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Welcome to the March Meet Ugly Bingo Fest.

This month's fest is all about the humor and tragedy of awkwardness. While a "meet cute" is a scene where two characters are introduced in an adorable, cute, funny, charming way, a "meet ugly" is a scene where your characters encounter each other in a horrible, unfortunate, unflattering way. (and still manage to like each other! )

These stories are opportunities for you to explore your character's darker side. Are they petty, insecure, arrogant, short-tempered? Now's the time to revel in that.

Although a regular regimen of schadenfreude is good for the soul, I recommend a 3x3 card for this month. We don't want to dive too deep into the abyss. ;)

Anyway, here's a public bingo card:

i Googled my name and found pictures of you instead	you've been driving five under on a one lane road. now we've stopped at the same gas station and i'm feeling passive aggressive	i checked my hair in a car window not knowing you were inside. now you're making fun of me and i don't even know you
you waved at someone behind me and I waved back. now i'm committed to pretending I know you	what are you doing in my garage?	i'm a golddigger and you pretended to be wealthy at the club. sorry but if that's your flat i'm not interested
i went for a high five with my friend and hit you instead	we showed up to a party wearing the same outfit. it's very revealing	i've made you repeat yourself four times and I still can't understand what you're saying

Or you can make your own with the Bingo Card Generator and these long form prompts:

( Read more... )And above all else, remember to have fun. If you want to write something dark, angst it up! If you want to write something cute, play up the cute! Good luck!

[Cover image made from a free stock photo courtesy of Strategy Lab]