The Science of the Plot Twist. Irregardless. Spug. 954

GG 954. Uh-oh, "irregardless" isn’t going away anytime soon. Take a deep breath while we dig into this hated word’s history. And then, do you love a good plot twist? In honor of National Novel Writing Month, we look at the psychology of surprises in fiction.

The "irregardless" segment was written by Susan Herman, a retired U.S. government multidisciplined language analyst, analytic editor, and instructor.

The "plot twist" segment was written by Vera Tobin, an associate professor of cognitive science at Case Western Reserve University. It originally appeared on The Conversation and appears here through a Creative Commons license.

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