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Q&A Too soon for a plot twist?

Just an idea but what's to stop you from writing things out of chronological order? The initial hero may turn villain 1/3 the way through chronologically but you could choose to write two distin...

posted 6y ago by BKlassen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:13:26Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/43212
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar BKlassen‭ · 2019-12-08T11:13:26Z (about 5 years ago)
Just an idea but what's to stop you from writing things out of chronological order?

The initial hero may turn villain 1/3 the way through chronologically but you could choose to write two distinct time lines, one following the initial hero's decent into villainy and one following the second hero where this time line will intercept at the climactic moment the former and latter heroes meet.

By Separating the time lines and skewing them you could have the plot twist happen at just about any place in your story.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-08T17:00:02Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 2