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Something out of the box for you to attempt to include in your work in progress. They might help keep your word count above 1667 words a day.
Are you game for a dare?
All of your characters shall be given names based on the roads and streets where you live. Extra points if you set your story near where you live…
See how many unexpected places you can have a pumpkin show up within your story.
Try this writing challenge on for size. Write about your character witnessing a storm but use your description of the storm to reflect the character’s inner struggle.
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…
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?
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)
How many meme references can you get into one discussion between characters while still moving the story forward?
Put your characters under pressure by adding a time limit or a time-sensitive task. Make them race against the clock. Bonus points if they run out of time…
A hypothetical question of ethics comes up resulting in two or more of your characters debating the “right” answer. The what now? There is a runaway trolly and…
What is your character terrible at? Make that the thing they have to do (and do well) and write about how they struggle and fail.
In the middle of a crisis, have your characters stop everything to have a drink. Ideally of tea.
Have a character tear their clothes at the least opportune moment and have to somehow avoid embarrassment but continue with a vital task.
Get dragons in your story. Perhaps as a figurine or maybe real fire-breathing dragons. Bonus points if the setting is not a fantasy novel. Double Bonus points if…