It's the attack of the NaNoDare thread - I'm doing a NaNovel heavy on the Dares this year, and I know lots of you guys are doing the same, so here's a thread to crash on and shout out each time you completed one of your dares!
I'll go first -
I'm 4 hours and 2,964 words into my novel and already I've got dare shout outs coming left and right. Here's what I've done so far:
- my MC is wearing yellow socks with pink bunnies on them
- his mom is making garlic bread out of rancid yak butter
- his best friend keeps saying "Oh my strawberry Pop-Tart of joy and spectacularly worn T-shirt of sexiness" at the end or beginning of every sentence
- a famous celebrity has made a cameo appearance - my celebrity of choice was Bela Lugosi
- the villain (Bela Lugosi) just sang "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" at an unexpected moment
yep - the dares are coming along fine, and surprisingly, so far they have all made perfectly logical sense for my story! YAY!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 54
While I haven't done any of the Dares... yet, I'm thrilled someone used my favorite 'rancid yak butter'!
I found this one my second NaNo and used it then. It's one of the few pieces I didn't lose that year and It's still one of my favorite pieces of writing of all time. I love the idea behind it and how it flowed.
I think I need to write it up as a short story as I doubt I'll ever go anywhere with that novel.
Huh, i think I'll have to try to find a new way to incorporate it into this year's NaNovel.
Ken
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Nov 1, 2009 - 12 07
Oh yeah, I forgot, I had another Dare that I got finished
- the first line of your story must be: "Where the hell are my pants?"
It was through my MC looking for his pants, that he ended up accidentally putting on his sister's yellow socks with pink bunnies on them, so I ended up using 2 dares in one with that! YAY!
and an update on the rancid yak butter - part of the dare was to use it as a weapon, well, I haven't used it as a weapon yet, but the fact that my MC's mom is using it to make Garlic Bread in a story about vampires - yeah, there's a good chance of my using rancid yak butter as a weapon at some point before Nov 30th rolls around! YAY!
I must rush back to the Dare Thread and find more dares. OMG! I love Dares, I'm going to try to have at least one dare on every page of my entire novel this year. :)
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I'm more of a classic trebuchet girl, myself. :)
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2007: Blood Sister
SF 2008: Flight of the Falcon
2008: The Marked Man
SF 2009: The Alliance of Delphia
2009: Lit
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- the first line of your story must be: "Where the hell are my pants?"
It was through my MC looking for his pants, that he ended up accidentally putting on his sister's yellow socks with pink bunnies on them, so I ended up using 2 dares in one with that! YAY!
and an update on the rancid yak butter - part of the dare was to use it as a weapon, well, I haven't used it as a weapon yet, but the fact that my MC's mom is using it to make Garlic Bread in a story about vampires - yeah, there's a good chance of my using rancid yak butter as a weapon at some point before Nov 30th rolls around! YAY!
I must rush back to the Dare Thread and find more dares. OMG! I love Dares, I'm going to try to have at least one dare on every page of my entire novel this year. :)
i did this to, the first line. introduction not included. It was prepended by "dude" however.
it involved my main character finding said pants on his drunken cousin, inside out. He had to tell his boss he spilled penguin food on them. :D
hahahaha your from OOB. I shattered my arm in a football game there about 5 weeks ago. get my cast off tomorrrow!
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I'm doing:
-BP- They don't realize they're doing it.
-DBP- The quotes are completely obvious. (i.e."To be or not to be.")
-TBP- They refuse to believe they are being anything but original, despite seeing physical proof to the contrary.
-QBP- They try to sue Shakespeare for plagerism.
-EvenMoreBP- They win the lawsuit.
And so far I have written this character in as Cody Dorrough. :D And I JUST realised that my main character is, in fact, a lawyer and has, IN FACT, met this man. He currently claims to be "The Real Shakespeare" and will attempt to make a comeback to his fame later on in the novel when he's forgotten about and ask my character to take his case.
... >:3 a little excited.
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1) "A lot of brilliant artists were horrible people."2) "Sorry to drown your mother on the second day. . ."
3) "Almost all of us are somewhere between becoming Hitler and curing cancer."
4) "I could get a little nerdy on you. . ."
5) "When you try to drown a baby, which I don't do very often. . . "
6) "I got hit by a ray and became the 50-foot man, and I came to the window and said, 'Hi. I'm here. Let's talk about Kant today.' And you would think that it's weird, but still think it's me."
7) "Clearly, I need to watch more commercial television."
8) "You're allowed to have the initial reaction of wanting to punch him in the face."
9) "Under my cape and tights, I am a writing teacher."
10) "Anyone own a rugrat?"
" No one owns a rugrat?"
Scott shoved his chair back from the desk and lurched it into a reclining position, making the swivel supports groan in protest.
"How can you think that? This guy is just some artsy kid." Scott was actually only two years older than The Artist. It doesn't take long for the job to age you.
"A lot of brilliant artists were horrible people." Matthews sighed, dropping the case folder onto Scott's desk. "And if not horrible at least very disturbed. Picasso and the ear?"
"Sure, sure. OJ, and 'I just loved her too much'."
"No..."
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----------Nearly all of the other lines could be spoken by one of my minor characters. They all sound like things that would come from him.
Fine Art
A horror, psychological thriller, romantic, surreal boat, taking a trip from an indie coffee house to a plastic box in an art gallery.
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DARE: Have vampires that sparkle
BP: If they sparkle because they wear glitter paint
TBP: If they sparkle because they wear sequined tuxedos
Homemade cookies: If your male vampire wears pink sequined suits and purple feather boas
A trip to the Moon: If your vampire is Liberace - glittering sequined, feathered, diamond studded concert pianist by day - evil blood sucking vampire by night
Liberace just ran through my NaNovel as a vampire that wears pink sparkles :)
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I just had one of my characters receive a wrong number text message that reads: "On the plane." :D
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I've finished with half my dares.
BP: if the action in your novel is overturned
DBP: if it was as a result of a coach's challenge
Include the invention of the game "Fetch."
BP: If no dogs ever appear in the story.
DBP: If everyone thinks the idea is ridiculous.
TBP: If fetch is crucial the plot.
Dare: Have an entire scene spent picking flowers.
BP: Picking flowers somehow is vital to the plot.
DBP: If the MC uses them to defeat the bad guy.
TBP: If the bad guy uses them to defeat the MC.
QBP: If everyone is screwed by said flowers.
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