Twist Story

The Book

It just so happened that Jeff was dozing away under a tree when a soft voice cried out “who are you?”. Jeff jerked awake, his book falling from his lap onto the mossy grass. The morning rays forcing Jeff to shield his eyes. As he attempted to stand Jeff’s vision blurred, he couldn’t see a single thing without his glasses. Lazily rubbing his eyes, Jeff replied “what?”

The voice repeated, “ who are you?” 

“What do you want?” reaching for his glasses, Jeff’s hand met the soft soil of the forest. Carefully running his hand across the uneven forest floor, Jeff searched for his glasses. “Did you take it? Can I have it back?” his voice quivering. 

The voice replied, “ what back?” 

Squinting, Jeff scanned the wall of trees across the forest clearing. “You mean my glasses?”. As if out of thin air, an outline of a creature appeared in Jeff peripherals, causing Jeff to flinch and scoot back against the tree.

 “The black splotches on this block of white” the voice corrected.

“You mean the book? If you don’t know what a book is, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained it to you a hundred- no, thousand times over.” 

“Would you kindly explain?” 

Jeff visibly deflated, “fine, a book is fundamentally an object that stores thoughts encoded into scribbles that other people can decode and receive those thoughts.” 

The creature tilted its head and thought about it for a while. “I’m afraid I don’t quite understand.” 

“See?”

“Yeah”, the creature responded. “But at least I’m a little smarter than I was yesterday.”. With that, the creature retreated into the shadows, tripped, and slipped into the forest. A cold and unnatural wind blew through the clearing causing the tops of the trees to shake and sway.

“Wait! My glasses!” shouted Jeff as he scrambled to catch up to the creature. Jeff sprinted across the clearing and shoved his way through a veil of green and brown. However, his efforts were in vain, the creature could not be found. An odd sensation coursed through his veins. With a shiver Jeff stumbled into another clearing.

It just so happened that a figure was dozing away under a tree when Jeff stumbled into the clearing.

“who are you?” Jeff questioned quietly .

The figure jerked awake, an item falling from its lap onto the mossy grass. The morning rays forcing it to shield its eyes. The figure attempted to stand, but to no avail. After a brief moment of lazily rubbing its eyes, the figure replied “what?”

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Reflection

This essay prompt was really interesting to write because I was able to test my creativity. To be honest, I couldn’t think of a twist that I was content with for a while. I am really proud of this piece of writing because it is my last piece of writing for this semester in College Writing. By employing all the tricks and ideas that I learned throughout this semester, I was able to write something that I am proud to say is one of my best pieces of writing.

Brain Storm

• Start with a story that makes the reader think it’s about something profound
  • Story 1: Space Story
    • A guy is lost in space and seems to be with his crew. 
    • They do space things but the story gradually takes a dark turn
      • Reveal that he is all alone and going insane
  • Story 2: Deep story
    • The guy is sitting and seems to be relaxing
    • A mysterious creature appears and asks questions
      • Lead the reader to believe the story is a metaphor about something
      • Twist: it’s just a movie
  • Story 3: office worker( horror)
    • Normal office worker working
    • Follow his everyday life 
      • Focus on his love life
    • The story turns dark at the end
      • Revealed that he is a murderer and is insane
        • Carries around a part of a corpse and thinks it is his wife

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