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Twisting the ending of a story is like putting icing on a cake, a cherry on top of a sundae, or nuts in brownies. It is a writer's finale.
The reader won't see a good twisted ending coming. On occasion, even the writer doesn't know where the ending is going. If that is your case, you will have a lot of trouble twisting the ending.
First, find a natural ending. Now, decide on an alternate ending that will surprise the reader. Next, look for a common denominator between the endings. Then all at once steer the storyline in another direction.
One good twist is to take the reader back to the beginning scene of the story. This is the loop effect. Another good way to twist the ending uses irony.
Irony Example: A man rescues a wolf and makes a pet out of it. The government captures the wolf and decides to euthanize it. He files a lawsuit against the government and wins. (Fantasy story.) The man gets the wolf back and the reader thinks the climax has come and gone with the courtroom scene and the reunion with the wolf. The reader is coming to the end of the book, just half a dozen paragraphs left – and he reads that the man takes the wolf for a romp in the snow and the wolf turns on his owner and tears his throat out.
Make your readers think they know the ending, and then pull the rug out from under them. This is what made Alfred Hitchcock so famous. You won't know who the guilty party is until the very last scene. Hitchcock mastered twisted endings.
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Monday 6th Feb 2012: My Prostate Cancer Diary.
So here is the problem. I have dismissed Surgery completly and that leads me to Radio Therapy as the only available conventional medical alternative.
My Oncologist want me to have Hormone Treatment to:
- a: Slow the Growth of the Cancer cells by (basically) chemically castrating me. Ouch!
- b: Shrink the Prostate down to a smaller target for his magic Death Ray.
I didn’t want to do that with Hormone treatment, but can appreciate why he wants to do that.
So I’m looking into all types of Natural and Alternative medications.
The best I have come up with is PawPaw (Papaya) as there have been quite a few studies with very promising reasults, PLUS it has been… Continue reading Prostate Cancer Diary - My Natural Alternative
Prostate Treatments and Me.
Long time coming since my last post – but I have been kinda busy…. Tests – tests and more tests 
So this is the latest:
My Urologist sent me to the Radio Oncologist because I decided I do NOT want surgery. Apparently I can’t have Brachyatherapy (my original choice) because my Gleason Score is 8 – too high, so External Beam Therapy is the only option, even though they only found cancer cells in ONE of the TEN Biopsies they took.
HOWEVER: (I am discovering LOTS of ‘Howevers’), the Oncologist wants me to have Hormone Treatment first to bring my enlarged prostate down in size.
An ‘Average’ prostate is about 40mm – about the size of a small Plum -… Continue reading My Personal Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
And it came to pass….
A week or so has gone by since I wrote the first post on my ‘Personal Prostate Journey’ and was pleasantly surprised by the comments and messages sent to me.
So thank you all – I appreciate it.
But the one thing that caught me off guard was the WAY it has effected others in my family.
The general consensus was ‘ouch’ or ‘shit’ or some other expletives too bad to mention here – but you get the idea. However it was strange from my point of view to sort of accept it as a ‘fait accompli’ when others reacted differently.
One member of my immediate family came rushing to see me, while another has not mentioned it to me at… Continue reading Who Are The Innocent Victims of Prostrate Cancer?