Because I'm insane:

Have one of your characters obsessively read Readers Digest for the anecdotes.

Make reference to a specific event/incident that happened in the novel you wrote for last year's or a previous year's NaNoWriMo (even if the novel isn't finished). [I'm using one of my WIPs, a romance novel about a teacher who falls in love with a ( Read more... )

"This is ridiculous," James said, banging against the wooden door of the closet. "What kind of cupboard shuts from the inside ( Read more... )

"You're such a hedgehog," James said, thwacking the bag of bananas into the fruit bowl on the counter. "Why do you have to be so prickly? I was just asking you a question ( Read more... )

"What the hell is this?" James asked, lifting a twisted hunk of metal off the desk through which he had been frantically searching ( Read more... )

"Has anyone collected the eggs yet today?" Tara called through from the living room ( Read more... )

“Can’t you control James?” Lottie complained to her sister as they unpacked the groceries.
“He’s not mine to control,” Tara shot back, pulling a bag of apples out of a carried bag and setting it on the kitchen table. “Thankfully.” She rolled her eyes.
“He’s your best friend,” Lottie replied, opening the fridge and slotting a milk carton into the door ( Read more... )

Use the phrase 'super fabulous perfume!' in your novel.
+ if the characters have a whole conversation about the super fabulous perfume, and call it 'super fabulous perfume' rather than just 'perfume' throughout the entire conversation
+ if the super fabulous perfume is for a male
+ if he's not happy with wearing super fabulous perfume but must do so ( Read more... )

“Do you think you’ll raise a lot of money this year?” Lottie asked Tara as they took a leisurely stroll around the auditorium where the drama society’s fundraiser was being held.
“I hope so,” Tara said, stopping to admire a display of Italian leather bracelets. “We are in desperate need of the money.”
“Are they going to keep paying you, even when you ( Read more... )

“What was that?” Lottie asked, glancing up from her laptop, where she was futilely searching for a job ( Read more... )

“Whatever happens in the next hour, you must never tell your family,” James whispered ( Read more... )