Writing Tropes Bingo - 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.

1. Lack of line breaks
2. Author needs to K.I.S.S.
3. *Verba Latina*
4. Self-insert character
5. Broad descriptions of real-world events
6. SHOCK value for the sake of SHOCK value
7. Tackles complex topic with no research
8. noo Spel czech
9. Protag with no motivations
10. Protag over-monologues in their own head
11. Unnecessary references to other media
12. Words from a foreign language (excluding the text's main language, or Latin)
13. "And then..." story structure
14. In-universe reason for why this story exists
15. Overly literal description
16. Fridged character
17. Reader says "That's it?" after the ending
18. Exposition dump
19. Purple Prose
20. Secondary cast with no motivations
21. Unnecessary references to ancient mythology
22. Inconsistent formatting
23. Lack of paragraph breaks
24. Out of character pearl clutching