Mix & Match
- Pick a description from Column A such as “ugly,” “creative,” “brave,” etc. Turn that word into the ultimate expression of that description: “ugliest,” “most creative,” “bravest.”
- Pick a profession from Box B such as “astronaut,” “soccer coach,” “school teacher,” etc.
- Set the timer on your iPhone (of course you have an iPhone) for five minutes.
- Without stopping to think, crank out a story idea for the “somethingest character” you just randomly invented. The “ugliest blacksmith” or the “most fearful pilot.”
- Do this two more times, with two more character combinations.
- Congratulations again! You just developed three ideas in fifteen minutes.
COLUMN A | COLUMN B |
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Adorable
Adventurous Aggressive Agreeable Alert Amused Angry Annoyed Anxious Arrogant Ashamed Attractive Average Awful Bad Beautiful Bewildered Black Bloody Blue Blue-eyed Blushing Bored Brave Bright Calm Charming Cheerful Clean Clear Cloudy Clumsy Colorful Comfortable Condemned Confused Cooperative Courageous Crazy, flipped-out Creepy Crowded Cruel Cute Dangerous Dark Defeated Delightful Depressed Determined Disgusted Distinct Disturbed Dizzy Drab Dull Eager Elated Elegant Embarrassed Enchanting Encouraging Energetic Enthusiastic Envious Evil Excited Exuberant Fair Faithful Fancy Fantastic Fierce Filthy Fine Foolish Frantic Friendly Frightened Funny Gentle Glorious Good Grieving Grumpy Happy Healthy Helpful Helpless Hilarious Homeless Hungry Hurt Ill Jealous Jittery Jolly Lazy Lively Lonely Lovely Lucky Mysterious Nasty Naughty Nervous Nice Nutty Obedient Obnoxious Panicky Perfect Pleasant Proud Repulsive Scary Selfish Silly Smiling Successful Tense Terrible Thoughtful Thoughtless Troubled Upset Uptight Victorious Weary Wicked Witty Worried |
Accountant
Actor Actuary Agricultural and Food Scientist Anthropologist Architect Archivist Artist Astronomer Astronaut Automotive Mechanic Baker Banker Barber Beautician Blacksmith Bum Bus Driver Car Designer Carpenter Cashier Chef Chemist Childcare Worker Chiropractor Choreographer Civil Engineer Clerk Coach Computer Hardware Engineer Computer Software Engineer Computer Support Specialist Cost Estimator Court Reporter Curator Dancer Database Administrator Dental Hygienist Dental Laboratory Technician Dentist Dermatologist Designer Desktop Publisher Dietician Disc Jockey Doctor Drafter Drummer Economist Electrical Engineer Electrician Engineering Technician Environmental Scientist Farm Manager Farmer Film directors Financial Analyst Firefighter Fisherman Flight Attendant Funeral Director Hotel Desk Clerk Human Resources Assistant Interviewer Investigator Jeweler Judge Kindergarten Teacher King Landscape Architect Lawyer Librarian Loan Officer Mailman Mathematician Midwife Mortician Musician Nurse Optometrist Orchestra Conductor Painter Paralegal Paramedic Payroll Clerk Pediatrician Pharmacist Photographer Physicist Pilot Plumber Police Officer Politician Prince Princess Private Detective Professional Athlete Psychologist Public Relations Manager Queen Real Estate Agent Receptionist Recreation and Fitness Worker Recreational Therapist Reporter Roofer Sailor School Teacher Seamstress Secretary Security Guard Singer Social Worker Soccer Coach Statistician Surgeon Surveyor Systems Analyst Tailor Tax Inspector Taxi Driver Teacher Therapist Translator Travel Clerk Truck Driver University Lecturer Urban planner Veterinarian Violinist Webmaster Wedding Planner Writer Zookeeper |