Here's some random challenges that emerged last night at the write-in:
Exploding biscuits
Tea-ninjas (kill people using tea-related things)
flamenco dancers
use the word "Yarr!"
aardvarks (for our mascot)
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| cheesymarzipan | Run out of ideas? do something stupid! |
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Nov 8, 2007 - 05 56 |
Here's some random challenges that emerged last night at the write-in: ---------- |
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Nov 9, 2007 - 06 00
Well I've got the Aardvark covered already (alien aardvark comes across my party of explorers as they work there way through the alien artifact). No surpise there since I managed to get the Aardvark a talking part in my story last year!
----------Not sure of about flamenco dancers,
But Yarr, now I can do that!
And Tea-ninjas no...er wait a minute. Yes I can get ninjas or something very much like them (the alien speical forces could be look like ninjas) now how can I handle the tea angle...?
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Nov 9, 2007 - 06 27
Oh I can definately use an aardvark ... I have crocodiles so an aardvark is a breeze!
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Nov 10, 2007 - 10 36
You forgot about the ninjas - they have to be emo ninjas.
My novel appear to do stupid enough things on its own - last night my MC got pushed out of a boat and nearly drowned....
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Nov 10, 2007 - 10 54
I have space pirates coming up around chapter 8, judging by my current pace, so the "Yarr!" shouldn't be a problem. I might struggle a little with the Aardvark as I'm set on a distant planet (or two of them) but I'll give it a good try.
Flamenco dancers are tempting. I shall have to give that some serious (or not so serious) thought ....
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Nov 10, 2007 - 15 49
Flamenco dancers and the word Yarr - check.
Emo Tea Ninjas wielding explosive biscuits and sharpened crockery - planned for the seedy underworld of the island city-state of Syar. And already foreboded against.
Aardvarks - oh bugger, another thing to add~
----------Twisted, yes, but strangely fluffy.
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Nov 12, 2007 - 06 05
I haven't managed to shoehorn aardvarks into my story yet, but I did manage mutant geckos and random song lyrics as conversation - which provokes whole scenes as I try to make it unnoticeable.
Also featuring: my granny's sewing machine which I've just acquired (it's lovely!) which started as a bit part and has now taken over whole reams of plot!
oh, and I sent the characters who weren't co operating to Coventry - terrible pun but it amused me at the time.
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Nov 21, 2007 - 10 43
Yes!
In the last two thousand words, I've managed to get space pirates, "Yarr, me hearties!" and an aardvark into my story, all without noticeable loss of pace or credibility (or so I like to tell myself). True, the aardvark is doing service as a pirate's parrot, but there are reasons for that :-)
Still got a few thousand words to squeeze the others in, although I suspect that the Tea-ninjas are a bit of a no go.
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Nov 23, 2007 - 05 41
note to self - Aardvark required.
Any more random challenges from anyone? Though making song lyrics fit seamlessly into conversation actually produced a whole new character...oops