BlameothersUse lots ofautobiographicaldataDon'thave athemeTell,don'tshowMakeyour focusBROADExhibit noself-awarenessAssume yourreaderknows localeHavenothing toteachreaderDon't haveacaptivatingplotDumpback storyin chunksUsepassivevoicemake yourcharacterunsympatheticUseclichesTry tosound"writerly"No charactertransformationEmbellishthe truthWrite alongtimeframeHave anunwieldlystoryWriteas thevictimNopsychicsDon'thavestory arcDon'thave anincitingincidentNothemeNosense ofplaceBlameothersUse lots ofautobiographicaldataDon'thave athemeTell,don'tshowMakeyour focusBROADExhibit noself-awarenessAssume yourreaderknows localeHavenothing toteachreaderDon't haveacaptivatingplotDumpback storyin chunksUsepassivevoicemake yourcharacterunsympatheticUseclichesTry tosound"writerly"No charactertransformationEmbellishthe truthWrite alongtimeframeHave anunwieldlystoryWriteas thevictimNopsychicsDon'thavestory arcDon'thave anincitingincidentNothemeNosense ofplace

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