First you need to decide if you are subject to self employment tax. Why did you get a 1099-misc?
The IRS considers anything in box 7 of 1099-MISC to be self employment income. TurboTax (TT) aggressively steers you in that direction,even if the amount is in box 3. If you try reporting box 7 income as anything else, you chances of hearing from the IRS are very high.
That said, the key to getting TT to treat it as other income is to follow these steps:
Enter the 1099-Misc
On the next screen Describe what the payment was for
On the next screen select "none of these apply"
On the next screen select "No it didn't involve work like my main job"
On the next screen select "I got it in 2016" ONLY
On the next screen select No, it didn't involve intent to earn money
