| Saipanwriter | Dare Me! |
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This is a dares thread. I'm starting it from purely selfish motives. I'm writing a dare novel. But of course, with dares, anyone can take them. So I'll start by leaving a dare. |
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Nov 4, 2009 - 02 34
I'll take you up on that dare! Don't know how yet, but it's *definitely* going in the novel! :)
OK, I'll continue the dare:
I dare you to use a "Furry" in your novel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom
:)
45,877 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 03 29
um, okay! furry will make it into my novel somewhere.
Another dare:
*Use something from a blog that is out of your usual interests.
For example, the textile blog: http://www.thetextileblog.blogspot.com/ (If you're not into textiles),
or
big rigs: http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/03/26/big-rig-big-heart
or
stamp collecting: http://www.stampcollectingroundup.blogspot.com/
or your choice.
BP if you use more than one arcane or exotic blog for your story
DBP if you develop a plot point that causes the two oddities to intersect
Have fun
----------Saipanwriter
http://saipanwriter.blogspot.com
42,010 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 21 49
include a recipe.
42,562 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 21 57
I think I can work in a recipe...
I dare someone to use a Spanish Dancer in their novel. (no - not flamenco - this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dancer)
45,877 / 50,000
Nov 6, 2009 - 23 04
I dare someone to use a Spanish Dancer in their novel. (no - not flamenco - this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dancer)
I just discovered that one of my characters is working as a dive guide. So yeah, I'll take Spanish dancer!
Dare: name a character Heath Robinson; but be sure to look it up (it's in my dictionary as an adjective); make him like his namesake. use his work in a clever or fanciful way.
BP: he's friends with Rube Goldberg
Saipanwriter
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45,367 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 14 02
I'll take that dare. Heath Robinson will make an interesting addition to the cast. I like the possibilities.
Dare: Have a character quote aloud from the Twitter posts of http://twitter.com/FakeAPStylebook.
For instance:
"Use "login" for the noun, "log in" for the action,
and "Loggins" when you're footloose in the danger zone."
42,010 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 03 05
using the perspective of a plant, describe a situation and/or character. (this stems from my wondering if my ficus tree ever wanted to beg for mercy before dying.)
82,556 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 03 15
@carlo: I had one of my characters quote from the Fake AP Stylebook -- good dare!
@marie: Damn. I don't know how the hell I'll work a plant's perspective into the story. I'm gonna have to think on this.
leo
42,010 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 04 11
@ leo: aren't you writing about a novelist? when in doubt, write an excerpt from his book. or use it as his writing exercise before he actually gets to writing. just think about what your tofu says at night before it gets dumped into the stir-fry.
82,556 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 11 02
It's funny because my novelist has actually completely abandoned his attempts at writing a novel, and is now immersed in other things. I think it's time he dusted off his manuscript. Thanks for the reminder. :)
leo
45,877 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 14 22
I need a dare that tells me how to get all my clues planted, my characters to discover them in a not-too-obvious sequence, figure things out and tackle the bad guys and prevent the 5th murder, and be done at 50,000 words!
:-)
I think I have too much story left and need to write like the wind. Unfortunately I am temporarily becalmed, in the literary doldrums, and needing to get work done at my real job.
On that note:
LEAVING this dare:
*Include a birthday party at McDonald's
*BP if the kids go out of control
**DBP if there's a food fight, drinks get spilled or there's just a general mess
***TBP if the staff/management go out of control
(I like realism!)
----------Saipanwriter
http://saipanwriter.blogspot.com
82,556 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 18 41
OK, I dare you to do all that! ;)
On previous dares: I've now worked in the church of scotland, a thinking plant's perspective on one of my characters, and a quote from the Fake AP Stylebook.
@Saipanwriter: I'll take your McDonald's dare!
And LEAVING this dare:
Have a paragraph of backwards text in your novel. It must be a clue for one of your characters.
Leo
42,562 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 23 26
Oooh! I'll take that dare!!! I'll just make it more creepy lyrics from Nick Cave since the bad guy is taunting them with threats via lyric quotation! :-D
And for the next dare:
I dare someone to use the made up word: woojabitty in their novel as a term of excited exclamation...
for example: Their aircraft had been shot up, and was spinning out of control. With supreme force of will the gunner managed to make it to the cockpit and move the body of the co-pilot over so that he could take the controls. Out of nowhere they were slammed again by fire and wooojabitty! A hail of bullets rained through the glass shield that had been protecting the pilot from the freezing 300mph winds. Embedded with the broken shards, the pilot was out of commission, effectively leaving the gunner to attempt to pilot the craft to safety.