NaNo Bingo Card

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So, I'm going to try NaNoWriMo again, with the hopes of making the word count. Instead of trying to write a story from scratch (sorry to anyone still waiting for me to post more of my elf story; I promise I haven't forgotten!), I'm going to use a bingo card for prompts for individual stories. I used a bunch of lists to generate my own random one so it is quite a mixed bag and might be a bit of a challenge. I don't know if the stories will be connected or stand alone yet, we shall see as it goes. Bingo card below! (I hope.)

Pretend couple becomes real	Hymn	Chanting	Apricots	Shower / Bath	Late Bloomer
Art	Chicken Dumplings	Swimming	Sketch / Draw	Mind Control	Heart
Graduation	Running out of time	Rap	Steam Room or Sauna	Nostalgia	Keyboard
analgesics	Erotic Dance	Hunter's Stew	Hug	Speech Control	Stuck together – literally
confusion	Sound	Play	Dream car / house / etc.	Multi-powered	Biting / Sucking
Hands	Diamonds / Gems / Jewelry	Zither	Eyes	entheogens	Manipulation of Light or Dark

Punishment	Ace / Demi Deities	Stuck together – literally	Surrender	pegasus/hippogriff	Summoning
Travel	"I love you"	Engaged / Betrothed (or equivalent)	Nonphysical Passions	satyr/faun	Heirloom / Antique
Contentment	Green-eyed Monster	Road trip	Romance-free Plot Zone	Parenthood	Aerobic Exercise
Deciding to have / not have children	Commitment	Promise	elf/fairy	Adulthood	Youth
Lending a coat in the cold	Money	Sonic Scream	Hugs	Flight	Dancing
Universe	Our song	No Such Thing as "Just" Friends	Sleepwalking / Sleeptalking	Holding Someone's Hand	Loneliness

I decide to redo the bingo card with a few lists eliminated. I haven't decided how to use the cards yet, but I figured a back up might come in handy if I got stuck.

Comments

[mirrorofsmoke]

We're doing NaNo too, if you want support or a cheering squad. <3

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Yay! I'm glad you're doing it again! Cheering is always welcome, especially since I'm not so good at writing. Do you have the same handle as last year, since the site re-design means we need to re-add buddies?

Proposed order of prompts

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I am going to make a note for myself here about the potential order I'm going to do the prompts in. I currently have two different goals, and I'm not sure which is going to happen yet. Goal 1) Write one prompt every day, for a total of 30 prompts at 1,667 words a piece. Goal 2) Make a blackout bingo, for a total of 36 prompts at 1389 words a piece. Either goal will get me to 50,000 words, both with different draw backs. The first goal means longer prompt fills, while the second means more than one piece a day, at least sometimes.

Prompts
Hug
Sketch/Draw
Swimming
Play
Confusion
Art
Heart
Graduation
Stuck together-literally
Analgesics
Eyes
Speech control
Running out of time
Keyboard
Manipulation of Light or Dark
Hands
Biting/Sucking
Shower/Bath
Sound
Diamonds/Gems/Jewelry
Multi-powered
Dream car/house/etc.
Chicken Dumplings
Apricots
Zither
Sauna or Steam Room
Erotic Dance
Rap
Late Bloomer
Hunter's Stew

Not on the list yet are: Pretend couple becomes real, Hymn, Chanting, Mind Control, Nostalgia, and Entheogens. I have left these off my list because I'm not sure how to write about them. I may substitute prompts from the other card, I may make the chosen fills longer, or I may try to figure out how to use the remaining prompts. For now, I'm content to have a starting point for NaNo, and we'll see where it goes from here.