Picture yourself on vacation, somewhere you’ve always wanted to see. You stand in line, with hundreds, waiting your turn to enter. You bought your ticket online. Planned everything, including how best to get there, where to stay, restaurants you’ve been dreaming of visiting.

            Something catches your eye. Something so tempting that you jump out of line and chase after it.

            Twists in storyline provide unexpected thrills. The reader is plodding along, following your character, perhaps even becoming a tad board because she is so predictable. When the cautious character follows a sketchy looking individual, or buys a thousand-dollar watch, or decides to jump out of a plane, readers read on, wanting to understand why the change.

            Your task is to write a story in which your character does something quite unusual and unpredictable.

Have fun with this one.