Your character is drinking some coffee. Maybe it was the caffeine but they suddenly have a moment of insight. The penny has dropped and they can do something…
The chapter that you are working on is suddenly filled with puppies. Lots of puppies. And with the puppies comes puppy-related chaos. Extra points… if this was a…
Introduce poo as a theme and/or plot point in your chapter. Perhaps someone trod in it. Maybe someone failed to flush the loo. Or, perhaps, a baby needs…
Have a character suggest a shady action that would (if it works) help the characters overcome the antagonist. Have them debate the relative morality of doing evil for…
Your character, by chance, is temporarily granted magical power. For a short while, they can bend the very nature of reality itself to their will. What do they…
Write an entire chapter describing complex events that turn out to be from fifty years ago. Bonus points if vampires are involved you make this chapter relevant by…
Due to advanced magic or poorly understood technology, time rewinds and your characters must live through the events of the last chapter a second time. Maybe they change…
Perhaps they were not thinking. Maybe they did not realise it was a secret. Maybe their mouth started before their brain. It could be that they say the…
This is a bold and challenging dare – throw out everything that has happened as a hallucination and then re-tell what actually happened (with many details different). How…
Maybe your character is too tired to work. Perhaps there has been a minor argument. It might be that a character is cold and wet. Whatever the reason,…