whole time. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:43:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_548227 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_548227 daqu My big twist is that my MC's childhood mentor is actually the dictator's mistress…which explains a LOT in the context of my story Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:44:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_564500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_564500 Lozchic Minor plot twist: Most of the people in town are either magic users or supernatural beings. Major plot twist: The serial killer is someone close to the MC that is actually a demon. My story has some supernatural/horror elements to it. >>;; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:42:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_566057 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_566057 Necrodancer My FMC is almost killed by a serial killer who targets slender blondes. It's going to turn out that she wasn't targeted simply because she fits that profile, but that the killer went after the other girls because they resembled my FMC.The other murders were preparation for her death, which is why he becomes so relentless in trying to finish her off rather than going after other victims which goes against his MO. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:52:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_569631 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_569631 JHellerud Whoa.. crazy.. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:02:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_571194 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=1#forum_thread_comment_571194 GreaseLightning My big twist is when the MC and his wife are arguing, and the wife shouts at my MC, Colm, that they had a daughter together who was murdered four years earlier, and Colm was so devastated that he repressed memories of her and never remembered their daughter ever existed. (Hence why his wife arranged a new job offer in another city halfway across the country, cut off all contact with their old friends/family, didn't want him to get involved in the murder he was investigating, etc.) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:20:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_582964 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_582964 Marisa.Ann.H. I kill off the main character halfway through the novel and switch to the murderer's point of view.! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:59:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_586343 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_586343 bethverde These are all awesome! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:26:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_594055 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_594055 eadsit1 my novel is the autobiography of the main character, but he refers to himself in the third person, and you only find out in the very end. It starts: "He never wore a watch. He pulled out of the driveway in his rusted, black pick-up." It ends: Over the next several weeks, Cobb slowly regained his mobility. He was still in the hospital, but his brother and family spent as much time with him as they could. The whole time he felt guilty for pursuing something so meaningless, and for the massive debt that he was accruing during his prolonged stay. The physical therapy seemed more like physical torture than anything, and he ended each session with self-loathing at his inability to perform even simple tasks like lifting a cup or wiggling his toes. He began writing again, simply to pass the time, until one day, while talking to the psychologist it occurred to him how utterly strange and vivid his story was. He began to write an autobiography. It read: He never wore a watch. He pulled out of the driveway in his rusted, black pick-up… Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:28:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_858598 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_858598 lurgee the victim was killed for the crimes of the father, not for his own wickedness. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:31:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_866365 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_866365 2012Jarrett My killer and MMC is out to get everybody who bullied him in school ten years ago. He works as a neurologist and as a result, is dating a female co-worker. While he is going to get somebody named Carly who bullied him all those years ago who turned out as a prostitute, he hears one of them yell "Go get 'em, Carly!" followed by his cheating girlfriend, dressed as a prostitute, walking up to his car. It turns out that her real name that she used at work and with my MMC was Emily, but some people outside of work called her Carly, as it was what she went by in school. And yes, he does end up killing her. Pretty messed up, eh? Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:32:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_890339 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_890339 DeniseR The threatening notes (and the person behind them) had nothing to do with the murder. It was pure coincidence. This is not realized until the last paragraph when the MC arrives home and finds one a note for her saying it was not over. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:11:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_893086 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_893086 Olivia44 The ugly murder which my two detectives investigate turns out to be a suicide which is rooted in strained family ties. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:23:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_893195 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_893195 lurgee After 32,000 words, my main character picks up a book and reads it for about 18,000 words ... Then there's a single paragraph revealing who the murderer is. Bet not many readers see that coming! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:38:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_904564 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/mystery-thriller-suspense/threads/25382?page=2#forum_thread_comment_904564