Colorado Springs Dares

Here's a couple CS specific dares:

Include a reference to the ubiquitous Shane Co. jewellery radio ads.
+point if it includes directions "far south of Denver off I-25.."

Make Pike's Perk the setting of a random scene.

Have one of your characters ONLY listen to KEPC. Or KRCC, I guess. That'd work.

Have the MC drive past a cake delivery truck on the highway that's stuck in traffic and quickly losing their goods to the heat.
+point if your MC can find an inventive way to help the situation!
(I swear to God this almost happened to me last summer on I-25... damn you CDOT!)

-j.

Include a World of Warcraft reference similar to this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qj9N9-j5pk4
+point- Make it just as awkward as the scene

Have one of your characters use one of the WoW racial jokes: http://www.wowwiki.com/Joke

That's all I have so far, and I swear I'm not addicted to WoW >>.>>

Woohoo! C. Springs Dares! These are more fun because you get to meet the people who put up dares and show them how you managed to work stuff in.

*Include a character who can never get their car's keyless entry right on the first try.

*Include a bloodhound named Calamity Jane.

*Constantly refer to a character with a descriptor attached to their names. (i.e. Pushing Daisies, when they keep saying, "lonely tourist Charlotte Charles.")

*A truck that says "Roaring Judy's Fish Hatchery" on the side.

*"Oh my gosh! You don't wear another man's hat!"

Quite possibly my favorite forum in the group. I got a choice dare from here last year about naming one's ax and having complex conversations with it. That was intensely amusing to write.

~Have a character always have an umbrella over their head; sunshine, rain, or clouds. It's always there.
Bonus: If they have a childhood story to make it plausible to have said umbrella over their head.

~Present should be a printer that will always print odd runes and ancient writing over the document you are actually trying to print.

~Somewhere have a pair of drunken dragons pass by the main characters singing "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts".

~Have a character use a black marker to draw expressions on their face to emphasize their feelings.
Bonus: They have some way to wipe it off, so every few minutes they can draw on a new face.

~Devote a page to a couple of people playing an intense game of frizzbie with their old music cds.
Triple Bonus: If it's an epic 'battle to the death' with dramatic background music.

Totally taking this one!

~Devote a page to a couple of people playing an intense game of frizzbie with their old music cds.
Triple Bonus: If it's an epic 'battle to the death' with dramatic background music.

I don't know how I'll make it fit, but I will!!!!

Mara-jade, you are my new best friend. Personally, I might try the Lord of the Rings parody joke.

It's ok, I'm also not addicted in any way, shape, or form. >.>

~~Ellerias / Santakat / Sareille (All 3 will armory.)

Since the book I'm probably going to write takes place in a ficticious Colorado city and is non-fantasy, I'll probably only take IronChefJerky up on those challenges...in fact, if you have any other Colorado specific challenges, bring 'em on! As much as I would love to have my MC make some WoW references, the only people in her world who play are her sons...hmmmm, that actually may work...must think on that.

hmmm, do I have a dare? Maybe later.

PS to ICJ: sorry, my MC can't listen to either radio station, since I made up a radio station that is not only the initials of the fictional city (Rio Frio, Colorado) but my initials!!!! 'Your easy listening station for the Cold River Valley...KKRF' LOL

* Have a character who is always seen painting rocks white.
+ Bonus point if s/he always shows up in inappropriate locales, such as an elevator.

* Include a not-dangerous medical condition which makes people's necks make a *splat* noise whenever they turn.
+ Bonus point if one of the main characters has or acquires the condition.

* Include a paragraph or chapter written backwards in time.
+ If you can write the whole novel like this, I'll be amazed and give you 2999 bonus points
++ If it actually makes sense too, then 92838 bonus points!

There are a few in there that are generic enough to fit my story. I may try to sneak a couple in. Examples:

• Gnome male: "I look bigger in those mirrors where things look bigger." My MMC is only five-foot, two, but I can't see him saying anything quite so simple. However, one of my villains isn't much taller, and he would say something like that--probably to a hooker.
• Orc female: "I'm very feminine. And I'll beat the crap out of ANYONE who disagrees!" My FMC who is Japanese-American might actually say something like this... except she prefers the element of surprise. I'm thinking of a scene--she's at work and it's about 4:00 pm (she's a waitress), her ex shows up newly released from prison (the second little guy, above), she tells him to get lost and he starts to make a scene so she introduces him to the floor, her boss reprimands her and says she should try to be more lady-like, and she says, ____. She is fired, of course.
• Troll female: "I got all this, and personality too." Very generic, so no specific scenes or characters come to mind. Oh wait, maybe the 250-pound Cajun dude. He's a real study in contrasts. Obvious red-neck, loves hunting, packs a small handgun just because, but always a smile and an encouraging word, and very friendly with everyone. He's one of the good guys.
• Blood Elf female: "How can I miss you if you don't go away?" Oh man, this is soooo my villainess. Powerful woman with beauty, brains, money, and a personality like a power tool.

 

I have an elderly dog whom one of the character's talks to. I hadn't pictured her as a bloodhound though. She needs to be 13 or 14. Love the name!

 

Not a problem!

Question: what is wrong with peas? Okay, the canned peas are horrid dreck, but fresh or even frozen are a delight!

 
Now for my dare:

Include a Temple of Morpheus in a scene. This could be in any setting, but modern is best. This temple should be incomplete with semi-permanent scaffolding around it as the workmen keep falling asleep so progress on finishing the building is very slow. The characters don't need to go inside the temple, but they should at least comment on it.

Scotty

Come on, you guys! I need some more dares!

As always, keep in mind that some of us are writing in genres other than fantasy.

*Include a character who sees someone from their past in the Price Is Right audience.

--Sarah

Okay, this one is really lame, but have one of your characters refer to the title of your novel and make a comment about it being a New York Times bestseller.

Yeah, yeah, lame, but there it is.

-- Include a Twinkie ® in your story.

-- Include a bird named Mischi (the Quchua-sp?- word for cat).

-- Have a grown-up run a lemonade stand on a busy corner each weekend.

-- Have a character who watches "Ace of Cakes" on the FoodNetwork religiously.

-- Have a character who has traveled the Inca Road to Macchu Picchu (PM me if you need more info on the Inca Road).

-- Have a character who is addicted to OceanWater drinks from Sonic ®.

-- Have a character who is participating in NaNoWriMo.

-- Use MagneticPoetry ® as an intricate part of a plot twist- like the final mystery is reveled to the detective from a clue left using MagPo- or something like that!

-- Include a deck of cards that is used for something BESIDES a card game.

-- Include a recipe- bonus points for actually making the recipe first to try it out .

-- Have a character who simply can't live without Post-It ® notes- or have Post-It ® notes play a pivotal part in your story.

--Include a character who is a tea snob (again, PM me if you need to know more about tea snobs- I am one!).

-- Have a character who's soul purpose is to quote famous writers- they should never say more than 5 words of their own at a time.

-- Have a character who loses his glasses and refuses to go buy a new pair- but his vision is poor enough he can't recognize people without corrective lenses.

-- Have a character who only uses COBigelow ® Lip Shine - bonus if the character is a guy (PM me if you want a long list of the various "flavors"- or check out Bath&BodyWorks).

-- Include a pink backpack.

-- Have a character named Nia.

--Have a character who manages to step in some gooey substance every time she walks outdoors (gum, paint, ice cream- get creative.)

-- Have a character who keeps a vending machine in their kitchen and requires quests to buy their own refreshments.

-- Have a character who was in the PeaceCorps.

Include references (preferably one per chapter) to a female zombie.
*If the zombie is referred to by the pet name 'darling'
**If the zombie is a main love interest
***If the main character is the zombie (or turns into it)
****If not all the references to the zombie are literal
*****If every sentence containing a zombie reference also contains a '...'

Spend an entire paragraph on someone figuring out that the only reason we are different from animals is our ability to deny things.
*If your character denys this statement
**If your character recognizes the paradox and comments on it
***if your character mentions something about Jean-Paul Sartre at this point

Include my actual love interest. She had bright red hair, sings in an emo (ish) band, dances incredibly awesomely, moves like an angel, has a beautiful singing voice...etc.
*If she has dreams about a man with dark curly hair, brown eyes, and tan skin sitting at a computer typing, occasionally looking up at her
**if she, for some reason, knows either that I am writing a NaNovel or knows my name
***if she dedicates a love song to me

(Ironically, most of this kinda, sorta, almost happened in my novel.)

I want your main character to have a wresting match with God.

Bonus Points if:

- If God cheats to win.
--Your main character cheats to win.
---Your main character cheats to win and it's in a way that makes philosophical sense.

I like your third dare, narniaprincess!

-- Have a grown-up run a lemonade stand on a busy corner each weekend.

I'll use it =]

Some of those are pretty interesting. I won't include a whole recipe, but I have some scenes in a kitchen where mother and (adult) daughter prepare food and talk. I *have* done some research into recipes to find something "ethnic" (mom came over from Germany).

 
Scotty's Newest Challenge... or Perhaps it's Inspiration

In a private message with a CS NaNo'er I related a true story of an odd phone call I received years ago. I realized that the device of a phone call based on mixed up identity could be very useful to anyone looking for a disaster for their novel. I might be able to use this myself. There are a zillion possible variations, so I'll give my story and let y'all customize it as you see fit.

You could write that from either end (caller or callee), and write the disaster from either end too... or both ends.

My wife was watching me so I told her what I thought about the "some Scott Miller somewhere who's gonna die" and she went to bed. I have no idea how Sally got our phone number. Maybe she looked it up in the phone book. Oh, the curse of a common name. On the other hand I did have an Internet stalker for about a week...

Scotty

This could work for me. I have a minor character, a college woman (senior), who shares a duplex with my FMC. She and her fiancé exist mostly for comic relief, to dispense slightly twisted advice as needed, and when my MMC's sister comes to town and moves in with the two girls this character's role expands to drive the sister nuts with noisy sex. The character's name is Chrissy. My MCs are too busy with the plot to mess with NaNo too, but this sounds like the sort of crazy thing Chrissy would do.
 

"Soul" purpose?   Ahhh, not this, but I've named my venture capital firm Wilde, London, and Hijuelos. (Oscar, Jack, and Oscar)

edit: <looks through notes> Ahhh, here it is, the Santa Barbara office of said VC firm is on the 12th floor of the Stendhal Building. Hmmm, old notes, they need to be further north. Make that the Monterey office of said VC firm. So, while I don't have a character who quotes famous writers, I have managed to sneak famous writers into the story.

Scotty

that is what you get when I'm asked for plot dares late at night :) And maybe I was thinking that she has no soul since she only quotes others... who knows- it is November after all, no one said I was thinking clearly :)

introduce a minor character who wears two tiaras.
Bonus points if it's not a little girl.
more bonus points if it has a legitimate reason for doing so, and no one is at all surprised.

Ahahaha...! I'm using that last one. XD

We are in Colorado right?

Include one of the ever popular Nalgene® water bottles somewhere in your story - that one is easy.

Okay, another lame dare. Have a minor character say to your main character something like, "Christmas tree technology has come a long way since we were kids, hasn't it?" (extra points if you work in a silver aluminum christmas tree)

I have something to add to this one:
*Reference the fact that Nalgene® bottles are supposed to be indestructable
**Have a character shoot through one with a black powder rifle, proving above statement false
***If it isn't the character's Nalgene® bottle
(This happened at a camp I went to one summer)

Include a character whose conversations always include this:

"I said to him, I said, 'Bob,'--'cause that's his name, Bob--I said, 'Bob,' . . ."

My mom's boss talks that way all the time. It's so hilarious, but I haven't found a way to incorporate it into a novel yet. If anyone does it, NaNoMail your excerpt and I will bring you a present at the TGIO party.

LOL i'm pretty sure i could base my whole novel off of these...if i hadnt already started and it wasn't based in Japan that is. lol! Oh btw, i've used the twinkie one and the pink backpack one so far haha. And i made a reference to the "animals are superior" one ahaha.

Oh and here's mine: Use the name of a local band [The Hazel Branch, Says the Tree, As Told By, Zombie Slumber Party, etc]
*if you use one of them playing at the Black Sheep or the Element
**if you use one of their upcoming shows [PM me if you need those details]
***if you use all of them in one setting and randomly talk about the band members
****if one of your characters is dating one of the band members

I don't have a bloodhound named Calamity Jane, but I do have a beagle named Shit Biscuit in my novel.

Is that worth half a point, perhaps?