Fresh Starts Bingo

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm pinch-hitting for our intended host.

Welcome to the Fresh Starts Bingo! This one is all about fresh starts and new beginnings. All fandoms and original work are acceptable; all sizes and media are welcome. You can play a public card, make a card from one category, or mix-and-match. Posting is open January 3-31.


TIME
Big Bang,
In the Beginning,
Genesis,
Prelude,
False Dawn,
The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn,
Morning,
Morning Waits at the End of the World,
Spring,
when the world is mud-luscious,
Vernal,
Chinese New Year (Feb. 12),
Gregorian New Year (Dec. 31-Jan. 1),
Naw-Rúz (March 20),
Rosh Hashanah (Sep. 6-8),
Wiccan New Year (Oct. 31-Nov. 1),
New Year Resolutions,
Day One,

LIFE
Birth,
Infancy,
Childhood,
First Day of School,
Getting a Pet,
Learning to Play Music,
Becoming an Apprentice,
Initiation,
Adolescence,
Rites of Passage,
Coming of Age,
First / New Car,
Taking a Travel Year,
Starting College,
Declare / Switch College Major,
Graduation,
Becoming a Journeyman,
First Job,
Starting a New Job,
Becoming a Leader,
Getting a New Employee / Volunteer,
Burning Bridges,
Career Reboot,
Moving to a New Town,
New Home,
Buying a Homestead,
Making a New Friend,
First Date,
Love at First Sight,
Falling in Love,
Marriage,
Becoming a Parent,
Rebirth,

ACTIVITIES
Beginning a Quest,
Beginning a Blog or Journal,
Building a House,
Decluttering,
Inventing,
Joining a Team or Club,
Hiking/Biking a Long Trail,
Launching a New Group,
Launching a Video Channel,
Learning a New Language,
Learning a New Skill,
Making a Discovery,
Making a Temperature Blanket / Project,
Planting a Garden,
Recycling / Upcycling,
Redecorating a Room,
Renovating a Building,
Restoring Wilderness,
Starting a Capsule Wardrobe,
Starting a Collection,
Starting a Major Project,
Starting a Novel,
Starting with Nothing,
Taking a Class,
Taking on a New Responsibility,
Taking on a New Role,
Unboxing,

MEETINGS
First Impressions Count,
Handshake,
Imprinting,
Introduction,
Like Attracts Like,
Meet-Cute,
Meet-Ugly,
Meeting of Minds,
Opposites Attract,
Unexpected Entanglements,
You Don't Know Me Yet,

MISCELLANEOUS
Anticipation,
Back to Square One,
Begin as You Mean to Go On,
Beta Testing,
Blastoff,
Bleeding Edge Technology,
Break New Ground,
Breath of Fresh Air,
Bright Young Thing,
Budding,
Creation,
Early Adopters,
Everything Old Is New Again,
Expect the Unexpected,
Farm Fresh,
First Contact,
First Flush,
First Step,
Fresh Out of the Box,
Fresh Pair of Eyes,
From Scratch,
Future Shock,
The future's so bright I gotta wear shades,
Giving Someone a Second Chance,
Hope,
Inauguration,
Inception,
Induction,
Let There Be Light!,
Like a Virgin,
Nascent,
New Arrival,
New and Improved,
Neighborhood Revitalization,
Pea Instaton,
Point of Departure,
Reconnecting After Absence,
Right of First Refusal,
Saved from Death / Second Chance,
Soonest Begun Is Soonest Done,
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.,
Surprise,
Superpower Manifestation,
There's a First Time for Everything,
Touched for the Very First Time,
Undo Button / Do Over,
Unfamiliar,
Untrodden,
What fresh hell is this?
Where No One Has Gone Before,
Whole Life Ahead,
Whole Year Ahead,


TIME PUBLIC CARD

when the world is mud-luscious	Chinese New Year (Feb. 12)	In the Beginning	Day One
Prelude	Big Bang	Spring	Genesis
The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn	Vernal	Gregorian New Year (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)	False Dawn
Naw-Rúz (March 20)	Wiccan New Year (Oct. 31-Nov. 1)	Morning Waits at the End of the World	Morning

LIFE PUBLIC CARD

First Job	Marriage	Falling in Love	Becoming a Journeyman	Starting College
First / New Car	First Date	Getting a Pet	Birth	Graduation
Starting a New Job	First Day of School	WILD CARD	Becoming a Leader	Declare / Switch College Major
Rebirth	Learning to Play Music	Buying a Homestead	Taking a Travel Year	Coming of Age
Rites of Passage	Adolescence	Career Reboot	Becoming an Apprentice	New Home

ACTIVITIES PUBLIC CARD

Inventing	Starting a Novel	Taking a Class	Unboxing	Beginning a Blog or Journal
Starting with Nothing	Taking on a New Role	Restoring Wilderness	Decluttering	Renovating a Building
Recycling / Upcycling	Launching a Video Channel	WILD CARD	Redecorating a Room	Making a Temperature Blanket / Project
Making a Discovery	Launching a New Group	Building a House	Hiking/Biking a Long Trail	Beginning a Quest
Starting a Major Project	Planting a Garden	Starting a Capsule Wardrobe	Joining a Team or Club	Taking on a New Responsibility

MEETINGS PUBLIC CARD

Meeting of Minds	Introduction	Meet-Ugly
Meet-Cute	WILD CARD	First Impressions Count
Imprinting	Handshake	You Don't Know Me Yet

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC CARD

Soonest Begun Is Soonest Done	Undo Button / Do Over	New Arrival	There's a First Time for Everything	Neighborhood Revitalization
Anticipation	Budding	Pea Instaton	Fresh Out of the Box	Whole Life Ahead
Inception	Everything Old Is New Again	WILD CARD	Hope	Superpower Manifestation
Unfamiliar	What fresh hell is this? Where No One Has Gone Before	Untrodden	Induction	Early Adopters
Breath of Fresh Air	First Contact	Reconnecting After Absence	New and Improved	Beta Testing

MIX-AND-MATCH PUBLIC CARD

Gregorian New Year (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)	First Date	Untrodden	Reconnecting After Absence	Bleeding Edge Technology
Superpower Manifestation	Starting a Capsule Wardrobe	Opposites Attract	Becoming a Parent	New Arrival
The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn	Becoming a Journeyman	WILD CARD	Begin as You Mean to Go On	From Scratch
Getting a New Employee / Volunteer	Everything Old Is New Again	Fresh Out of the Box	Making a Temperature Blanket / Project	Handshake
Meet-Cute	Inception	Recycling / Upcycling	Break New Ground	Moving to a New Town

Comments

[siberian_skys]

Thank you for pinch-hitting. I've been looking forward to starting this challenge. I'm going to make my own card, I think. I'm going to look back through the public cards before I decide.

Go for it!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I took a lot of time drafting the list of prompts, so I'm glad you liked it. The topic got more interesting as it went along. :D

Re: Go for it!

[siberian_skys]

I love it. I already made a card and have started my first fic. If I get done soon enough, I'm thinking about making another card and writing a second story in another fandom.

Re: Go for it!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay! That sounds awesome.

[fuzzyred]

The prompts this month are really interesting, and I think a lot of fun stories could come from them. I'm a little sad though, because this month is going to be busy for me and I don't know if I'll have time for a bingo card.

Alas!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That does sound frustrating. :(

You might consider a 2x2 card, or haiku, or something else of minimal effort.

Re: Alas!

[fuzzyred]

A small card does sound like a good idea. As does choosing a form that allows me to keep it small rather than trying to craft a whole plot. I'm going to look closer at the public cards though, because some did look mighty interesting, and I'm okay with it if I don't manage a bingo. Options are a good thing to have.

Re: Alas!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I made a range of sizes! See also Diamonds and Dynamite in Accomplishments and Bingo.

Re: Alas!

[fuzzyred]

I saw that! I appreciate the option of having a pre-made, smaller than normal card, if that's how I decide to go. Diamonds and Dynamite sounds interesting too, plus it would help me work on my precision and conciseness.

Re: Alas!

[fuzzyred]

I have decided to give the Activities Public card a try, with a focus on keeping the fills short. Even if I only do one or two, I think I'm still going to have a lot of fun.

Re: Alas!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay! This is a low-pressure, high-inspiration community. If you write one fill, that's one more than you would've done otherwise.

Re: Alas!

[fuzzyred]

Exactly! And one is definitely better than none. Plus, it makes me exercise my creativity, that so I can get better at it.

Re: Alas!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I rub off on people. :D

Re: Alas!

[fuzzyred]

:D That's okay with me. :D I also tend to absorb things from others. I've noticed tone, accents, and habits are most common, but with enough exposure things like skills will start rubbing off too.

[mierke]

These sound great! I made myself a 3x3 activities card, let's see if I'll actually manage to make something of it!

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I wish you luck with that.

Yesterday was my Poetry Fishbowl and I actually made a column bingo. That almost never happens. \o/

Re: Go you!

[fuzzyred]

Go you! A bingo already :D

Re: Go you!

[mierke]

Thanks! I actually started using it as a skeleton framework for one of the stories that have been playing around in my head but I hadn't started writing yet. Of course, then deadline paralysis kicked in, and I didn't really manage to write much for the rest of the month. Though hopefully not January is gone, I'll be able to actually work on this again! (yes, my brain works in mysterious ways)

Congrats, that's amazing!

Its for Fresh Starts so I might as well!

[nsfwords]

Made a card - gonna see how it goes :)

https://nsfwords.dreamwidth.org/6227.html

[gershom_onyx]

Late to the party, but I need a fresh start, so I rolled the Miscellaneous wheel and got a card, located here.

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That looks promising.

There's no real deadline, you can play any card at any time.