Hearts Through History Romance Writers

Wait, What?! Writing Killer Plot Twists – May ’25

$20.00$30.00

Instructor: Cynthia Owens
Start Date: Monday, May 5, 2025
End Date: Friday, May 30, 2025
Type: Online
Duration: 4 Weeks
USD Fee: $20 HHRW Members/$30 Non-Members

As readers, we all love to get into a good book with great characters and an engrossing plot line. We also like to guess what’s going to happen. But what we love most of all are those moments when you’re bowled over by some totally unexpected that you didn’t see coming, yet when you read it, it makes complete sense.

In Wait, What?! Writing Killer Plot Twists, you’ll learn how to write plot twists that will blowyour readers’ minds and keep them turning the page.

Topics covered in this workshop include: What is a Plot Twist?, which defines the term, gives the rules for how a twist should be written, and why we should use them; how to approach a plot twist from the reader’s point of view; how to misdirect your reader with dead-ends, false hints, and red herrings; techniques to foreshadow your twist; how to write a twist using flashbacks; how to play upon your readers’ emotions; how to work backward to layer in hints and misdirection; and tips for writing the killer twist.

***Included in this workshop is Your Character Workbook, filled with resources, worksheets, and more!***

Expiry Date: May 23, 2025

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About the Instructor:

I believe I was destined to be interested in history. One of my distant ancestors, Thomas Aubert, reportedly sailed up the St. Lawrence River to discover Canada some 26 years before Jacques Cartier’s 1534 voyage. Another relative was a 17th Century “King’s Girl,” one of a group of young unmarried girls sent to New France (now the province of  Quebec) as brides for the habitants (settlers) there.

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