Halfway point: 25,000 words! Unexpected death Titled your story Snuck in some writing Wrote a red herring Started over New character: human or other Plot bunny showed up Characters surprised you Villain showed up Used a placeholder Started editing Missed a day 30,000 words Character made a bad decision 40,000 words Finished Act 2 Did something for yourself Big twist 10,000 words Wrote outside or in public place Stayed up too late writing Kill a character Love interests meet/Good guy meets bad guy Finished Act 1 Gave yourself/ someone else a pep talk Won Nano! Characters kiss Poisoned someone Unexpected twist Wrote 3 days in a row Mistaken Identity Found a plot hole Save a character Got stuck Halfway point: 25,000 words! Unexpected death Titled your story Snuck in some writing Wrote a red herring Started over New character: human or other Plot bunny showed up Characters surprised you Villain showed up Used a placeholder Started editing Missed a day 30,000 words Character made a bad decision 40,000 words Finished Act 2 Did something for yourself Big twist 10,000 words Wrote outside or in public place Stayed up too late writing Kill a character Love interests meet/Good guy meets bad guy Finished Act 1 Gave yourself/ someone else a pep talk Won Nano! Characters kiss Poisoned someone Unexpected twist Wrote 3 days in a row Mistaken Identity Found a plot hole Save a character Got stuck
(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.
Halfway
point:
25,000
words!
Unexpected
death
Titled
your
story
Snuck
in some
writing
Wrote a red herring
Started
over
New character:
human or other
Plot bunny showed up
Characters
surprised
you
Villain showed up
Used
a
placeholder
Started
editing
Missed a day
30,000
words
Character
made
a bad
decision
40,000
words
Finished Act 2
Did
something
for
yourself
Big twist
10,000
words
Wrote
outside or in
public place
Stayed
up too
late
writing
Kill a character
Love interests meet/Good
guy meets
bad guy
Finished Act 1
Gave
yourself/
someone else
a
pep talk
Won
Nano!
Characters kiss
Poisoned someone
Unexpected
twist
Wrote
3 days
in a
row
Mistaken Identity
Found a plot
hole
Save a character
Got stuck