User blog:Taldin/2019 NaNoWriMo Ninjas List

As usual, I'm participating in National Novel Writer's Month. There's a healthy NaNo community in Habitica, and one of the things I do is put up a challenge with plot ninjas (things that spark people's creativity when they're stuck in their own novel) that help people get their word count in for the day.

There are four types of ninjas:
 * Ordinary Ninjas -- you can do these on your own, they're voluntary, that sort of thing.
 * Secret Ninjas -- players in the Challenge send me their way of completing the ninja, and one of them will form the basis for a future ninja challenge.
 * Level Boss Ninjas -- aka 'show your work'  -- you get credit only if you post an excerpt from your novel that completes the ninja challenge.
 * Ninja Lairs -- aka 'a Mob of Ninjas'  -- this will be a list of things that you can finish the To Do as soon as you check off at least one -- but the To Do is worth more if you can do all of them.    Note that this requires you to edit the To Do to add a checklist.

Day 1: Ordinary Ninja:  Pet Me
During your writing, preferably on Day 1, give the MC or secondary character a pet. It doesn't have to be present, it could be a memory of a past pet, but give the pet a name, a type, and a mention during your early novel bit. Whose pet is it? Do they like having said pet, or is it perhaps a pet that belongs to someone else?