Religious, Spiritual, & New Age Dares http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684 mattkinsi We're a different breed, you and me, who like to write Religious, Spiritual, & New Age fiction. Doesn't mean we can't have fun with some dares! Have an idea that you think would be awesome, or awesomely bad, in ReligiousLit? 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. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:00:59 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9836 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9836 mattkinsi I'll start us off. +5 if your MC discovers a new religious text +10 if your MC wrote it in a past life +10 if your MC realizes it's not new at all - it's actually Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:01:55 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9844 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9844 White Lily Heh, I aleady have the+5 in the first part of the fantasy trilogy I'm doing part two of now .... and is toeing the +10 since it's a direct ancestor to the MC's that wrote it :) Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:43:04 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_11713 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_11713 PenGryphon2007 Dare: Your characters decide to start their OWN religion and appoint the MC as leader of it. BP: If your MC goes with it just for fun. DBP: If your MC is eventually ostracized from said cult. TBP: If this cult eventually sweeps the nation(s). (Actually, this might be better for the Fantasy genre...) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:53:47 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_62144 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_62144 EricASatchwill +5 if one of your characters has 'Bowl of Petunias' syndrome (brought back over and over again for the same purpose) Double if he figures it out Triple if he starts messing with his own bloodline, becoming both the great-grandfather and mother of one of the other characters Bonus points if you can have Daemons discussing the nature of life, spirituality, and what the Creator has planned Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:14:32 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_68284 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_68284 Flyleaf This made me literally lol. ;-) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:51:03 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192050 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192050 LDRobwell [Removed] Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:12:19 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_233541 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_233541 LDRobwell Oops clicked the wrong thread, sorry. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:14:20 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_233568 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_233568 skywerewolf Dare: Your character has/is their own god/deity/religious character attached to them +5 if they are kind and sweet to their own/kind to everybody +10 If they use their powers to create a utopia that would make Mare Sue jealous. +10 If they ascend/take up to gods/"the one true ruler's" side. Nothing mean, it's just that it seems like a pretty drawl. I would be quite impressed if somebody pulls it off well. (I have the Dare but none of the bonus points.) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:23:24 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_379576 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_379576 Leadtheway Dare: No one in your novel disputes the dominant religion. (ie no religious debates) +5 your MC realizes this +10 your MC wonders why and tries to instigate or at least question the status quo.... even if he or she is a devout follower of said religion. +10 every time the MC tries to instigate, one of the lesser characters stops him/her +10 the lesser character isn't trying to stop the MC at all, its completely accidental. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:06:21 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_410153 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_410153 slainangel [quote=mattkinsi] +5 if your MC discovers a new religious text +10 if your MC realizes it's not new at all - it's actually Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [/quote] I almost got these two already; except that the MC's revelation eventually turns out to be an excerpt from a series roughly equivalent to 'Scrubs'. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:33:37 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_640563 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/1684?page=1#forum_thread_comment_640563