I’ve a researched a bit about writing plot twists properly. The conclusion I came to was simply: Twists shouldn’t be too predictable but they shouldn’t be completely random either. There was also this method a writer used which was simply: 20% of the audience should figure out the twist LONG before it’s revealed and about 80% of the audience should figure it out JUST before it’s revealed. These are all great advice but I’m struggling to apply them properly. Thing is: I often have a hard time thinking from the audience’s POV. I’m not struggling with writing twists themselves but rather the foreshadowing/hints. I’m curious, how do you all incorporate your hints into the story? How many hints are there? How do you exactly employ hints, via dialogue? Via a character’s actions? Via small visual details? Do you employ hints in only one way or several? Simply put, I’m trying to ask the following: How do you all put hints/foreshadowing of a plot twist into the story?
So you’re essentially saying that I should blend the hints into scenes so that they don’t get noticed? That’s a cool technique, I will definitely try that! This also reminded of the twist from Oldboy, I loved the hints upon rewatching! They led the audience into the wrong path, made them think the wrong outcome. I absolutely loved the very first hint in the movie, the way it tricks you into thinking something else and you just completely forget about it after a couple of minutes. Brilliant movie, loved it.