Explanation of technique: The author writes a generic beginning that the reader often will predict the story plot from, but as they read on, they find that the book is something very unexpected.
What makes this technique so genius: No one expects the story that would come out of such a brief and predictable beginning. For example, no one would ever think that a story of friendship and hard times and murder would come from such a predictable beginning in The Outsiders. This technique makes the story more unique to the author and exciting to read.
How we can borrow this technique:
1) In the beginning of a chapter, or even the entire story, put in a beginning that people would normally expect from a book. Like an idea that many books base their beginning around.
2) As you write your story, chapter, book, etc. make the book have a different story then what it would be. Make it like a plot twist- therefore, the story will be unique because it's different.
What makes this technique so genius: No one expects the story that would come out of such a brief and predictable beginning. For example, no one would ever think that a story of friendship and hard times and murder would come from such a predictable beginning in The Outsiders. This technique makes the story more unique to the author and exciting to read.
How we can borrow this technique:
1) In the beginning of a chapter, or even the entire story, put in a beginning that people would normally expect from a book. Like an idea that many books base their beginning around.
2) As you write your story, chapter, book, etc. make the book have a different story then what it would be. Make it like a plot twist- therefore, the story will be unique because it's different.