Plot Twist Enthusiast Pillows

"The problem is there's no engine. Just a mysterious plot device."

"Better than Chekhov"

"Benedict will learn that Shana is his daughter. Mike will resign from the police force because of his involvement with Carla. Jim will share a kiss with Nora after accusing Hope of having a fling with Nate to spite Derek. Philip and his sidekick Addis

"These things work better if you don't explain the plot."

My client would like to declare Chapter 13 bankruptcy, but I've only read through Chapter 12. Spoiler alert: Chapter 13 will involve a new attorney.

What the

Cinema. I won't tell you what happens, but there's a great twist at the end.

'That's a turn up for the book.'

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

"We got a call that you killed off your main character."

'This wasn't quite the fairytale ending that Colin had anticipated...'

"It's about sex and revenge, except for a short chapter on the Continental Congress."

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

'And I love the part when he finds out that it was his brother all along!'

Subway Thrillers

Phone. Oh, no! My Clark Kent clothes are gone! Secret Identity Theft.

"I'm sorry, my therapist told me to give up slaying dragons."

"I don't mind car chases as long as they're car chases about something."

“I’ve got an idea for a story: Gus and Ethel live on Long Island, on the North Shore. He works sixteen hours a day writing fiction. Ethel never goes out, never does anything except fix Gus sandwiches and in the end she becomes a nympho-lesbo-killer-whore. Here’s your sandwich”

"After several chapters of pushing a boulder up a hill over and over again, I think your average reader will watn to see something else happen, Mr. Sisyphus."

'This has a great ending...he shoots her.'

10 commandments

"Now THAT'S what I call a surprise ending!!"

At Mary Higgins Clark's book club.

'Gosh, he looks so peaceful lying there, I almost hate to wake him up and put him in the oven.'

If Shakespeare were alive today

"We love your manuscript! It's exactly the sort of big, sprawling epic we've been looking for!"

"We need a plot twist."

"Mr. Dankin, the plumber will see you now."

"Don't fall for it! He's just trying to fatten you up for Thanksgiving!"

He Didn't Know How To Appreciate Nature

Crime

"It's a novel about loss, and redemption, and fantastic sex."

"No, I don't mind if you peek,' said the mystery writer to the next victim.

Litigious Bo Peep