Every story need a nice or not so nice turn.

Objects can be easy to overlook in storytelling. Those objects could be a:
  • can of bug spray,
  • precious gem,
  • coin,
  • framed photo,
  • imaginary objects, or
  • bug – ants, spiders, viruses, computer viruses, creepy crawlers.

All bugs are welcome. The impact of plot twists force big and small twists in the trajectory of the story. Bugs are great for ambience and immersing your reader.

Science fiction takes on many aspects. A great plot twist involves bugging out.  

Many people get buggy by bugs, making it a good way to introduce strong reactions from characters. Some people freak out, others squirm. Bugs can be as imperceptible to the human senses as a virus. Remember those vintage, schlock, science fiction, atomic B-movies with their 50-foot everythings, including spiders, ants, and grasshoppers. 

THE NOVEL NEVER WRITTEN

As a young girl, I thought about writing a novel about a virus. A young woman  returned from a foreign country. Inside her body was a deadly virus, causing an outbreak. Everyone was wearing face masks. There were health police on every corner, spot checking for fever. Millions died, and countries had their population on quarantine. I imagined this frightening scene where my heroine got an experimental device surgically implanted in her back. The device put her in the hands of sinister government officials. I never wrote the book – thinking it was too far fetched. Imagine my shock and horror when the COVID19 pandemic hit the world! I missed out on a great opportunity for a novel.

There is the The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915):

One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up from anxious dream. In  the night he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. His family was disgusted with him. His boss didn’t want to know, him. And now he must now live in his old bedroom and wonder what has become of himself. What’s good about Kafka’s novel is that it stays with you forever. 

Get your imagination working and get as buggy as your heart desires. 

Unleash the novel inside you

with compelling characters,

intricate worlds,

and fine-tuned prose.

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