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