THE NAUGHTY LIST - A Holiday Writing Tag
It’s baaaaack!
Last year I created THE NAUGHTY LIST WRITING TAG in order to celebrate my favorite holiday season, and this year, I’m bringing it back. Answer the following ten questions using your original characters from one of your current WIPs, and be sure to explain your answers. Remember, the idea is to keep things fresh, interesting, and a little indecent ;)
THE RULES:
1) Provide a brief description of your novel before beginning. NO MORE THAN 5 SENTENCES.
2) If your cast is fewer than 15 characters, you can’t use the same name more than twice. If your cast is larger than 15 characters, you can’t use the same name more than once.
 THE QUESTIONS:
#1 Which character is SO into the holidays, they nearly cause a street-wide power outage from all their Christmas lights?
#2 Which character attends the office new years party with ONE date…and goes home with someone else?
#3 Which character is more than happy to steal Hanukkah gelt from poor, unsuspecting children? [Note: Hanukkah gelt = chocolate coins]
#4 Fill in the blanks: I saw ____[character]____ doing a whole lot more than ____[verb]____-ing Santa Claus. They were full on ____[action]____.Â
#5 One of your characters decides to pregame before church and passes out in the middle of the Christmas service. Which character is it?
#6 Which character hasn’t been seen since winter began because they refuse to deal with the snow?
#7 Which character completely forgot about the holidays and ends up regifting to everyone?
#8 Which character has such crappy luck, they only discover their potato allergy after pigging out on latkes?
#9 The Krampus has arrived to punish your very bad characters. Which character is kinda into it?Â
#10 One of your characters should be on the naughty list, but has convinced Santa to clear their name. Which character is it, and what was their means of persuasion?
I will be revealing my answers using the cast of my upcoming fantasy novel The Savior’s Champion on Wednesday! Until then, I’m tagging EVERY WRITER WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE!Â
Can’t wait to see your answers! I’m sure they’re absolutely obscene :P
<3 Jenna Mo
From my WIP completed in NaNoWriMo 2017 -- Makeup to Die For @cathylanski
Sam Parker is a realtor, a soccer mom and a woman who can’t let a mystery go unsolved whether it’s why a plumber can’t honor a 4 hour window or why would someone want to kill a Peggy Lee Lady on the verge of earning her first lilac sedan?
1. Cici, Sam’s best friend and super mom neighbor. 2. Jennifer, who paid the ultimate price for her indiscretions. 3. Marlene, for whom self-preservation is priority one. 4. I saw Allison doing a lot more that giving Santa a hand massage. They were going for full happy ending. 5. The reporter, once in line for a Pulitzer, but now doing features for a small town paper because he pissed off the wrong people. 6. No one. We’re in Buffalo. Every one sucks it up and goes about their business. 7. Ben, police detective. Hot, dedicated and taken. Brilliant man, but often forgets details like picking up milk, calling to say he’ll be late or buying a present. 8. Kyle, Sam’s youngest, who will eat pretty much anything. 9. Marlene, who tries to flirt her way out of a jam, but with no idea she’s got no game. 10. Sam. She keeps sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong, but Ben has a soft spot for her interfering ways because she’s often right.
