make your character unsympathetic Use lots of autobiographical data No character transformation Don't have a captivating plot Write as the victim Don't have story arc Don't have an inciting incident Assume your reader knows locale No theme Have nothing to teach reader Tell, don't show Use cliches No psychics Don't have a theme Write a long timeframe Try to sound "writerly" Make your focus BROAD Exhibit no self- awareness Blame others No sense of place Dump back story in chunks Use passive voice Have an unwieldly story Embellish the truth make your character unsympathetic Use lots of autobiographical data No character transformation Don't have a captivating plot Write as the victim Don't have story arc Don't have an inciting incident Assume your reader knows locale No theme Have nothing to teach reader Tell, don't show Use cliches No psychics Don't have a theme Write a long timeframe Try to sound "writerly" Make your focus BROAD Exhibit no self- awareness Blame others No sense of place Dump back story in chunks Use passive voice Have an unwieldly story Embellish the truth
(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.
make your character unsympathetic
Use lots of autobiographical data
No character transformation
Don't have a captivating plot
Write as the victim
Don't have story arc
Don't have an inciting incident
Assume your reader knows locale
No theme
Have nothing to teach reader
Tell, don't show
Use cliches
No psychics
Don't have a theme
Write a long timeframe
Try to sound "writerly"
Make your focus BROAD
Exhibit no self-awareness
Blame others
No sense of place
Dump back story in chunks
Use passive voice
Have an unwieldly story
Embellish the truth