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... )

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... )

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

“What is he doing up there?” Tara asked, glancing up at the ceiling, from which bizarre noises where coming, mostly in the direction of Dillon’s room ( Read more... )

NOTE: This scene is essential to the plot because it becomes abundantly clear that James cares for Lottie as more than a friend, and he offers her a job that she will eventually end up taking later on in the novel ( Read more... )

“So, what do you think it is that Meatloaf won’t do for love?” Ryan commented as he fiddled with the knob on the ancient radio ( Read more... )