Here's a fun little exercise for anyone writing a story. Here's how it works: Just fill in the blanks with your own story details, like so: Try it! From: http://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html
Hmm sounds fun. When their unborn child is sentenced to be aborted, Renee and Frank Lukas set out to protect the fruit of their love and find out why such a harsh decree was made. But will they succeed when they find themselves facing the most powerful government in the world, headed by a council of power-hungry politicians.
When a group of mysterious people bring mystery to his life, Dominic Angel sets off to find out who his father was and his connection with these people. But will he succeed when more mysterious forces come into his life, trying to kill him and everyone else he knows? Very helpful!
I'm not sure why this got moved. =/ It's not a word game. It's a writing exercise meant to help you develop a focused plot. If you can't summarize the plot of your novel in a single sentence like this, chances are it's too unfocused and may be confusing to the reader (and it might be more difficult to write too).
Word Games on this site range from silly pastimes to thought-provoking quick writing exercises. In general, new threads that operate as interactive or serial exercises get moved to Word Games, to keep the focus in Writing Issues on discussion topics.
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