You would think, on my next pass through Departed, that I wouldn't question my twist, but I did (insert screaming here).
---below is a summation of my internal debate (because speaking these thoughts aloud somehow makes me crazy)---
Imagine if they did this whole scene as ghosts who didn't know they were ghosts...
Shut up brain.
But, it'd be a second twist.
So, put it in just to have another twist?
Yes. Change all of chapter one, and-
Shut up brain.
(whispering) You love the idea.
(sigh) I do.
---Here's how I decided. I started at the beginning of the story and read through what I'd written. When I reached the end, I realized the mood of the story shifted with the inclusion of that twist.
Which mood did I choose to leave the reader with? You must wait to find out, I already sent it to the editor.
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