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I decided all these writing games needed a home somewhere--a master list I could send people too for writing game ideas. None of these is etched in stone. Rather, they can be played as they are, as pushing-off points for variations, or to generate ideas to create new games entirely. Feel free to link me to other games in the comments.

( the Bishounen Backstory Game )

( Titles Game (LJ meme) )

( 50 Titles Game (by Matthew Zapruder) )

( Trading Prompts )

( Sharing Prompts )

( Luck of the List )

( Round Robins )

( What if X Were True... )

( Books and Card Decks Good for Prompts )

This was suggested by Matthew Zapruder, who read his poetry Wednesday night for the Juniper Institute SWI. He uses this exercise for his poetry classes, but I think it works just as easily with prose poems, short shorts, and fiction in general.

The writing exercise is thus: write 50 titles. Then, if you're with another person, switch lists and write poems for their titles. If by yourself, just use your own. Being by yourself is incentive to go crazy and write titles that come uncensored to mind without fear others will see them. Being with another person makes it a challenge to see what kind of wacky titles you can come up with that they'll have to write about.

It's a game, but good stuff can come out of it.

Have fun, ne?