So, so many innocents are going to die in my novel. Seeing as how this is my first NaNo and I should celebrate the occasion, I'm totally going to see if I can fit a bloodthirsty shovel in there somewhere. >:|
It's counts more if the Shovel happens when you have not planned on it. Oh the shovel will come, there is no stopping it, you just cannot control it. :)
Abandoned my first Nano idea for a second in mystery and suspense. Before I knew it, my MC--unnamed yet--was walking around the room holding The Shovel, with a nearly-dead body also in the room. Let's see how long I go before I finish him off.
Have had my hero use the travelling shovel of death to decapitate a fake druid. He first attacked them with a broom, which also dispatched a baddy. I had to stop there before it became the broom closet of death, or maybe the garden shed of doom.
Side note: I definitely had my MC fend off an alligator with a shovel the year before last. I didn't even realize that was a thing. I am so happy right now.
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Not accidental. Sometime this NaNo, you will send a subliminal message to your past self, saying "KILL IT WITH TSoD!!!!!!!!!!!! And maybe some fire too."
Well, I just read a short story in an anthology where it showed up to kill not one, but two bad guys. Powerful item, that one. It's sure to crop up in my story, I can feel it.
Ah yes, the infamous TSoD. While I don't think that it will kill anyone this yeah, I shall definitely include it in the intro. A character is going to be upset he can't bring it along. Heh heh heh
Since I'm writing horror, someone's bound to die anyway, so I will have to open the doors for this travelling instrument of doom. With utmost pleasure.
I think I'll be giving this a whirl :D My bounty hunter will probably become rather good friends with the TSoD, after all, ammo is scarce in the aftermath of a nuclear fallout ;).
The Travelling Shovel Of Death
To quote from last year...
"The rules are simple. You kill a character. With a shovel. It's called the Travelling Shovel Of Death."
You can find out more here or here.
Is it appearing in your novel this year?
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I just got a brilliant idea for how to put it in mine. Yes!
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So, so many innocents are going to die in my novel. Seeing as how this is my first NaNo and I should celebrate the occasion, I'm totally going to see if I can fit a bloodthirsty shovel in there somewhere. >:|
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I'm not sure how, but the TSoD will definitely make it into my novel. The setting is just too perfect for it not to happen. :)
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It's counts more if the Shovel happens when you have not planned on it.
Oh the shovel will come, there is no stopping it, you just cannot control it. :)
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I'm totally using it this year ;) its gonna be awesome, at least 2 deaths from the Travelling Shovel of Death!
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French the Llama...There is no way this could ever work in my story, to bad really...cause I'm using it anyways.
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Um, using FTL in a thread about the Traveling Shovel wins you 95 million points :)
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what is french the Llama in reference to?
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vlogbrothers.
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So this is what I have been reading about in a few places.
I will be using this!
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This is entirely awesome. Someone is so getting shoveled. Hehehe.
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Abandoned my first Nano idea for a second in mystery and suspense. Before I knew it, my MC--unnamed yet--was walking around the room holding The Shovel, with a nearly-dead body also in the room. Let's see how long I go before I finish him off.
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I really want to use it as a way to knock out a character, but he wont die. Whoops.
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Wondering if anyone knows a phobia for shovels?
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There isn't an official name for shovel-phobia.
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Oops, hit reply on the wrong comment. Meant to put that for penandpaper2.
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Oh yes, I can use this in my story for sure.
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Have had my hero use the travelling shovel of death to decapitate a fake druid. He first attacked them with a broom, which also dispatched a baddy. I had to stop there before it became the broom closet of death, or maybe the garden shed of doom.
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Actually, now that I come to think about it, there's a great possibility that it might.
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I'm sure it will. When I'm least expecting it....
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GO NERDFIGHTERS!!!
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i can agree to that one!!! GO NERD FIGHTERS!!!!
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DFTBA!
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French the llama! I can't believe how many Nerdfighters there are. That makes me happy.
...In honor of this moment, I shall kill three characters with the Shovel of Death and it shall be glorious.
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DFTBA!
Side note: I definitely had my MC fend off an alligator with a shovel the year before last. I didn't even realize that was a thing. I am so happy right now.
Accidental TSoDing?
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It was not an accident. It was fate!
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Not accidental. Sometime this NaNo, you will send a subliminal message to your past self, saying "KILL IT WITH TSoD!!!!!!!!!!!! And maybe some fire too."
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For some strange reason, I can't get it out of my head. So I'm about 100% sure it will.
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Well, I just read a short story in an anthology where it showed up to kill not one, but two bad guys. Powerful item, that one. It's sure to crop up in my story, I can feel it.
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I got thousands of words from TSoD in my last nano and am definitely using it again this year! (For dare points it will be owned by mr. Ian Woon.)
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Ah yes, the infamous TSoD. While I don't think that it will kill anyone this yeah, I shall definitely include it in the intro. A character is going to be upset he can't bring it along. Heh heh heh
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I'm sure I can find some way of fitting the TSOD into my novel somehow. :D
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Of course I will use it!
The TSoD played a major part in my novel last year, and it wil most certainly play an even bigger part in the sequel. :D
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Since I'm writing horror, someone's bound to die anyway, so I will have to open the doors for this travelling instrument of doom. With utmost pleasure.
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Oh, I'm sure I'll find someplace for it. It helped me so much in my last two NaNos.
Perhaps my shapeshifting assassin, Mr Ian Woon will have it. ;)
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I've been toying with the idea of having the infamous TSoD appear. Probably will. It'd work with my novel (And all of it's vagueness).
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Weirdly enough, I think I can find a place for the TSoD in my novel. We'll have to see.
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Strangely, I think I can make this work without being too random....
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I think I'll be giving this a whirl :D My bounty hunter will probably become rather good friends with the TSoD, after all, ammo is scarce in the aftermath of a nuclear fallout ;).
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I am now suddenly very intrigued by your bounty hunter lugging around the TSoD. xD *is mobbed by plot bunnies*
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I just got irrationally upset that I couldn't use TSoD in my novel this year, I'm not writing about killers this year, for a change... :(
But I WILL use Mr Ian Woon, again. I will. :)
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I haven't used it before, but this year I'm going to.
I'm making Mr Ian Woon my main villain, so I think he'd have a use for a travelling shovel of death.
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The shovel's wandered into (and, just as quickly, out of) dream sequences before, but I suspect I'll be using it a bit more concretely this year.
Come to think of it, I may have to come up with another minor character just to give him a shovel to the face...
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The shovel helped me out quite a bit last year, but I'm not sure if I can squeeze it in this year. I'm going to try my best, though!
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Hmm. I have five characters to kill. Surely I can use the TSoD for one of them...hehehehe