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Or Mad Libs Can be Your Friend!

I am always trying to think of a new way to wake up my muse, spice up my prose, get the mental juices flowing. Christmas, I received a Mad Libs card game in my stocking okay I bought it and put it in there, but I NEVER get anything in MY stocking so yes, I did it myself!

Anyhoo, I digress. If you have ever played Mad Libs, it is similar, however you draw cards to form funny sentences rather than inserting words for a story. (If you have no knowledge of this ageless pop-culture game this reference may seem weird, but I think you’ll catch on.) The deck of cards comes with 24 cards each of verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives. (There are a couple of other cards specific to the game, but I didn’ use those.) What I did: without looking, I drew three cards randomly from each category and wrote them down. Then I used the words to create a scene in a WIP I am in desperate need to finish.

As a challenge, I loved it. As a scene builder it helped me past a block I had presented myself. And I plan on using the scene in the book. (Though I may take out the -ly words, as I try not to use many in my work and the sentences work as well without them.)

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