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Jenga....Jenga
Have you ever played that game? A tower is created with blocks and everyone takes turns removing a block from the stack. The person that removes the block that makes the tower fall loses. A woman named Leslie Scott invented the game while in Ghana and began by marketing at the London Toy Fair in 1983.
Writing a story can be like that tower of blocks. You need all the basics. The basics can be written and created like that tower. You can tweak it a little, remove a block here or there, but for the story to remain standing, the supporting blocks in the tower have to stay. This is a little like the main parts of the story arc, you have to have a beginning, middle and end. You need characters, support characters, plot and story.
You might take out a character in edit that serves no purpose. You might take out some scene description that distracts from the story. But remember, the supporting structure needs to stay. Keep that in mind while editing, don't trim too much. If you do, the tower will fall.
The good news is you can build it again. As always, Write On!
This month's question: What are your hints for rebuilding a story that falls?
How do you use that in your writing?
Answer below  Editors love feedback! 
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Excerpt: Reaching in, he felt the hard edges and pulled. It shimmered in the greenish light.
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Excerpt: When Adam got home from school, he was delighted with his new game. He rushed through his spelling words and math homework as fast as he could, and turned on his computer the second Mary gave the OK; skipping his usual after-school hotdog. Mary smiled to herself. He really was a good kid, and making him happy made her happy.
Excerpt: Peter wasn't about to serve a murder rap just to placate his friend, but he couldn't back down and be the barnyard fowl Jason accused him of being, either. He still threw the trowel, but not nearly as hard as he could have. He bit his lip, half-closed his eyes, and said a silent prayer as he followed the flight of the trowel straight toward Jason's head, then gasped as it somehow deflected away from his buddy's face at the last second.
As it turned out, Peter wasn't the only one amazed by the event; seconds later a flabbergasted Mrs. Mathie fell faint to the ground.
Excerpt: “When I was in grade three my teacher told me not learning math would be grief hanging over my head forever. Thirty years later I know what she means. Plug in C, Regis. What do I have to lose?”
Excerpt: I once lived back in a time when the most important thing to do was to save the Princess and make sure your plumber could fly. The days of the reign of King Koopa….a much simpler time, a time of magic and skill. My little plumber and I would work for hours to defeat the bosses, slay King Koopa, and save that elusive Princess. And one day, after hours of hard work, we finally did.
Excerpt: The class gathered around the viewing window to get a look at their subject. The one-way glass appeared as a mirror to the unsuspecting man on the far side. He was as naked as the padded walls surrounding him. The group talked in whispers as if the man on the other side could hear them through the thick glass/mirror.
No way.
Excerpt: Interviewer: Hello everyone, and welcome to our first episode of WvS, WarCraft Versus StarCraft. Fantasy versus Sci-Fi. Spaceships versus Dragons. Science versus Magic. The Past versus the Future. The-
Marine: Why don’t you get to asking questions before I decide to frag ya.
Excerpt: The box in the corner was rattling and shrieking. Startled, Rebekah jumped back, banging her hip into the corner of the marble kitchen island.
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This month's question: What are your hints for rebuilding a story that falls?
How do you use that in your writing?
Answer below Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Do you enjoy daily contests and prompts? Do they pan out to be publishable?
HWinB.C.  responded: Love the contest and challenges. It is also most interesting to see what others have written to the same prompt and truly get a grasp of how many perspective can be drawn off of with a single picture, prompt, musical piece. Its like being in a universal university treating yourself to the mind of many and one.
Monty  sent: I have written poetry for over 60 years and I love to read other poets writings. I like some contests but mostly I like writing for enjoyment.
Michael said: Hi, I try and enter the Daily Flash comp whenever I get time and that's a great place to build up an arsenal of material which could be fleshed out into larger stories. Maybe one day!
Quick-Quill  submitted: I love prompts, but only as a diversion, when I need a break from having a mental block. I have only been published twice outside of Wdc. I tried submitting to Glimmer Train. I found they like certain authors. I took things I'd won awards for here and submitted them. Nothing. I read some of their submissions and thought, mine were just as good. Oh well, I don't Need that affirmation. It doesn't define me as a writer. I don't read stories in magazines (or buy magazines) much so that may be why I don't submit much.
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