Essential plot twists for writers

Ape Lad sez, "Dresden Codak, a very funny webcomic, has this handy chart of '42 Essential Third-Act Twists' for writers."

42 Essential 3rd Act Twists (Thanks, Ape Lad!)

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Chuck

I think I’m currently using at least three, and arguably four of those.

Except I make it clear that Satan is definitely NOT autistic.
dculberson

Oookay, that was pretty awesome. I especially loved “Dark Lord Reasonable.” His cup of tea and intent look are perfect. “Ancient Druids Lose Interest” is a great runner up, and I really hope to see a Reverse Robot Reveal some day.

“OMG! Data is human??”
Daemon

Actually, this is one of the least awesome things on Dresden Codak. Check out the Dungeons and Discourse series of comics, or the shirts (“Historical Pre-Enactment Society: Because the best History is Yet to Happen”)
Mat H

Funny, but Wally Wood’s 22 Panels that Always Work, anyone?

http://joeljohnson.com/archives/2006/08/wally_woods_22.html
nanuq

Don’t forget the old standby: “IT’S A COOKBOOK!”
VICTOR JIMENEZ

“All the butlers did it” and all the “Double shyamalan” LOLed my mind out.
Hools Verne

Daemon is right.

http://dresdencodak.com/2006/10/07/summer-dream-job/
Anonymous

Oh, look.
I actually laughed.
It takes a lot for that to happen.
Anonymous

This reminds me of Tom Gauld, who often does illustrations for The Guardian. Now he is the funniest ever.

Be sure to check out his illustrations for Saturday Readers Letters here: http://www.cabanonpress.com/Gallery/gallery.htm

http://www.cabanonpress.com/images/gallery/LettersStrip7.jpg
http://www.cabanonpress.com/images/gallery/LettersStrip2.jpg
http://www.cabanonpress.com/images/gallery/LettersStrip6.jpg

..and even more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomgauld/

Cheers.
Fred H

Cartoonist Tom Gauld has some pretty amazing lists too. I remember one full of stick figures for Epic Tales. Actually I think all his stuff is stick figures.
AceJohnny

+1 to Daemon. Come to think of it, I’m actually surprised DC hasn’t been featured on BB before. I’m always amazed by the culture on display in these comics. The themes overlap some BB favorites. For example this could qualify as some sort of steampunk.

The updates are sadly scarce, but when they come, they’re huge!

My greatest disappointment was that there were no more “singularity evolution” t-shirts in the store when I wanted one… :(
Matthew_H

The commenters are quite right, Dresden Codak is XKCD-class material. Now that I think about it, it IS strange Boing Boing hasn’t featured it more. Probably because of the rare updates.

Dungeons and Discourse is pure brilliance – it MUST be made real! So are Rupert and Hubert, and the Hob storyline… All of it, really. This is mind-expanding stuff, people. Go read.