Month: November 2021
How meta can you go? Get a story within a story by having a character attempt NaNoWriMo. If you get stuck, you can always write how the character…
If you feel like you have got “flo” maybe your characters could engage in a rap battle. If you can’t rhyme for toffee, maybe the characters are much…
Can you hide a count up (or down) in your text by including numbers that increase (or decrease) over the narrative segment or chapter? Some easy cases might…
Due to a spelling error, one of your characters gets entirely the wrong idea about something. However, while following up on the false lead they stumble upon new…
Your main or supporting character is significantly hampered by catching a nasty bug. With a high temperature, sore throat, and aches and pains they find they can do…
You or your protagonist makes a phone call. A pair of numbers got accidentally swapped. The call connects to an assassin that has been hired to kill you/them.
Today’s dare is this. Add some cats to the story. Each time anything happens more cats have arrived. Have an endless army of cats that the characters have…
During a raid, the police take possession of a perfectly ordinary-looking computer. However, when the tech team plug it in, the computer complains that it has been detained…
Have your characters make plans that will strongly advance the plot only for the whole day to be a massive waste of time due to bus or train…
In this dare, take your protagonists out for posh food. However, chaos ensues as the person taking the orders keeps misunderstanding and making mistakes. Find a way to…
In today’s dare, you characters play a tabletop RPG such as Dungeons and Dragons. Perhaps this brings hidden feelings to the surface, causes a rift between characters, inspires…
Without disrupting your plot or characterisation, how many pop culture references can you squeeze into a single page?
Are you looking for your next writing idea – here is one. An epic fantasy setting but a sitcom style. The local tavern where a group of underwhelming…
Happy NaNoWriMo everyone. Here we are with a new set of writing dares to see you through the month. A wrong number introduces an unexpected complication (writing dare)