It's August! A NEW THEME has arrived!
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allbingoToday begins the new August theme: Birthdays!
First, the basics: The card is a mix of concrete details, events, ideas, and a few unusual influences on one's birthday. Birthdays can create a huge range of emotions and ideas. This month’s theme is “birthday”, but that’s just the spark… let your imagination create fire!
The card list:
candles, cake, present(s), balloons, streamers, wish(es), rain, sunny, anticipation, sharing disappointment, singing, music, party, youth, dinner, movie, aging, birth, milestone, maturity, wisdom, regret, opportunity, argument, friendship, secret, surprise, novelty, childish, thoughtful, sincere, melancholy, playful, family, alone, friend(s), grief/grieving, childhood, tradition, adoption.
The central space reads whatever you set it to say. I used: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The incomparablemagibrain has set this up as a default card! Thank you! The card generator:
http://an.owomoyela.net/fun/bingo_generator#generated_card
The rules of the Birthday Bingo:
The prompts include opportunities for hurt/comfort and a lot of things associated with fluff; I’m not suggesting any limits on the types of stories told, so be creative! Feel free to put a positive spin on a “negative” prompt like ‘melancholy’ or a negative spin on a “positive” prompt like ‘presents’.
Rule one is to have fun, and I want to clarify:
- Fills with images, needle arts, paper crafts, music? GO FOR IT.
- There are NO word count minimums for poetry or prose. If you can create a discrete and distinct scene in six words, I really, really want to read it!
- Word-type fills don't have to be fiction. Poetry, demifiction, song lyrics... I left the options wide open.
May I suggest a new, special bingo style?
Special Bingo style: The BIRTHDAY CANDLE
Must be vertical, and is filled with three typical prompts, one {negation prompt} and one {flame} prompt (clearly, the light atop the candle). These may be filled in ANY ORDER, just to allow for more personal interpretation.
A {negation prompt}: Say the square is “grief/grieving” and you want to write a happy prompt. Just have reference to a /lack/ of grieving, but done in a way which fits the story. When noting the “Birthday candle” bingo, just indicate that a prompt is a {negation}.
A {flame prompt} is one where the prompt takes center stage, a major emphasis in the story.. “Grief/grieving” in this usage would be ideal for hurt/comfort, and involve the central character facing either their own birthday after a recent loss, or the birthday of the person they’re grieving. When noting the “Birthday Candle” bingo, indicate {flame} .
A normal prompt: “Grief/grieving” here could mean pretty much anything the writer wishes.
Well, let's see... theme, card style, keyword list, a NEW type of bingo fill... Oh yeah...
A PRIZE!
To anyone who posts a bingo fill (except myself) on the list, please PM me with an idea, whether you want fiction or demifiction (see my blog for some ideas of what kind of demifiction I write) and give me a couple of days. You'll get back at least 200 words, which won't be published on my blog for at least a week.
Let's all get in and have some FUN with this!
First, the basics: The card is a mix of concrete details, events, ideas, and a few unusual influences on one's birthday. Birthdays can create a huge range of emotions and ideas. This month’s theme is “birthday”, but that’s just the spark… let your imagination create fire!
The card list:
candles, cake, present(s), balloons, streamers, wish(es), rain, sunny, anticipation, sharing disappointment, singing, music, party, youth, dinner, movie, aging, birth, milestone, maturity, wisdom, regret, opportunity, argument, friendship, secret, surprise, novelty, childish, thoughtful, sincere, melancholy, playful, family, alone, friend(s), grief/grieving, childhood, tradition, adoption.
The central space reads whatever you set it to say. I used: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The incomparable
magibrain has set this up as a default card! Thank you! The card generator:http://an.owomoyela.net/fun/bingo_generator#generated_card
The rules of the Birthday Bingo:
The prompts include opportunities for hurt/comfort and a lot of things associated with fluff; I’m not suggesting any limits on the types of stories told, so be creative! Feel free to put a positive spin on a “negative” prompt like ‘melancholy’ or a negative spin on a “positive” prompt like ‘presents’.
Rule one is to have fun, and I want to clarify:
- Fills with images, needle arts, paper crafts, music? GO FOR IT.
- There are NO word count minimums for poetry or prose. If you can create a discrete and distinct scene in six words, I really, really want to read it!
- Word-type fills don't have to be fiction. Poetry, demifiction, song lyrics... I left the options wide open.
May I suggest a new, special bingo style?
Special Bingo style: The BIRTHDAY CANDLE
Must be vertical, and is filled with three typical prompts, one {negation prompt} and one {flame} prompt (clearly, the light atop the candle). These may be filled in ANY ORDER, just to allow for more personal interpretation.
A {negation prompt}: Say the square is “grief/grieving” and you want to write a happy prompt. Just have reference to a /lack/ of grieving, but done in a way which fits the story. When noting the “Birthday candle” bingo, just indicate that a prompt is a {negation}.
A {flame prompt} is one where the prompt takes center stage, a major emphasis in the story.. “Grief/grieving” in this usage would be ideal for hurt/comfort, and involve the central character facing either their own birthday after a recent loss, or the birthday of the person they’re grieving. When noting the “Birthday Candle” bingo, indicate {flame} .
A normal prompt: “Grief/grieving” here could mean pretty much anything the writer wishes.
Well, let's see... theme, card style, keyword list, a NEW type of bingo fill... Oh yeah...
A PRIZE!
To anyone who posts a bingo fill (except myself) on the list, please PM me with an idea, whether you want fiction or demifiction (see my blog for some ideas of what kind of demifiction I write) and give me a couple of days. You'll get back at least 200 words, which won't be published on my blog for at least a week.
Let's all get in and have some FUN with this!
A clarification
Date: 2014-08-02 04:08 pm (UTC)There ARE NO WORD MINIMUMS.
If you can tell a story, or create a mental image in two words, first, PLEASE post it so I may shower you with awe and praise, and second, IT COUNTS!
The goal here is to have fun, not type a Marathon!
Re: A clarification
Date: 2014-08-02 05:14 pm (UTC)Editing the main message
Date: 2014-08-02 06:12 pm (UTC)Re: Editing the main message
Date: 2014-08-02 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-04 11:07 pm (UTC)Good luck!
Date: 2014-08-05 12:01 am (UTC)SEPTEMBER!
Date: 2014-09-01 11:21 pm (UTC)Re: SEPTEMBER!
Date: 2014-09-02 01:44 am (UTC)Re: SEPTEMBER!
Date: 2014-09-02 01:50 am (UTC)