Literary Fiction Dares, 2011! http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688 Dragonchilde And presenting the mostly annual LitFic Dares Thread! Have an idea that you think would be awesome, or awesomely bad, in a LitFic? Leave it as a dare. And, assign a relatively random point value to it, just for that added level of competitiveness. Get stuck at some point? Grab a dare off our thread. I'll get us started off. (Thanks, mattkinsi!) +5 if a piece of artwork plays a major role in your NaNo +10 if that piece of artwork talks +10 if that piece of artwork just talks in your MC's head about brush strokes. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:12:02 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1326 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1326 TheBookworm A piece of artwork talking would be fantastic, and I think it would actually fit into my novel quite well. Thanks for that! I can't think of any dares of my own at the moment, but if I do I shall post them here. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:33:51 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_7505 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_7505 Simonetta + 5 if a character's obsession with a historical figure/movie star/ some well known person plays a major role in your story + 10 if they meet/ somehow communicate with this person Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:37:50 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9452 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9452 Dragonchilde That dare is totally mattkinsi's... I can't take credit for it. :) Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:47:57 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9622 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9622 mattkinsi *whistles innocently* Ok. Even though I'm not writing LitFic this year (I think my main NaNo actually qualifies as Science Fiction meets Religious Lit) here are some dares +5 if the MC ponders about how boxes of kleenex never seem to run out +10 if the box suddenly runs out +10 if this causes the MC to have an existential crisis +15 if this is the main character growth moment in your novel Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:56:16 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9762 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9762 Sciolet I'll do that. Hell, I can't wait to do that! Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:09:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9975 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9975 mattkinsi +5 if a piece of paper becomes an essential character +10 if it has something written on it only the paper can see, but no other character +10 if what's written on the paper is essential to the other character +15 The paper shares its secret if and only if asked kindly, but no one ever does Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:29:28 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_11449 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_11449 Raquelin +500 if you have a legit, tightly woven plot full of external factors and stimuli. +501 if your character has to leave the house for it. ;) +5 if your character notices a theme in his/her life without overtly breaking the fourth wall +10 if the theme that the character notices is not an actual theme Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:45:01 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_13981 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_13981 Xmaspast I might take this one. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:22:56 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_19253 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_19253 Tipardity I just narrowly avoided spitting coffee all over my keyboard. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:58:04 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_19970 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_19970 DanWells11 This could fit perfectly into my plot AND characterization - there are no promises though haha Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:28:22 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_20581 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_20581 TheZazzMan Ok, here are some good old meta dares +5 if your main character has your name +10 if your character is also participating in NaNoWriMo +15 if you include excerpts from your MC's novel +20 if you use your MC's novel to present a commentary on the perceived differences between LitFic and Mainstream Fic Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:46:01 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_24473 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_24473 phoenix.spice +5 if your main character stops their existential by walking by the baby grand piano they've wanted all their life +10 if the manage to have/find/come up with enough money to buy the piano and move it into their house. +15 if the biggest scene in the novel is while someone is playing a piece of reoccurring music on the piano +20 if someone dies on the piano +25 if there is kind of a piano, but not really, and it's more of an idea about what music is to the soul Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:12:36 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_24993 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_24993 SkittleAttak 'If someone dies on the piano' Gosh, I'm wanting so badly to try and incorporate this into my novel haha. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:30:26 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_30454 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_30454 BaKa-NEKO +5 If your protagonist never sets foot in a coffee shop +10 If your protagonist does set foot in a coffee shop and then orders the most absurd, flamboyant drink on the menu +15 If said item isn't even on the menu +20 If protagonist has an existential crisis over the fact that they can't get their order because it doesn't exist. +25 If this is a pivotal scene in your novel +50 If this is the climactic scene of your novel. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:34:46 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_37918 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_37918 bluemittens ...and here I thought I was going to be clever by having my MC stumble across a write-in and be suckered into joining up! (Semi-ironically, this is why I have no chance at taking baka-neko's dare from below for never stepping foot in a coffee shop. My MC is an AUTHOR, how can she NOT go into a coffee shop? and in November, all coffee shops are fair game for write-ins :) Can I still get the points if she's going to cheat and use the novel she already has in progress? Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:27:01 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_39805 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_39805 yoshi927 +100 if you write a chapter where every sentence is entirely alliterative. (Clarification: You can vary letters between sentences, but within the sentence every word has to start with the same letter) +a bonus 50 if that chapter is over ten pages +25 if you write a one-sentence chapter +50 if Ernest Hemingway appears in your novel (even as a cameo) +a bonus 50 if you don't name him, but make it clear who it is anyway Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:04:14 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_43247 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_43247 phoenix.spice I think I'm taking the one sentence chapter and I might try just one alliterative sentence, maybe one per chapter. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:58:59 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_53285 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_53285 kitandkat I would love to write in not-identified-Hemingway... not sure how that would happen considering he's dead by the time my novel starts (then again what is death? does it really happen?), but it would be awesome. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:11:31 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_53836 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_53836 kitandkat Definitely have the obsession... my character thinks almost exclusively in Taylor Swift lyrics and wants to name a child Taylor. Yeah... I doubt she would ever meet Taylor Swift, though. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:17:05 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_53888 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_53888 catalytic Complicated drink order? I can do that. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:22:11 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_54567 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_54567 TheZazzMan I think I'm going to have to do the one sentence one too. Do I get extra points if I can cram in a pretentious literary reference. I was thinking something along the lines of "My mother is not a fish" Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:11:24 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_54801 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_54801 yoshi927 Sure. +a further 25 if your one sentence is a pretentious literary reference! Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:45:26 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_58411 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_58411 Aunt_Dew You have just given me new ideas for very important scene. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:54:12 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_80523 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_80523 Yuustinoodle +5 If a character loses a pair of shoes and then goes looking for them +1 if the shoes are pink +100 if it makes sense for the character to be wearing pink shoes +10 If there's a good reason why the character HAS to go looking for their shoes instead of putting on another pair +15 If character'search for shoes turns into a self-search journey +25 If a person turns up with the shoes and returns them +50 if the person returning the shoes gives a good explanation how they took the shoes +50 if the person returning the shoes also gives a serious reason why they needed the character's shoes Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:55:25 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_81675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_81675 MrHeywire +25 for a 1,000 word, grammatically correct sentence. +75 if it contains no semicolons. +500 if it contains no punctuation at all. +20 if every chapter is set in a different location +25 if every peripheral character is you, the author (eg. MC overhears a strange conversation you once had on a bus) Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:21:44 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90337 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90337 Stark_Raven_Mad +5 if Your character spends a scene getting drunk with someone they hate +10 if it's over the phone (both are drinking, separate locations +25 if they come to a deep realization about the other person while drunk and the one I really wanted to say +100 bonus points if not only the spoken words, but also the description, beggins soo slur ant melts up weirds, I mean words as the scene progresses. ~ +10 if there's a recurring character whose name the MC can never remember or never knew +30 if Mc gives them a new nickname in their head every time they meet +50 if the characters name turns out to be either the same name as the MC or something symbolic to the story-line. +200 and a cookie if the characters name is part of the title. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:58:35 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_91474 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_91474 Inachis +5 If the plot doesn't make sense at all. +20 if the plot isn't supposed to make sense. +100 if the plot's just a reason to get the character to do some introspection. +30 if at least one near-death introspection scene is included. +40 if your character actually dies after that scene. +50 if your other characters start to realize something after your character dies. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:12:24 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_92991 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_92991 MrHeywire I hereby accept the 5, 10 and 25 point drunk dares (and possibly the 100, depending on how I feel at the time), as well as the 10, 20 and 30 point name dares. I really like all your dares! :) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:49:42 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_93407 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_93407 monquito +5 if one of your characters purposely takes on a Philip Marlowe affectation. +10 if there is no sense of mystery in your novel whatsoever +50 for use of the word "hinky" +75 for the character saying "You shoulda seen the getaway sticks on this dame!" +100 if they do it for the whole novel to the point where everyone else hates them by the end Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:49:38 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95014 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95014 monquito I would love to also do the 10,30,and 50 point name dares. I will see if I can do the 200 point one since I am undecided on my title at this point. My working title, instead of being hilarious, would fall a little flat as the name I think. But not as one of the nicknames! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:52:34 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95049 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95049 Milla Berlin +10 if you write dialogue in the phonetic alphabet +20 if there's a marked difference between different characters' pronunciations of the same words +30 if the difference in pronunciations has an important effect on the plot +100 if you do this for all the dialogue in the entire novel Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:33:37 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98114 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98114 Simonetta + 10 if a character believes he/she is the reincarnation of a famous person + 15 if they adopt that person's mannerisms, fashion sense, etc. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:34:52 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_98909 MrHeywire Ha! I'm already planning the +10 pointer! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:30:21 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_101492 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_101492 Lonaneomaflame Oh I can so do the 10, 30, and 50 name thing perfect for my story, I already know what name I'd use. ~thinks of a way to make it part of the title.~ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:25:08 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_102129 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_102129 openendedskies +100 if you kill your character's best friend Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:11:21 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_109068 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_109068 subtlemelodrama This. Just this. I wanna do it! At least, I'll try! Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:33:40 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_116574 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_116574 subtlemelodrama Are you mad? This dare is... too much! Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:34:58 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_116593 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_116593 Lonaneomaflame I might be able to do 50. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:06:53 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_117080 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_117080 Lonaneomaflame I believe my English teacher would call 25, 75, and 500 a run on sentence. I could do 1000 word sentence easy but my teacher would circle it and say something like "Scary long run on sentence" if she ever saw it. now the 20 and other 25 are actually possible just not with my story. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:26:18 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_117348 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_117348 IrishRoseDKM +10 if there's a recurring character whose name the MC can never remember or never knew +30 if Mc gives them a new nickname in their head every time they meet +50 if the characters name turns out to be either the same name as the MC or something symbolic to the story-line. +200 and a cookie if the characters name is part of the title. LOVE IT!!! Might steal. I already had a little of this going on in my mind-story Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:37:27 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_118403 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_118403 Stark_Raven_Mad My characters best friend is dead but you aren't supposed to know that until about 80% of the way through the novel so I'll take it! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:08:17 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120291 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120291 KaitTTT The best! I want to give a main character my name... instead I just make her feel the same way about her name as I feel about mine. Also, while it isn't "nanowrimo", 6 of my characters are writing novels as a part of a writing group, and I intend to include excerpts from each! <em>Cha-Ching!</em> +++++!!! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:12:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120931 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120931 KaitTTT I have a feeling I might be able to cash in on the one sentence chapter as well. +! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:13:55 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120941 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120941 KaitTTT If only I could include a scene of Santa checking his list - then I could cash in on the 1000 word sentence points! Dang! Love the peripheral character idea. Might do something w/ dat. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:16:50 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120960 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_120960 Simonetta + 20 if your MC has a phobia of the smell of coffee Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:56:04 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_124037 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_124037 monquito Accepted! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:35:24 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_126790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_126790 TheLoveMutt I might just employ at least these first two... haha Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:34:05 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_137447 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_137447 weirdalchemy I think I will most certainly be earning some of these points... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:41:32 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_141477 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_141477 Cayris +5 if you use famous quote in the dialogue +10 if its a popular misquote +`100 if anyone pulls off a deaf character Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:59:18 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_142444 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_142444 Simonetta I accept the first three dares! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:42:20 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_142939 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_142939 bluemittens Deaf character it is. Bring on the points! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:37:52 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_145470 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_145470 KaitTTT "GETAWAY STICKS" !!!! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:58:06 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_146685 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_146685 KaitTTT +10 if your char. is mysteriously subscribed to a magazine they would never otherwise interact with. +10 if they have been receiving it for ~5 years. +25 if they move and the subscription follows. +50 if this is more than just a "quirky" detail of your char.'s life and actually plays into the story somehow. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:04:04 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_146780 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_146780 TheZazzMan Score! already planned for, do I get bonus points if I bring him back to life. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:38:06 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_154997 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_154997 TheZazzMan some more silly pretentious dares +5 if your character has a physical confrontation with an abstract concept +10 if the concept is irony +15 if the fight is somehow ironic +35 if the concept is pacifism +50 if pacifism wins in a graphically brutal way +100 if the concept is abstraction +200 if the concept is good grammar and the writing reflects who's winning +500 if the concept is literary complexity and the fight somehow makes self referential commentary on how ridiculous it is. good luck Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:51:58 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_155075 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_155075 Melodia-j +5 If it includes a note written on a napkin +10 if the note was not intended for the character that receives it, but it is relevant +20 if it predicts their future +5 if it features letter correspondence +20 if the only way our character communicates is with letters, despite clearly having access to all modern technology +100 if, in addition to the above, they also live with others and their interactions with their cohabitants is the only way the story is told Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:14:57 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_155246 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_155246 monquito This actually happens to me with Rolling Stone! I have come to suspect Ticketmaster as the culprit... Too bad it doesn't work in my dystopian world. Unless I invent the magazine entirely, like "Oppressive Robots Monthly" or something hehe. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:30:31 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_156486 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_156486 sixleaf I might just be able to fit all of this in! Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:17:57 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_159872 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_159872 KaitTTT +5 for every book a character of yours has read that you haven't actually read yet or "finished" or whatever. +20 for including a major holiday. +15 for including a character's birthday. +5 if it's a party. +50 for a one-sentence list that takes up an entire page. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:34:38 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_167305 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_167305 MrHeywire I think I'll take up all three napkin (or serviette, I should say to be true to my native Australian dialect) dares. Very interesting. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:50:59 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_168607 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_168607 EFBQ Certainly leaning in a piece of artwork having a central role. Not sure if it will talk though... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:03:25 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170893 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170893 EFBQ The first two are good! Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:05:07 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170909 EFBQ " +5 if your character notices a theme in his/her life without overtly breaking the fourth wall +10 if the theme that the character notices is not an actual theme" Love it! I think I can get these points. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:07:31 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170937 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_170937 EFBQ Snag! Well, hate at the moment, anyway, hopefully I still get the points. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:12:39 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_171003 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_171003 EFBQ Well, it's more like a sketch, but there could be notes jotted on it. At least 15, but possibly 35... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:16:08 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_171049 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_171049 darklighter93 . ^_^ Thanks for the idea, I think these will really help my story! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:35:15 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_185939 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_185939 Holy St Clair In my first nanonovel I had a dog puppet chanelling a 5th dimensional entity until the entity appeared to the main character as Spencer Tracy Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:06:45 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_186325 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_186325 evillatenighttv And that takes you back to the first post. Hemingway painting that talks to your main character. Fits you into another dare and cures the pesky dead thing. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:04:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_187891 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_187891 evillatenighttv Whoops! Somehow my reply was posted one down from where it was meant to go. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:05:31 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_187903 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_187903 Gabran I'm doing some of these. This I'm heading for the world's longest sentence. I don't even care if it's grammatically correct if it's long as hell. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:14:54 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197915 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197915 groundsofbklyn That. That sounds *AMAZING.* Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:09:38 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_199369 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_199369 MutableTiger Some craaaaazy chit in here! I love it!! Going to try to knock some of these out and the 1-sentence chapter has me really intrigued! :) +10 one of your MC's passes out more than 5 times during the course of an ACT. +5 if one of your MC's makes a non-politically correct joke +50 if one of your character's spot or mention the NaNoWriMo! :D Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:32:03 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_202460 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_202460 Carny I love the idea of every chapter being set in a different location. Even if I don't end up doing it, I hope someone else does. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:43:42 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_206433 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_206433 Carny I am definitely doing the 30, 40, and 50 point dares. Though, that was already the idea, so I'm not sure if I should get points or not... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:48:47 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_206524 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_206524 milly "if someone dies on the piano" Ohhohoh, yes. This, this could work. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:43:37 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_207463 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_207463 under the vegetable +5 if one of your characters is given a small, unharmed foreign bird by a cat belonging to one of the neighbors. +10 when your protagonist steals a 1980s volvo from the parking garage of a catholic hospital and uses it to hide something important +15 for not actually writing a novel so much as an exegesis on another novel you like from the perspective of a hypothetical person who views that novel as a divinely-inspired religious text, for example a metafictional attempt to base a ufo cult on william goldman's "the princess bride". more points if you get followers on the internet Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:39:33 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_211347 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_211347 moiraking +20 if you have a character who constantly makes up absurd facts that are too fantastic to be real +25 if a character speaks completely in riddle-rhymes + 50 more if the rhymes make sense and are relevant to the story + 25 on top of THAT if at one point, they don't speak in rhyme and no one understands what they're saying +10 if the an inanimate object (the same object) appears in every chapter. + 25 more if the main character uses that objects several times without noticing its following him/her Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:51:42 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_215782 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_215782 monquito Wow, you're amazing. And kinda stingy with the points. That said, I can do the first two. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:22:53 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216165 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_216165 Mandy Noble +70 points if your character hears God talking to them +230 points if your character sees God as a person +320 points if your character lives forever Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:09:15 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218371 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_218371 goodgreek Taking the +5 for book I haven't read and +2- for major holiday. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:30:47 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_224174 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_224174 goodgreek Going for both the 5 and 10 pointers Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:34:04 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224187 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224187 goodgreek Sending Hemingway to my nano-party now. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:35:42 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224193 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224193 goodgreek I think I can take on all of these! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:36:10 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224198 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_224198 bluemittens My contribution: +5 if one of your characters has major issues with their height +10 if this is because they are too short +15 if they go to extreme measure to make themselves appear taller/smaller +20 if your too short/tall character is actually an average height double points if this is central to the plot AND remains unresolved at the end of your novel or: +5 if one of your characters keeps a diary +10 if you include excerpts +20 if the excerpts make no sense, and have zero relevance to the plot +50 if one of these excerpts is "My mother is a fish." and a cookie if you recognized that reference :) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:35:40 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_225399 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_225399 KaitTTT +15 to me for diary &amp; excerpts! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:53:18 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_225550 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_225550 monquito The first half sounds super Jonathan Ames-y, I love it! It won't work for my current story, but I might squirrel it away for the future. I get the cookie, perfect reference for NaNo! Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:22:36 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_232721 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_232721 jtggodqos I attempted a novel very similar to this one, actually, back in 2009. I failed miserably in completing. I may pick it up again a few years down the road. but not this time around. though I do love that others break the Fourth Wall in their works. :D Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:04:43 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234358 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_234358 shinykeef oh goodness, i'm a nanowrimo first and this dare is killing me. i certainly know how i'll be applying it. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:46:15 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_237200 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_237200 ThreePatchProblem To the names: I claim all points before NaNo even starts! XD Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:55:54 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_242038 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_242038 ThreePatchProblem +10 if your character is told s/he looks like a celebrity +15 if s/he doesn't actually look like them +30 if they meet the celebrity +50 if they become fast friends +100 if they trade places +200 if your character kills the celebrity and takes over their life Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:02:44 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_242146 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_242146 Ate I love the peripheral character one! (and the 1k sentence, even better if it's a pivotal moment aka so good that the reader doesn't realize it's one sentence) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:05:23 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_246430 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_246430 Ate That is so so brilliant. Battle of the concepts :) Could make an excellent French novels in the 60s. I really like the +200 as I imagined a pretentious college type character who would take everything literally and because of drug abuse, ends up losing words (makes no sense, whatever) Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:09:16 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_246481 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_246481 Ate Interesting! What about +350 points if the character the MC sees as God doesn't believe that the MC is real? Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:10:48 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_246497 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_246497 IrishRoseDKM +10 if your FMC is frequently accused of being a bitch +15 if the FMC hasn't done anything to warrant the bitch epithet + 20 if those accusing your FMC of major bitchdom are, in fact, the ones guilty of said bitchiness or hostility + 25 if they've acted out their bitchiness/hostility in some physical way (ie throwing objects at FMC) + 30 if FMC thinks being called a bitch is a sign from above and makes a major change in her life + 100 if major change is to become MORE bitchy after which previous accusers find her to be much more pleasant Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:19:56 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_251621 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_251621 iymcool I may just get the +10 and +20. Oh how fun this will be! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:24:11 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252677 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_252677 KaitTTT Sounds almost like the plot of Jose Saramago's <em>The Double</em>! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:40:23 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_255300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_255300 goodgreek +15 for diary and excerpts. + cookie Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:43:19 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_268640 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_268640 KaitTTT Maybe "Big Brosmipolitan". Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:37:39 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_277943 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_277943 monday_eyes Love this one! It sounds like it may work. +15 here I come. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:54:45 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_290589 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_290589 Jenny_1981 +5 if you have a scene where your MC folds laundry +10 if she (he) breaks down crying at the sight of one article of clothing +25 if its a sock +100 if it all happens in a laundromat +250 if they work there and folding laundry is their job +500 if it happens every time they see this particular article of clothing. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:10:13 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_290837 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_290837 fangmich definitely doing the 100! so excited for it! Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:01:47 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_296274 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_296274 MissJewell I have a character perfect for the 20-pointer. Yes! Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:39:45 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_301832 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_301832 MissJewell Made me giggle uncontrollably. Unfortunately, I don't think I could do more than the 5-point dare. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:41:51 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_301883 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_301883 MissJewell WAIT WAIT WAIT I take that back. Count me in for +10 and +25 as well. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:43:44 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_301919 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_301919 MissJewell Going for +5, +1, +100, +10, and possibly +15. This is amazing. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:01:07 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_302259 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_302259 jra0913 One- Badass Bad Wolf pic. Two- That last dare made me LOL. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:49:56 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_303207 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_303207 DanWells11 Hmm, I'll have to make one of my characters a pianist-in-training. This is exciting haha Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:53:36 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_321685 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_321685 DanWells11 Definitely going for the napkin points. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:02:34 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_321884 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_321884 DanWells11 These are fantastic! I think I've got room for the first four, and it will fit PERFECTLY into the timing of my plot. ♪It's rainin' points, hallelujah♫ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:07:01 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_322001 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_322001 panteau A random list because I know I'll take some throughout the month: +10 if nothing much really happens in your novel +15 if your title explicitly gives away the one big plot point +20 for the inclusion of a were-dragoness (and a cookie if it serves no purpose whatsoever) +10 for a character who constantly makes "my mom" jokes +15 if the character makes "my mom" jokes to his/her mother +20 if the father/stepfather thinks it's funny +10 for an adult protagonist who thinks EVERYTHING is cool +15 if s/he believes terrorists are cool +20 if s/he constantly uses the expression "fondue pops for everyone!" Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:10:25 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_325022 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_325022 TerminalVerbosity What a great list of dares! I think Hemingway will definitely have to make an appearance in my story. Extra points if he shows up while the MC is visiting the bull ring in Ronda? +5 for including a quote from Jane Austen AND Chuck Palahniuk in the story +10 if the quotes are relevant to the story +15 if the Palahniuk quote is from something other than Fight Club Happy November 1! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:21:26 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_345984 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_345984 Lonaneomaflame I have the birthday ones, My MC turns sixteen and has a sweet sixteen party. nothing big though. and the holiday one. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:11:14 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_346651 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_346651 TurtleMama [quote=MrHeywire] +25 for a 1,000 word, grammatically correct sentence. +75 if it contains no semicolons. +500 if it contains no punctuation at all. +20 if every chapter is set in a different location +25 if every peripheral character is you, the author (eg. MC overhears a strange conversation you once had on a bus) [/quote] Definitely going to make every chapter set in a different location! I may do the peripheral character as well since my novel is a bit autobiographical fiction anyway! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:17:06 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_353791 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_353791 unicornsong I'll be taking all of the "my mom jokes" dares, though with a more serious twist. My MC and her mother have a pretty bad relationship. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:57:28 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_384978 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_384978 Sab.eth Haha! One of my MC's name is Hemingway! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:05:38 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399294 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399294 Sab.eth I LOVE the peripheral character dare. Done and done. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:07:44 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399358 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399358 Sab.eth I accept your 5, 10, 100 and 10, 50, 200 challenge, AND the first will be inherent in the second! Woah yeah! (Flipping great dares.) Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:13:44 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399570 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399570 Sab.eth Already half-way there! Yay, killing fictional people! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:15:04 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399610 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_399610 Sab.eth I love it! Reminds me the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. &lt;3! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:16:26 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_399666 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_399666 Sab.eth +35 for diary, excerpts, and absolutely no relevance! I love this dare! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:20:29 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_399808 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_399808 Joseph Staleknight +5 if the novel only covers a week's worth of time and nothing extraordinary happens. +50 or 100 if it takes an entire library of references to decipher that! Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:35:49 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_415413 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_415413 Sab.eth I'm mixing and matching all these wonderful dares, so thank you! Here is my contribution: +5 MC has to make an important, but unspecified, meeting but, due to events in the novel, has to keep rescheduling it. +50 if MC never makes it to the meeting +100 if, in the last chapter or so, MC makes it, but the other party never shows or has to reschedule. +5 if you have a paragraph that is 26 sentences long and every sentence begins with the next letter of the alphabet (you can start with any letter and go around the horn). +100 if you can do this for a whole chapter +250 if it is the climax of the novel. OH SNAP. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:57:28 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_430547 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_430547 RebekahW I already have characters who speak only in rhymes and they make sense and are relevant to the story.:) I might do + 25 when at one of the parody junctions in my novel when one of the rhyme characters decides to go to an open mic night and attempts free-verse. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:54:04 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_437495 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_437495 xxCoFxx +5 if you incorporate a talking animal +15 if that talking animal slaps people +20 if a computer comes to life +30 if that computer is a sassy smartass +100 if you incorporate one of the above and it's a crucial part of your story Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:03:15 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_459791 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_459791 jamiewords +5 if you have a meta moment in each of your chapters +10 if that meta moment references NaNo +20 if it becomes a meta meta moment where the story meshes and blends your frame of reality and your story's in the novel +100 if you manage to integrate all of this in a killer, mind blowing speculative fiction-esque ending Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:59:26 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_463670 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_463670 studentofrhythm Well, check on +5, but alas, I don't think I'll qualify for the 10 or 15. How about characters acting out works of art? Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:43:47 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_466070 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_466070 Olivia Mohtady +50 if no death is involved throughout the whole novel Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:19:10 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_474057 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_474057 nackj My main location happens to be a coffee shop...oh ho ho! I may be making big points if I run out of dialogue/plot ideas. :) Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:17:41 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_480175 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_480175 saturnal I'll take on the artwork one; it won't be talking, though. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:44:40 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_517975 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_517975 saturnal Taking the one-sentence list dare. I love lists, am actually giddy at the idea of writing it... Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:47:27 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_518005 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_518005 saturnal So scared that at the end of the month I will inadvertently win the +10 for having nothing much really happening in my novel... Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:49:05 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_518025 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_518025 saturnal I've taken so many from this thread, leaving: +10 if you write a scene that explores the etymology of a word. +50 if you do not use the word. +10 if you write a scene in which the only action is the washing of a potato. +20 if it does not take place in a kitchen. +20 if the potato is not intended for eating. +10 if you write a descriptive passage using colour terms to describe things that do not have colour as a property (e.g. colourful sounds, colourful smells, colourful sensations). +50 if you write this passage from the point of view of a character who is visually-impaired. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:00:58 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_518145 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_518145 Serendipitist +10 if you quote song lyrics at the beginning of each chapter +50 if their all from the same band/singer +75 if no one else has ever heard of said band/singer +100 if you just made the lyrics and band/singer up Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:14:39 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_529695 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_529695 W.E.D. Well, I got the +15, and the +501 already. Not sure about that +500 though, I'd feel as I'd be egotistical in saying that.-Which is odd for to admit, though it is true. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:25:48 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_541337 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_541337 dasfinks Ha, genius! Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:02:18 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_542203 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_542203 diyanux +10 if your MC practices an instrument at some point during the story +15 if a friend is there and starts singing along to a song that they're playing +5 if the song doesn't have words and the friend is just making lyrics up as they go +20 if a few other people show up and start singing +25 if your MC tries to sing along as well, but keeps messing up the lyrics +5 if she doesn't realize s/he has the lyrics wrong and keeps singing +30 if while your MC is singing, s/he messes up the lyrics so that there's some sort of obscure reference in them +35 if this turns into a full-scale party +45 if this is a major plot point +50 and a cookie if said instrument is a kazoo, bagpipes, or a triangle Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:43:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_543129 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_543129 MrHeywire +100 If you use MS Word to autosummarise your novel so far to 100 words, and then use a section of the autosummary in your novel. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:46:59 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_543227 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_543227 EccentricDeary I... may go for the +50! ;D Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:45:26 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_544800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_544800 EccentricDeary So... If I write write a one sentence alliteration about Ernest Hemingway without stating his name, and make the sentence somehow stretch across 10 pages (Possibly through enlarged font,) and make that a chapter, I get +225? Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:49:12 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_544846 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_544846 EccentricDeary My entire novel is diary excerpts. &gt;:D So I can pretty much do all but the +20. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:00:31 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_544984 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_544984 EccentricDeary I've been taking some, so I'll leave some too~ +5 If you legitamately use a tilda (~) in your novel. +10 If it's not above a "Ñ." +50 If it is used for expressions various emotions. +100 If you have a character who always uses them. Bonus +35 if it's an MC +200 If another character comments on the character's frequent use of tildas. +250 If you do it without breaking the 4th wall +500 If this happens on multiple occasions. +1000 If this becomes a major theme or plot point. +143017 If this becomes THE theme. --- +5 If you have a scene with magic card tricks. +10 If they are based on math. +15 If your MC joins in. +20 If the magic trick the MC watches is trying to guess cards incorrectly. +50 If the MC continually gets every single card right. +100 If the character leaves, and comes back to a person halfway through the deck, the MC says a number and suite confusing the other person into saying it, and the number/suite is right. Bonus +5 if the number is Seven of diamonds Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:25:21 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_545209 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_545209 monquito +5 if one of your characters goes to see a Devo cover band +10 if the name of the band is "Pugs in Wigs" +15 if the whole band wears wigs +25 if they actually bring a pug in a wig out on stage +50 if your character adopts the pug +100 if your character joins the band +200 if they go on tour at the end of your story Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:12:56 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_550924 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_550924 sarolee17 Woot! 5+10+10+15 = 40 points for me! Wrote it as a short story, actually, where this was pretty much the entire focus. Thanks for the awesome idea! :) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:47:33 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_570203 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_570203 Anywiebs My MC works in one, but we can cheat and have someone else do that. I might actually do that. As I'm so far behind ;) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:04:53 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_573296 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_573296 TheLoveMutt Already got the 5 and 10 for diary excerpts. =P Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:18:35 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_575414 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_575414 mrawrites [quote=TheZazzMan] some more silly pretentious dares +5 if your character has a physical confrontation with an abstract concept +10 if the concept is irony +15 if the fight is somehow ironic +35 if the concept is pacifism +50 if pacifism wins in a graphically brutal way +100 if the concept is abstraction +200 if the concept is good grammar and the writing reflects who's winning +500 if the concept is literary complexity and the fight somehow makes self referential commentary on how ridiculous it is. good luck [/quote] This is SO BRILLIANT. Dear god. SO BRILLIANT. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:15:42 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_580009 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_580009 mrawrites +5 if you have your entire plot told by the MC in a huge, 48000 word story +10 if he's telling his own story +15 if he's telling his story, but pretending like it's not his story and he's just a bystander in this other guy's life story. +20 if that guy gets mad at him and tells him to get out of his life or else he'll get a restraining order +25 if that's why your character is telling this story BUT +0 if a. it was all a dream or b. he's schizo. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:20:13 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_580110 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_580110 OwlChic +5 if one of your MC's join a fight +10 If that fight is against the opposite sex +20 if that character is a child +50 if your MC looses the fight Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:28:20 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_590668 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_590668 Lady Wordsmith Sounds like something I'd want to try. Thanks! +5 if your character bakes a loaf of bread +15 if the bread bakes to the size of the oven +25 if your characters all eat it +50 if a child is scared and refuses to eat it Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:29:37 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_604080 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_604080 Lady Wordsmith Nice! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:30:01 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_604085 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_604085 Lady Wordsmith This is an awesome idea. I really like it. Especially the future predicting. This is just what my novel may need. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:32:21 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_604137 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_604137 molin84 +17 if your MC hits a kid who looks like harry potter with her/his car +19 if he gets up unscathed +32 if he was drinking that shape-shifter elixir and it was really ron Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:31:15 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_623604 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_623604 molin84 Perpetual slurring dialogue. I like that. Consider it done! Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:43:16 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_623889 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_623889 molin84 how about +5000 if your last chapter is a MS Word Auto summary Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:45:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_623933 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_623933 molin84 +10 if your MC has OCD about double knotting shoe laces +20 for triple knotting them +50 if there is a part in the story where they attempt to double knot a friend of a friend's laces +100 if an autistic child hates double knotted shoe laces and tries to undouble-knot the MC laces +500 if a random character is obsessed with speaking in haikus and states a haiku about double knotting laces +1000 if that haiku (all by itself) is an entire chapter Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:56:09 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_624136 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_624136 molin84 how about +200 if it's a pro wrestling magazine? Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:13:10 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_624502 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_624502 molin84 speaking of Jose Saramago... I really liked The Cave which brings me to +5 if you MC goes into a cave of sorts +10 if they have a random encounter with a homeless person in the cave +50 if the homeless person offers them some peanut butter +75 if the peanut butter jar they are holding is empty Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:19:14 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_624615 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_624615 molin84 fondue pops.... mmmmmmmmmmmm Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:20:05 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_624632 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_624632 molin84 definitely trying out the lower +5 and I can already see myself trying to do it for a whole chapter Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:21:59 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_624660 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_624660 saposapo took a lot of these, thank you on offer: child walks into the room carrying something dead two characters that don't know each other are trapped by fire bicycle collision someone steals your mobile phone lost something at the beach Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:51:03 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_643857 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_643857 Quinnleeeee I love your photo, sixleaf Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:50:23 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_646178 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_646178 Abiloo I'm using "Someone steals your mobile Phone" for the very next part of my story. Thanks How about: Someone get's pregnant and doesn't know whether to keep the baby or not Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:48:16 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_655769 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_655769 WhereIsTheLion Hahaha already had a deaf character from the start! :P Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:56:17 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658918 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658918 bluemittens oh my. I'd forgotten about Auto-Summarize. I now have one hundred words of summary, eleven of which are the word "Blue." This is only ironic if you understand that one of the main focal points of my novel is the color yellow. "Yellow" is not in the summary at all..... Auto-Summaries never fail to disappoint in terms of amusement, at least. :D Now to take on this dare! Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:21:26 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_680658 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_680658 shadow.of.smoke Ooh, I think I'll be earning +25 points here. Suddenly I have something I can write about again! -cries tears of joy because is so far behind- Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:24:46 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_681657 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_681657 silencingthebell I dare you to have someone have a pee behind a tree with cows watching ... my character refused!! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:18:32 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689471 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689471 silencingthebell ...but I'm pretty sure she would like to bring home something dead , thanks for that one. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:19:19 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689476 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_689476 Project18 Just got through a 26 sentence paragraph with alphabetical sentences! Thanks for that!! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:11:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_690031 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=2#forum_thread_comment_690031 musthavebeenmykarma Oh no! That's backing down on the challenge! you should be writing a 10 page pyncheon-esque alliterative masterpiece of a sentence that is all about hemingway :P Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:06:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_699709 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_699709 mjh2395 Love it! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:51:29 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_717535 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_717535 GrangerGirl26 DUDE. Not doing it, but HILARIOUS! Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:20:39 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_725832 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_725832 circusrunaway To funny -- I had already gotten +10 for the first one before reading this, now on to the others I suppose... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:26:04 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_796057 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_796057 MutableTiger I used the "one-sentence chapter" dare and I gotta say, it was pretty effective! :) Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:26:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_870480 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_870480 MutableTiger I also picked these up too! +5 if one of your MC's join a fight +10 If that fight is against the opposite sex +20 if that character is a child +50 if your MC looses the fight Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:26:49 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_870491 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_870491 bluemittens Just checking in to say that I'm writing him in now. He'd only shown up by correspondence before, so this should make for an interesting first meeting :) Yay for dares helping to spur on the seemingly endless words left to the goal line! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:01:41 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_888696 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_888696 vampyre_smiles Take something that normally would not be presented as slice-of-life, and present it that way. BP: If the situations are completely unrealistic/surreal. DBP: If no matter how odd things get, the characters act as if this is the most ordinary thing in the world. TBP: If this is used to show the absurdity of everyday life. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:43:59 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1181504 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1181504 SkyeWriter.Imaginarium Same here, but I don't think he's been pulled off! Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:17:54 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1255873 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/688?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1255873