Re: Dares 2011!

Stranger than fiction reference?

*brain exploded*

This is oddly Dresden Files-esque to me... I love it so much. Can not take it this time.

This... Might actually work for my story! My MC was supposed to be the only nonmagical major character, but it works just as well if he's psychic and never figures it out. He'll just blame it on the fact that he's unusually perceptive from observing everything all the time (he's an artist). Taking it!

Stealing the bubble gun for DBP. and the labrynth one as well.

Leaving:

-Have a character be an obsessive twitter follower of somebody.
DBP: If its somebody famous for being famous (ala Paris Hilton, Kardashians)
TBP: If they tell everyone their twitter updates
QBP: If it turns out all they do is send nasty messages in reply to said person's twitter updates

Taking this, going for triple!
-Have a vague mention of Jareth the Goblin King (a la Labyrinth)
BP: If the character refers to him as king glitter pants
DBP: if they say this to a character who has no idea what they're talking about.
TBP: if they never explain what they mean.

None to leave right now.

H. wrote:
shout out to Dr. Horrible's Sing along Blog
BP: If the character is named Penny
DBP: if the shout out involves singing one of the songs
TBP: if the character is in a trope subversion and is genre savvy.

Ohh Penny works great for one of my characters and that has actually given me the inspiration to a dilemma involving the naming of an entire subset of my characters. Genius

I might be able to shoehorn a few song titles in there as well!

-Have a vague mention of Jareth the Goblin King (a la Labyrinth)
BP: If the character refers to him as king glitter pants
DBP: if they say this to a character who has no idea what they're talking about.
TBP: if they never explain what they mean.

I could totally see my antagonist/love interest/best friend's sister doing this.
Taking!

I am in love with both of your dares, and they may actually fit in with my story...
You're a fantastic person with wonderful taste in movies.

ps- I procrastinated yesterday by watching Dr. Horrible and shouting along XD

Bonus Points
Double Bonus Points
Triple Bonus Points
Quadruple Bonus Points.

I'm taking your Grandma's friend's ghost. It'll be an interesting investigation for my characters.

My MC will find himself in a shop like this and that is where he will Purchase(or steal) a very familiar shovel...

I might have to use something similar to the bone one anyway. It won't be exact, and it may not be during WriMo, but getting a knife (or sword...or axe) stuck in bone is something my characters would certainly do. (Yay for ongoing series.)

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Have a main character who is a serial killer
BP if the serial killer drives a red car
DBP if the car is a nice red-orange to match potential blood splatter
TBP if the serial killer refuses to hit people with the car on the grounds of "impersonal" murdering

Both of these are gonna work for me, since one of the MCs -is- a serial killer. Not sure I can use the car, though... but I'll give it a try.

stealing the shop and the fact that coffee steals souls!

Ooh, I can totally use that first one and get DPs on it too! Yay for my MC the assassin! His name is Lief. Everyone wave. :)

And - Have a zombie who died of alcohol poisoning, and is therefore constantly drunk. - I really might be able to use this one!

I'm using your first one, fits very good in my vampire story! Thank you so much!

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

I'm totally going to use this one. I can just see my female lead saying this to one of her victims... er, friends.

The coffee one I'll definitely use ^_^

I could actually use a bunch of these. The bone one is awesome, it literally just fixed part of my plot. I can also have my characters discuss suicide AND write a scene dedicated to cooking an egg. Taking those, thanks!

Most definitely stealing the ghost. He'll fit right in with the household.

"I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"

I'm definitely going to do this dare. My antagonist is going to be very vicious and kind of sadistic, so this won't be very hard.

I think one of my characters shall be obsessed with Sharpies... Dare Accepted

YES! This is perfect for the sick Eurotrash in my novel!

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Just have to say, the zombie who died of alcohol poisoning dare is epic. I can't fit it into my story this year but I'll definitely keep it in mind xD Thanks for the laugh!

Also taking
Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

It's too perfect and... I live with a ghost like this and have actually said words to that effect when strange things happen...

Quote:Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Since the world my novel's set in is roughly late-medieval / early-renaissance and they're fighting a war, I think I'll be taking this one on board!

OMF coming from Seattle, the city where without coffee people drop like flies, I am soooo finding a way to use that. That is an awesome one!!! Love it!!!!

Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

This just triggered an idea. THANK YOU!!! I don't know if it will be an actual store, but this just saved my November.

Again, Thanks,
Paula

Have a character who swears only in Russian.

I will definitely be using this one. I need to go look up Russian swear words.

-Include in your novel the superstition that coffee steals souls.

Also taking this! It can explain why my MC's obsession with tea and not coffee.

The mental image of a drunk zombie is just about the funniest thing I've seen all day. Too bad it won't work in my novel.

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Using this one! This is genius and is perfect for mine :D

Coffee Stealing souls can actually add to a scene I'm thinking of.. thanks for the great idea

Fell in love with the one about the ghost, the one with the soul-stealing coffee, the crowbar-wielding dude, and the guy with a drink in all his scenes. And the one with the cooking of an egg. (It fails horribly.) Thanks~

(The drink doesn't have to be alcoholic, right?)

DUDE! I love the blue towel dare. I think I have one of my main characters who could benefit from this. Plus, I read Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy so it's a reminisce moment. :D

Taking:
-Have a character who is obsessed with Sharpie pens.

Gave me an idea for my detectives partner. *Laughs* Thx!

Leaving:
-Have one of your characters own a red panda
BP if they have no idea its a panda
DBP if they never figure it out
TBP if they are the MC
QBP if the panda saves his life because he doesn't know

I'm going to do the Ghost one! And the karaoke contest, hehe.

Using:
"Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
• BP if it's human bone
• DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
• TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Include in your novel the superstition that coffee steals souls.

Have a random karaoke contest."

This is going to be fun!

"-Have a zombie who died of alcohol poisoning, and is therefore constantly drunk."

I made and played a vampire in a dark ages Masquerade that required alcohol to be in the blood of his victims. I wanted it as an interesting quirk to play around, but didn't put much thought into it. I found out later that it meant he'd be drunk after feeding.

Man, that changed the game into one hilarious moment after another. The fact that I constantly rolled 1 on anything important (even on re-rolls) like trying to ride a horse and later sword fighting a tree, just made it even funnier. At one point I fumbled tossing away a demonic knife over a fence and it went directly into my foot, nearly killing me. Man, good times.

I am going to MAKE the strange shop fit in my story. It's an awesome idea.

Hmm... how to work in a coffee-steals-souls superstition whilst having a coffee-powered supercomputer disguised as a human being in my story...
Dare taken!

Taking a couple of them.

brionyjae wrote:
Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

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Have a character who always carries a towel with him/her.
BP if it's an MC
DBP if the character is hitchhiking at some point in the novel
TBP if it's vital to the plot
QBP if the towel's blue
Two Plates of Cookies and three Cakes: The character has read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I am claiming these. I just am. They're amazing.

Love the store idea.
Sadly I can't really make it work for my story.
It could have potentially story changing implications for other novels, though.

"I am going to shoot you now, Mr. Bond."
"Ha ha! But what you don't know is that I recently purchased a dramatic monologue for a villain to say! If you want to finish me off before the police arrive, I suggest you get talking!"

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"

SNAG!

Yessssssss HOCKEY. I love hockey. Challenge accepted.

The strange shop is a cool idea too. It doesn't suit the type I'm going for, but I do give it props.

I am definitely taking the strange shop idea :)

You just made me the happiest person in the world by mentioning Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!!!

"-Have your characters discuss suicide. And make it funny.
-Have a scene where two characters throw out innuendo using hockey terminology.
-Have a character who is obsessed with Sharpie pens."

Probably gonna use these. Gonna tweak the hockey one. Thanks a bunch!

dude, both TBP's already apply to my other project in these!! do I get sextuple points?

include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict



Ohhhh yes. Taking both!

Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

-Include in your novel the superstition that coffee steals souls.


Both of these fit into my novel so well, I will have to use them!

Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

..... Two of my main characters are ghosts.... this ought to work well :D

I accept your ghost dare! I was wondering how I was going to incorporate my pool in the basement scene and this just did it! Thanks!

Having a mad scientist and a parallel universe makes my story wide open to dares this year...

I'm taking the store. And the ghost. And the alcoholic zombie. And the coffee stealing souls. And the funny discussion of suicide. And possibly the egg-cooking scene. :3

(It's a good thing I bought a NaNo notebook just to write down all the various dares and prompts I'm doing this year. It's going to be full soon if I'm not careful. :D)

"Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict"

IT IS SO ON

And then my main character decided he loves the crowbar.

Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

I'm so using this one.

haha. I could so do at least 2 of those dares (the ghost one and the jammed in bone one). I could also do (and love the idea of) some of the random ones! This actually gave a bunch of ideas! thankies

-Have your characters discuss suicide. And make it funny.

Haha, I was actually already planning on doing this! So I guess I'm technically accepting the dare? My MC is a shapeshifter who was raised among humans, but his natural state is a liquid form. So he doesn't actually KNOW how to kill himself. Every method we know... just doesn't work. At all. :P Meh, sounds funnier in my head and when it's not 6AM in the morning after I stayed up all night long. I'll get it though. ;)

Taking a few, many of those are relevant to my interests, especially since I need plenty of rowdy supernatural creatures for my vampires to police. XD

The ghost and drunk zombie are going to be particularly good fun. ^_____^

There are some pretty good ones in there. I might use the knife, the ghost and maybe even the egg! Really good ideas!

All of these are awsome. Expecially like the strange shop and ghost ones. Thanks for sharing!

Totally taking the hockey terminology innuendo one! :)

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Have a main character who is a serial killer
BP if the serial killer drives a red car
DBP if the car is a nice red-orange to match potential blood splatter
TBP if the serial killer refuses to hit people with the car on the grounds of "impersonal" murdering

-Have a zombie who died of alcohol poisoning, and is therefore constantly drunk.

Taken.

Using the not-exactly-friendly ghost, the towel (if I can), and the cooking of the egg. :D

-Have your characters discuss suicide. And make it funny.
-Have a character who's holding a drink in all his scenes.

Done, and done :)

brionyjae wrote:
Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

I simply must put this in my novel somewhere.

brionyjae wrote:
*rolls up sleeves* Okay! I have some pretty epic ones saved from past years, they aren't all mine.

Taking:
Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

Have a character who always carries a towel with him/her.
BP if it's an MC
DBP if the character is hitchhiking at some point in the novel
TBP if it's vital to the plot
QBP if the towel's blue
Two Plates of Cookies and three Cakes: The character has read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

-Have a character whose weapon of choice is a crowbar.
-Have a character who continuously tries to do things like drink a gallon of milk in an hour or lick his elbow.
-Have a character who swears only in Russian.
-Write a scene entirely dedicated to the cooking of an egg (guaranteed word padding).

You are a genius!

Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

Dude, this will SO work in my story! SCORE! lol love it! I'm writing about a girl who's freakishly afraid of teh supernatural and magic stuff, but falls in love with a wizard with (lots of) enemies XD

Ahh! So many good ideas! I'll probably use a few of 'em.

For the bone one, do I get bonus points if I replace knife with "needle" (I have a character who stabs people with needles) and any extra bonus points if he later gets the needle stuck in a knife?

I think I could totally use the ghost one.

brionyjae wrote:

Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

I am SO using this. Changing it a smidge, though. :)

Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

and

Write a scene entirely dedicated to the cooking of an egg.

I'll be trying these two. Thanks!!

brionyjae wrote:Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

This will work great. I can totally see my FMC saying this to her ultra-squeamish assistant about one of her own injuries.

I'd love to use the ghost dare if I can fit it in somewhere. Also, I'm replying to say that I utterly adore your Ianto/Myfanwy icon! *squee*

taking the coffee one and the shop one :D

I love them all! I take
-Include in your novel the superstition that coffee steals souls.
-Have your characters discuss suicide. And make it funny.

Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

and maybe


Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

but they are really all great xD

QBP and a cookie for the store dare if YOU the Author, is the shop keeper.

Oh yeah.
Just scored that. :)

So doing this:
Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

Going for BP. Wouldn't work out if I went for DBP or TBP. But do I get extra for having the stabber say it to the stabbee's son?

Excerpt from my book in which I used that line! (Although I changed it from 'jammed' to 'thrust'.. I don't think the word 'jammed' existed in medieval times.)
"I drew my knife from my boot and stabbed his leg with it. I can’t- Keane, he’s your father. I don’t know what I was thinking. Do you know what the worst thing is? I thrust it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone? I felt some release, some of the anger drain out of me, but there was so much, and it’s still there now, simmering… "
Like it? Let me know :D

YOU have such great ideas.

Taking:
-Have a character who swears only in Russian. (so perfect I wish I had thought of it first)
-Have a character who's holding a drink in all his scenes (HA perfect character trait for one that hasn't been introduced yet)
Also taking:
Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim

brionyjae wrote:

Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

-Have a character whose weapon of choice is a crowbar.
-Have your characters discuss suicide. And make it funny.
-Have a character who is obsessed with Sharpie pens.

Is that a Dr. Gordon Freeman reference (crowbar is weapon of choice)?

Anyway, I accept these dares. *insert Challenge Accepted

I'm taking the towel dare, Sharpie dare (one of my friends LOVES Sharpies), and the coffee superstition.

Included the coffee one. Thanks a bajizzilon!
P.s. Is that a real word? Should be, anyways have a novel day! Heehee I love saying that :D

I'd like to add a DBP to this dare:

brionyjae wrote:
-Have a character who swears only in Russian.

DBP if the character only thinks he's swearing in Russian and is, in fact, just saying common Russian words (i.e. "Pivo!", "Privet!")

"Include the line "I jammed it in so hard, it got stuck in the bone. Do you know how hard it is to pull a knife out of bone?"
BP if it's human bone
DBP if the human can hear this line spoken
TBP if the line is said TO the victim"

Does it count if the victim *thought* the line after she was stabbed, replacing "I" and "you" with he? Because that's what I did. *evil grin*

brionyjae wrote:
Include a ghost that isn't unfriendly, isn't particularly friendly either, doesn't communicate much with the living, and just generally tolerates the people living in his house.
BP if he turns on the radio, just because he likes music
DBP if he takes occasional showers
TBP if the people living in his house (or place or whatever) know about him, and just say "Oh yeah, that was the ghost" like it's nothing weird

Have a character who always carries a towel with him/her.
BP if it's an MC
DBP if the character is hitchhiking at some point in the novel
TBP if it's vital to the plot
QBP if the towel's blue
Two Plates of Cookies and three Cakes: The character has read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

And now for just some general dares - although, feel free to take them further! ;)

-Have a zombie who died of alcohol poisoning, and is therefore constantly drunk.
-Have your characters discuss suicide. And make it funny.
-Have a character who's holding a drink in all his scenes.
-Write a scene entirely dedicated to the cooking of an egg (guaranteed word padding).

...enjoy, Wrimos! :D

I shall do all of these. There is a good plot point waiting to be made out of that ghost (especially considering the main character is a psychopomp), I have a character wacky enough to carry around a towel at all times, I'll bet you 10 cookies I can make the scene with the egg meaningful and sad, and the suicide discussion had to come around eventually. The zombie might not be exactly a zombie, but it's a not-quite-dead-person who died of alcohol poisoning. Close enough. And he will be holding a drink in all of his scenes.

brionyjae wrote:

Include a strange shop somewhere in your novel that sells things you could use in a story (e.g. a good quality description of the house next door, a second-hand, slightly dusty suspenseful pause, etc.)
BP if none of your characters find this strange
DBP if one of your characters buys something
TBP if it turns out to be a major plot point/resolves the conflict

-Write a scene entirely dedicated to the cooking of an egg (guaranteed word padding).

DONE. And it was beautiful. Thank you!

My MC is a torture assistant who is torturing a man with a knife... she may accidentaly get it stuck in one of his bones...

have someone destroy a violin
-if it belongs to one of the MC
--if everyone hates the violin
---including your other MC and the villain
----if your MC and villain join forces to destroy the violin and end up becoming besties

taking the crowbar as the weapon of choice

I wrote a scene about the cooking of an egg (well, eggs) earlier without even seeing this post... it sounds dull but they were space-eggs... kind of...