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