I have writer's block--quick, suggest a plot twist!

[Bicoastal]

And make it compelling, damn it!

[Ptah]

1. missed important flight. chance meeting.

[KitchenWitch]

2. The torrid love affair ends up with the mistress stalking the husband's family

[Inchworm]

3. The lover wakes up miles away

The day is not unlike the day before, but he realizes soon he would make it to her for some mad touching!

Then the Afghan barked in a forign language while it itched a scratch.

:hi:

[spinbaby]

4. He's really the son of the housekeeper

And who put the arsenic in the spaghetti sauce?

[johnnie]

5. Can you give us a synopsis?

Maybe then I can come up with something really cool.

[graywarrior]

6. He's a woman, she's a man.

[XemaSab]

17. That was a good movie!

:bounce:

[graywarrior]

18. Wasn't it!?!

:toast:

[JTG of the PRB]

7. Large explosion. Power goes out. Panic in the streets.

INVASION OF THE SAUCER PEOPLE!!!!

What a twist!

[BlueIris]

8. The lead female has a secret identity that she's hidden from all friends/family for 30 years.

She was actually related to her husband (1st cousin of his by his father's estranged brother--husband's father had a huge, eleven-child family and no one even knew the estranged brother had ever produced any kids). But she fell in love with her future husband, even though she knew he was her cousin. After she had her name legally changed, she pursued him romantically and they eventually married. But she has lived in fear of discovery for decades, knowing that if anyone actually wanted to check, they could uncover the evidence of her deception.

[BrotherBuzz]

9. A gang of So Cal misfits attempting to live the cafe lifestyle

Hit on the idea to support themselves by scamming the Nigerian scammers.

here is a taste of how the Nigerians greed clouds their better judgment:
http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. She finds out his DU username.

[Downtown Hound]

11. Soylent Green is in fact made out of PEOPLE!

IT'S PEOPLE!

[Scout]

12. Jodie Foster comes in with a gun and shoots him!

turns out he was really a mean, nasty son-of-a-bastard that deserved to be killed.

[trof]

13. Boy loves girl. Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back.

[EstimatedProphet]

14. The protagonist finds out he's actually been on Earth all along!

[Deja Q]

15. The goofy neighbor jumps in, strips, and sings 'Kum Ba Yah'

:hide:

[XemaSab]

16. She's not really dead!

:o

[Dr. Strange]

31. But it turns out...

HE is.

[struggle4progress]

19. He's awake but insanely thinks he's dreaming. She's asleep but sane and

knows she's dreaming. Somehow they meet in this state (him awake but insane, her asleep but sane) and then try to work out a satisfactory relationship, hampered by unfortunate complications including: he is cured of his madness but then literally drives her insane; she awakes is so insanely busy that he falls asleep from exhaustion. If you want to know how it ends, come see the sequel.

[_testify_]

20. The bodies of the recently dead come back to life!

Can't miss.

[deucemagnet]

21. Evil twin! Evil twin!

Nobody will see *that* coming! :crazy:

[philosophie_en_rose]

22. . . . and then they had sex.

[intheflow]

23. Tragic, sudden car crash

From there you could branch out to plastic surgery, dealing with death, the car economy - anything!

[sarge43]

24. The butler did it. n/t

[Bennyboy]

25. Lead character wakes up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette!

oh ......

[AZBlue]

44. And says he had a dream that he owned an inn?

[yellowdogintexas]

58. "no more Japanese food at night for you Bob"

best series end EVER

[AZBlue]

63. I think it was voted that somewhere - TV Guide or something.

Couldn't agree more.

[EstimatedProphet]

26. It turns out he's dead and doesn't know it!

[Writer]

27. Hello. I would like my block back, please.

Sorry, but you won't be twisting any plots today.

Sincerely,

~Writer~

[Critters2]

28. It was all a dream. Just a long, well-written dream. nt

[Adsos Letter]

29. Silently, the Chinese ambassador entered the room...

carrying 25 pounds of figs and a large tube of brylcream...the low hum of converation within the room abruptly ceased.

[Adsos Letter]

51. Upon reaching the podium the ambassador turned...

and faced the silent crowd...all eyes were upon him as his gaze silently swept the room; suddenly he raised both arms, furiously shaking the figs and brylcream, barking like a rabid meerkat. All in the room rose to their feet, repeating the shrill barking cries until the whole building shook with the booming of their frenzied response.

WWIII had begun...

Meanwhile, JeffR sauntered past the building, hands in pockets, and wondered what all the noise emanating from the Rotary Lodge was about...



EDIT: even when fomenting demagoguery I am unable to spell... :dunce:

[femmocrat]

30. A mysterious stranger comes to town....

he/she lurks behind the shrubbery....

and turns out to be a long-lost, "illegitimate" child of the town's wealthiest resident....

(Oh, wait, I think that has been done on like every soap!)

[Capn Sunshine]

32. A back alley in Hollywood. Thugs beat a man without mercy

or is that a woman?

[rucky]

33. It's not a zombie, it's old man Wilkes!

and he would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddlin kids!

[MrScorpio]

34. Kill off the primary character and have a secondary character get revenge

[DarkTirade]

35. The DNA evidence points towards one of a set of identical triplets.

[ironflange]

36. Balls if fire falling from the sky is a good bet

[otherlander]

37. He gets in a fight with his cousin...

So his cousin kicks him out of the house...

And he has to find somewhere else to hide...




SO HE WAS ACTUALLY HIDING IN THE GRAVEYARD!!!!!!!

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

Oh shit...

[Fleshdancer]

38. social conservative. public restroom. wide stance.

What?? Art is suppose to imitate life, right? :shrug:

[EFerrari]

39. And then, all hell broke loose.

Adams' correlative: And then, nothing continued to happen.

[Darth_Kitten]

40. Two princes locked in a tower. Ruthless hunchbacked uncle. A kitten.

:) Do your best. ;)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. The hero is actually

Keyser Sose.

[grasswire]

42. a hoedown!

and more cowbell.

[Lionel Mandrake]

43. When he wakes up, he's in a tunnel.

He has no idea what sort of tunnel it is or how he got there. He senses danger. He must get out of there. But which way to go?

[AZBlue]

45. They're abducted by aliens.

[MilesColtrane]

46. The main character becomes an innocent victim of extraordinary rendition.

Or..

Suddenly, for no apparent reason, none of the other characters in the story know who the protagonist is.

[krispos42]

47. The Spanish Inquisition leaps out of a forgotten closet!

[yellowdogintexas]

59. and of course, no one was expecting them nt

[progressoid]

48. A plague of frogs.

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. A rift in the space-time continuum. The Gates of Hell are open. The Olive Garden.

No charge for these time-tested beauties. Good luck and dedicate it to me.

[Capn Sunshine]

50. How did a bear get in the living room?

Why does he have a collar?

[Mythsaje]

52. Introduce a quirky, unique secondary character

that takes the whole thing in a brand new, unexpected direction.

Hell, it always works for ME.

;)

[NuttyFluffers]

53. mom's famous apple pie was made with horse apples!

... and she didn't use whip cream from a can!
:wow: :scared:

[WinkyDink]

54. The investigator is the perp!

"The Mouse-trap" and "Flight-plan"!

[Perry Logan]

55. "Rosebud."

[DS1]

56. and they all turned out to be molecules of vinegar floating inside a douche bag

[Mendocino]

57. Idiot from small southern town

becomes president. Oh that's been done.

[TommyO]

60. Your main character's nemesis turns out to be that character's father (or mother).

[yoyossarian]

62. It was a dark and stormy night...

A door slammed! The maid screamed!
The whole thing was positively GOTHIC!



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[SalmonChantedEvening]

61. Not the mellon baller!!! NOOOO!!!

:)

[applegrove]

64. And then he stepped out of the tow truck and she knew...

[Hand]

65. "Suddenly he was run over by a truck." nt