In the spirit of the great race, here's a dare for those who care to try it.
Put a horse race in your novel. Or a dragon race for you fantasy writers.
And have the winner win in a similar way to whoever wins tomorrow.
Oh, and give it a name that's an anagram of tomorrow's winner too (or at least derived from it).
Anyone up for it?
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Shayne Power
2008: The Endling Conspiracy of Resonance (winner!)
2007: The Knight of Carthage (even further from winning)
2006: The Aristocrat (didn't win)
50,014 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 02 01
Sounds fun, but could I use the undead instead of dragons? My fantasy doesn't have dragons in it.
50,249 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 03 20
That's very easy for me, seeing as my entire book is about a particular type of horse. XD And it's fantasy!
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50,014 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 03 37
I just had to make an imaginary land with no horses, didn't I? Damnit. We should make it that someone's wearing a stupid hat as well; a bystander or spectator, or maybe the things that are racing.
52,638 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 04 31
An undead race? I have to see this. Zombies?
Yes, stupid hats should be compulsory.
And to anyone else asking, I don't think it really matters what is racing. I'm going to do boats. Consider these the essential elements to the dare:
1. A race. Won closely or by a large margin in a similar manner to the 2008 melbourne cup.
----------2. The name of the winner should be related in some way to the winner of the cup.
3. There should be stupid hats.
Shayne Power
2008:
The EndlingConspiracy of Resonance (winner!)2007: The Knight of Carthage (even further from winning)
2006: The Aristocrat (didn't win)
52,638 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 02 56
Just so everyone knows, a horse called "Viewed" won the race. Was well ahead in the straight but ended up by winning by half a nostril.
I can't wait to see the Zombie race that LimboWoman makes of that! :-)
----------Shayne Power
2008:
The EndlingConspiracy of Resonance (winner!)2007: The Knight of Carthage (even further from winning)
2006: The Aristocrat (didn't win)
52,638 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 02 57
Oh, and Viewed is an aussie horse, trained by Bart Cummings. And that in the race where everyone thought the imports were going to dominate.
I can use that.
----------Shayne Power
2008:
The EndlingConspiracy of Resonance (winner!)2007: The Knight of Carthage (even further from winning)
2006: The Aristocrat (didn't win)
52,638 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 06 42
I love dares.
I got 3.5K words out of this.
I'm sure it's awful, but who cares!
----------Shayne Power
2008:
The EndlingConspiracy of Resonance (winner!)2007: The Knight of Carthage (even further from winning)
2006: The Aristocrat (didn't win)
50,014 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 22 19
We should have an Obama/McCain dare on the day they announce the winner.
50,037 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 22 42
I've already used the line "back in the day when nobody ever thought America would elect and African American as their president."
I couldn't quite get my head around a melbourne cup-esque race but I do have a group of people in ridiculous fashions with stupid hats. The phrase 'melbourne cup' was also used a couple of times. Does this count?
50,014 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 23 06
Hmm. I think that counts. I would count it; I got to use the undead, after all.
76,494 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2008 - 03 18
Hmm, my novel won't have any organised horse races, but horses are used as transport, as well as a primitive car prototype. Maybe I can have a horse racing against a car.
----------4,348 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2008 - 21 02
heheheh....My whole novel is based on the melbourne Cup! lol
----------"There is no such thing as an aspiring writer. You are a writer. Period." ~ Matthew Reilly