The organic twist is the best. I had an opposite experience recently, for a short story. I knew where I wanted to end but I wasn't sure how, so I let the story build itself and put "the twist" out of my mind. Then when I brought it in, in a way that I did not foresee, I went back and tweaked the character slightly to get a subtle build up. The thing is 1st person, which makes all the difference. Interesting challenge....
1st vs. 3rd person is an interesting aspect of all this. The subjectivity of 1st person can definitely help in building a twist... but I've also seen some really effective ones that only really work if done in 3rd person (for example, there's a small but significant flip I really love in the first Slow Horses book that really needs shifting 3rd person perspectives to work).
The organic twist is the best. I had an opposite experience recently, for a short story. I knew where I wanted to end but I wasn't sure how, so I let the story build itself and put "the twist" out of my mind. Then when I brought it in, in a way that I did not foresee, I went back and tweaked the character slightly to get a subtle build up. The thing is 1st person, which makes all the difference. Interesting challenge....
1st vs. 3rd person is an interesting aspect of all this. The subjectivity of 1st person can definitely help in building a twist... but I've also seen some really effective ones that only really work if done in 3rd person (for example, there's a small but significant flip I really love in the first Slow Horses book that really needs shifting 3rd person perspectives to work).
Oh yes, the first chapter is an incredible twist... that one left me reeling, lol.