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That is, until that part of the plot is derailed by a late plot-twist (which itself is smoothed over in record time for the big finale).
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Both subtle and brutal, strikingly new but with a clever plot-twist as ancient as Aristophanes's "Lysistrata," "Tribes" merits (and will surely get) a big audience, West-End transfer.
Raine's Tribal Instinct Breaks Down the Language Barriers Paul Levy 2010
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Maybe we all did, and there's gonna be a major plot-twist along the way, one can never know, right?
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They create tension, and add weight to every decision, action, challenge and plot-twist that occurs to the book.
Archive 2009-02-01 J. Steven York 2009
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Even negative feedback almost always sparks new ideas in my brain - I see new ways to handle a scene, a different plot-twist, a way to better clarify something.
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They create tension, and add weight to every decision, action, challenge and plot-twist that occurs to the book.
Sketch a Novel in an Hour Exercise J. Steven York 2009
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It was originally posted on the MySpace page of stuntman Manny Siverio and then appeared on Bloody Disgusting, who have since removed the page, no doubt playing along with some plot-twist cover up.
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Even negative feedback almost always sparks new ideas in my brain - I see new ways to handle a scene, a different plot-twist, a way to better clarify something.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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And that's fine by me, as long as I live out my fulfilling long life instead of having it snuffed short in someone's misguided attempt to offer a plot-twist.
The WritingYA Weblog: Rounding the Corner Towards February tanita davis 2008
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Hell, rather than diffusing empathy the multiplicity of character lives is meant to kick out the crutches of the adventure mode (in which life is pretty cheap) and dump the reader on their ass in a world too much like this one for that character's death to be experienced as just another plot-twist.
On Existence And Eternity Hal Duncan 2006
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