Writeas thevictimDon'thavestory arcmake yourcharacterunsympatheticMakeyour focusBROADBlameothersHavenothing toteachreaderUsepassivevoiceDon'thave anincitingincidentEmbellishthe truthTell,don'tshowDumpback storyin chunksNothemeDon'thave athemeTry tosound"writerly"Use lots ofautobiographicaldataNopsychicsDon't haveacaptivatingplotNosense ofplaceAssume yourreaderknows localeUseclichesWrite alongtimeframeExhibit noself-awarenessHave anunwieldlystoryNo charactertransformationWriteas thevictimDon'thavestory arcmake yourcharacterunsympatheticMakeyour focusBROADBlameothersHavenothing toteachreaderUsepassivevoiceDon'thave anincitingincidentEmbellishthe truthTell,don'tshowDumpback storyin chunksNothemeDon'thave athemeTry tosound"writerly"Use lots ofautobiographicaldataNopsychicsDon't haveacaptivatingplotNosense ofplaceAssume yourreaderknows localeUseclichesWrite alongtimeframeExhibit noself-awarenessHave anunwieldlystoryNo charactertransformation

Carol's How to write a bad memoir - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Write as the victim
  2. Don't have story arc
  3. make your character unsympathetic
  4. Make your focus BROAD
  5. Blame others
  6. Have nothing to teach reader
  7. Use passive voice
  8. Don't have an inciting incident
  9. Embellish the truth
  10. Tell, don't show
  11. Dump back story in chunks
  12. No theme
  13. Don't have a theme
  14. Try to sound "writerly"
  15. Use lots of autobiographical data
  16. No psychics
  17. Don't have a captivating plot
  18. No sense of place
  19. Assume your reader knows locale
  20. Use cliches
  21. Write a long timeframe
  22. Exhibit no self-awareness
  23. Have an unwieldly story
  24. No character transformation