Plot Twists

Plot twists are what make fiction interesting. I love writing fiction based on reality, but with a little more of a spin on things.

I like experimenting with people’s relationships, like a girl is dating her best friend’s half-sister’s cousin, and the cousin’s best friend is an enemy of the girl. It is interesting when people’s relationships are messed up like that.

For example, I dated this guy once who was my friend’s uncle. Before you get disgusted, he was only seven months older than me. His oldest brother was 20 years older than him, and the father of my friend. I told people about the relationship all of us had, and people were interested; they would ask more questions.

But the point being, it was weird, so they were interested, and they remembered it. I learned from that experience that I should make the relationships of my characters really weird and crazy so they are remembered.

-Landman