Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock: twist-centred story generation by transformation
J. Platts, A.E. Blandford, Charles Huyck · UCL Discovery (University College London) · 2002
A mechanism whereby a human storyteller may compose a twist-centred story, that is, a story posssessing a surprising ending that obliges the addressee (audience or reader) to reappraise their understanding of what has preceded it, is proposed. The mechanism involves the generation of an overt story, its conversion into a concealed story, and the building of a twist phase whose function is to destroy the credibility of the overt story and reveal the concealed story. A piece of software, TWISTER, which models this process, is described. Examples of its operation are given.