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1. Kill a main character.
2. Send your characters on a journey.
3. Have your characters lose an important item.
4. Have a character go crazy.
5. A volcano erupts nearby.
6. Your characters stumble on a key.
7. Your characters throw a man off a bridge.
8. Your character gets drunk.
9. Your character finds a lost child.
10. Your character is attacked by a bandit.
11. Your character develops a crush on someone.
12. Add a new character.
13. Your main character trips and breaks his/her arm.
14. Characters argue over milk.
15. Have a character say “I am afraid I have lost my watch”
16. Write a scene that takes place in a boat.
17. Have a character who wears glasses break them.
18. Have a character play pool.
19. Kill a duck.
20. Use a fire in your novel.
21. Send in the ninjas!
22. Add a one-night stand.
23. Get your characters lost in the forest.
24. Your main character’s mother dies.
25. Two characters kiss.
26. One character walks in on two others having sex.
27. A supporting character has a heart attack and dies.
28. Your main character loses money on a bet.
29. Everyone gets food poisoning.
30. Everyone gets the plague.
31. Include a character who obsessively collects random objects.
32. A character’s long-lost sibling turns up.
33. A male character finds out he is the father of a teenager who shows up.
34. A corrupt police officer tries to kill one of your characters.
35. The characters find a suitcase full of bonds.
36. Have a character find a dead body in the trunk of his/her car.
37. Include the phrase: “I saw this in a movie once.”
38. A naked man walks past.
39. A character buys a new hat.
40. Have a character wilfully remove his/her limb.
41. Have the characters get into a brawl.
42. Include a chicken.
43. Include a terrible accident involving a rubber sword.
44. Have the hero and villain be ex lovers..
45. Write an entire chapter in which two characters do nothing but talk about their surroundings.
46. Have a character literally die of too much walking.
47. Make one of the characters burst out laughing
48. Have a scene where a character suffers a mishap with a bendy straw.
49. A herd of goats stampede through your novel.
50. Your characters are surrounded by a cloud of butterflies.
51. A random character gets hit by a bus, gets up, dusts themselves off, and walks away.
52. Have your characters open a door.
53. Have your characters play monopoly.
54. Have your characters intercept a secret message.
55. Go to your book shelf and use the name of a random book in your next sentence.
56. Open the nearest book at random, point to a line, and use that as a basis for the next scene.
57. Open the Bible, point to a verse, and have one of your characters quote it.
58. Have a bank robbery interrupted by a second bank robbery in the same bank.
59. Have your characters play “I Have Never” or some other drinking game.
60. Have your characters race each other.
61. Have your villain and main character run into each other by accident, in public, and have to be nice to each other.
62. One of your characters has an odd phobia.
63. Include a polar bear somewhere that a polar bear absolutely would not be.
64. Your character opens a book at the library and finds a message asking for help.
65. Your character opens a crate and finds a slave girl.
66. A wanted poster is put up; the criminal is one of your characters who has been framed.
67. One of your characters gets pregnant.
68. Have a character say too much while talking in his sleep.
69. Have one of your characters get arrested for a crime that happened long ago, unrelated to your plot.
70. Have your characters accidentally enter a place they wouldn’t usually (men entering a women’s clothing shop, women entering a men’s toilet).
71. Have a character receive a box in the mail full of stuff from random people they don’t know.
72. Have a tough, macho character receive an ugly present from his mother.
73. Your characters are trapped by a freak storm inappropriate for the season.
74. Your main character trips, falls, and is unconscious all day. The other characters talk about him behind his back.
75. Your main character is drugged and mugged by two women or raped by two men.
76. A foreigner shows up and tries to tell your characters something important, but doesn’t speak their language.
77. Your characters have for breakfast whatever you ate most recently.
78. Your characters are kept awake all night by loud noises coming from one of them, but don’t know who it is.
79. A little kid shows up and latches on to your party of characters. You have to get rid of the kid without killing him/her.
80. Have a villain character show up who shares the name of one of your main characters. They both get mad.
81. One of your characters bets another to do some unusual, difficult feat.
82. Whatever happened in your last chapter sparks a flashback to a similar event in your main character’s childhood.
83. A plane or airship crash-lands right in front of your characters. An old friend is on board.
84. Your characters’ path is blocked by a flood. They have to go another direction.
85. One of your characters goes into a shop and is taken.
86. Have a sale at your main character’s favourite store. The objects he buys will cause him pain.
87. Include your favourite teacher from childhood as a minor character.
88. Include your least favourite teacher from childhood as a minor character.
89. Your characters accidentally start a fire while playing with candles.
90. An old character shows up again and reveals a crucial secret.
91. Your main character dreams about one of your other characters.
92. Have your characters find a mysterious, ancient coin.
93. A storm forces your characters to take shelter someplace creepy.
94. Two characters who hate each other are forced to share a cramped space (car, hotel room, elevator).
95. Your main character inadvertently offends a minor character by forgetting his/her name.
96. The last of their food spoils, making them need to get more.
97. The character who most recently spoke is knocked unconscious for the whole of the next chapter, but can still hear people talk around him/her.
98. A character gets poked by a drunken woman.
99. A character accidentally swallows a leaf. “Extra protein,” another character comments.
100. Your main character decides to set up a shop or trading post and specialise in chocolate and tobacco.

Description
1. Kill a main character.
2. Send your characters on a journey.
3. Have your characters lose an important item.
4. Have a character go crazy.
5. A volcano erupts nearby.
6. Your characters stumble on a key.
7. Your characters throw a man off a bridge.
8. Your character gets drunk.
9. Your character finds a lost child.
10. Your character is attacked by a bandit.
11. Your character develops a crush on someone.
12. Add a new character.
13. Your main character trips and breaks his/her arm.
14. Characters argue over milk.
15. Have a character say “I am afraid I have lost my watch”
16. Write a scene that takes place in a boat.
17. Have a character who wears glasses break them.
18. Have a character play pool.
19. Kill a duck.
20. Use a fire in your novel.
21. Send in the ninjas!
22. Add a one-night stand.
23. Get your characters lost in the forest.
24. Your main character’s mother dies.
25. Two characters kiss.
26. One character walks in on two others having sex.
27. A supporting character has a heart attack and dies.
28. Your main character loses money on a bet.
29. Everyone gets food poisoning.
30. Everyone gets the plague.
31. Include a character who obsessively collects random objects.
32. A character’s long-lost sibling turns up.
33. A male character finds out he is the father of a teenager who shows up.
34. A corrupt police officer tries to kill one of your characters.
35. The characters find a suitcase full of bonds.
36. Have a character find a dead body in the trunk of his/her car.
37. Include the phrase: “I saw this in a movie once.”
38. A naked man walks past.
39. A character buys a new hat.
40. Have a character wilfully remove his/her limb.
41. Have the characters get into a brawl.
42. Include a chicken.
43. Include a terrible accident involving a rubber sword.
44. Have the hero and villain be ex lovers..
45. Write an entire chapter in which two characters do nothing but talk about their surroundings.
46. Have a character literally die of too much walking.
47. Make one of the characters burst out laughing
48. Have a scene where a character suffers a mishap with a bendy straw.
49. A herd of goats stampede through your novel.
50. Your characters are surrounded by a cloud of butterflies.
51. A random character gets hit by a bus, gets up, dusts themselves off, and walks away.
52. Have your characters open a door.
53. Have your characters play monopoly.
54. Have your characters intercept a secret message.
55. Go to your book shelf and use the name of a random book in your next sentence.
56. Open the nearest book at random, point to a line, and use that as a basis for the next scene.
57. Open the Bible, point to a verse, and have one of your characters quote it.
58. Have a bank robbery interrupted by a second bank robbery in the same bank.
59. Have your characters play “I Have Never” or some other drinking game.
60. Have your characters race each other.
61. Have your villain and main character run into each other by accident, in public, and have to be nice to each other.
62. One of your characters has an odd phobia.
63. Include a polar bear somewhere that a polar bear absolutely would not be.
64. Your character opens a book at the library and finds a message asking for help.
65. Your character opens a crate and finds a slave girl.
66. A wanted poster is put up; the criminal is one of your characters who has been framed.
67. One of your characters gets pregnant.
68. Have a character say too much while talking in his sleep.
69. Have one of your characters get arrested for a crime that happened long ago, unrelated to your plot.
70. Have your characters accidentally enter a place they wouldn’t usually (men entering a women’s clothing shop, women entering a men’s toilet).
71. Have a character receive a box in the mail full of stuff from random people they don’t know.
72. Have a tough, macho character receive an ugly present from his mother.
73. Your characters are trapped by a freak storm inappropriate for the season.
74. Your main character trips, falls, and is unconscious all day. The other characters talk about him behind his back.
75. Your main character is drugged and mugged by two women or raped by two men.
76. A foreigner shows up and tries to tell your characters something important, but doesn’t speak their language.
77. Your characters have for breakfast whatever you ate most recently.
78. Your characters are kept awake all night by loud noises coming from one of them, but don’t know who it is.
79. A little kid shows up and latches on to your party of characters. You have to get rid of the kid without killing him/her.
80. Have a villain character show up who shares the name of one of your main characters. They both get mad.
81. One of your characters bets another to do some unusual, difficult feat.
82. Whatever happened in your last chapter sparks a flashback to a similar event in your main character’s childhood.
83. A plane or airship crash-lands right in front of your characters. An old friend is on board.
84. Your characters’ path is blocked by a flood. They have to go another direction.
85. One of your characters goes into a shop and is taken.
86. Have a sale at your main character’s favourite store. The objects he buys will cause him pain.
87. Include your favourite teacher from childhood as a minor character.
88. Include your least favourite teacher from childhood as a minor character.
89. Your characters accidentally start a fire while playing with candles.
90. An old character shows up again and reveals a crucial secret.
91. Your main character dreams about one of your other characters.
92. Have your characters find a mysterious, ancient coin.
93. A storm forces your characters to take shelter someplace creepy.
94. Two characters who hate each other are forced to share a cramped space (car, hotel room, elevator).
95. Your main character inadvertently offends a minor character by forgetting his/her name.
96. The last of their food spoils, making them need to get more.
97. The character who most recently spoke is knocked unconscious for the whole of the next chapter, but can still hear people talk around him/her.
98. A character gets poked by a drunken woman.
99. A character accidentally swallows a leaf. “Extra protein,” another character comments.
100. Your main character decides to set up a shop or trading post and specialise in chocolate and tobacco.