1. left turn - Noun
2. left turn - Verb
3. left turn - Interjection
(idiomatic) An unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see left, turn.
left turn
(chiefly military) A command to a soldier or other person who is marching: turn ninety degrees to your left!
left turn (third-person singular simple present left turns, present participle left turning, simple past and past participle left turned)
(intransitive, chiefly military) To turn ninety degrees to one's left, especially in response to a military command while marching.
Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust. Damon Lindelof
My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done. Kelly Lynch
Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead- but first get permit. Robert A. Heinlein
I'm sorry. It's just-- you know me. I only have two reactions to bad news. Uncontrollable rage and then a sharp left turn into boiling self-hatred. Cassandra Clare
I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in a way that feels natural to them. Sometimes that means they make a left turn and do something unexpected. Those are always the best scenes in my opinion. Brad Falchuk
Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn. Eric Kripke