Put your Sactown dares here!
I'll start with:
Include Andros' imaginary friend in your novel.
-kat
[Edit: Stickied. Please feel free to add your own to this thread.]
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Kat Templeton, Sacramento Region co-ML * http://www.retstak.org
"If I have weaknessess, don't let them blind me now." --Paul Simon




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Okt 31, 2009 - 23 56
double points if the friend is playing a recorder! triple if the recorder is invisible!
----------I cannot believe I put my battle eyeliner on for this!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 01 41
My imaginary friend's name is John.
----------Have you heard the news that you're dead?
No one ever had much nice to say.
I think they never liked you anyway.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 12 41
Here are two dares we've talked about:
1. have someone wearing a bright neon green shirt that blinds the eye
2. have someone wearing an article of clothing inside out without knowing
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"Try to be one of those people on whom nothing is lost." Henry James
Too bad I have such a bad memory!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 20 03
catch a character doing the Macarena
bribe someone with a mini cheesecake
threaten to kill something sparkly (or someone)
use the phrase "quick! to the batcave!"
----------"How come the words we write for others are so much better than the words we write for ourselves?" ~Finding Forrester
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Nov 2, 2009 - 01 13
Wow, with what I'm writing, I could put three of these four things in.
Which three, I will let you guess. I'm pretty sure I can manage it though.
No I am almost positive I can.
Natasha
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Nov 2, 2009 - 21 04
Hmmm, another one:
Figure out what awesomesauce is and incorporate that into your novel.
[this is also a test to see if the sticky is going to work or not--oh, nevermind, your ML is an idiot. It should be stickied now.]
-kat
----------Kat Templeton, Sacramento Region co-ML * http://www.retstak.org
"If I have weaknessess, don't let them blind me now." --Paul Simon
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Nov 2, 2009 - 21 54
A recipe for awesomesauce? I am SO on that. ^_^ My Brazilian quantum physicist will do it.
----------Pretty little LaLa sitting in a tree
W-R-I-T-I-N-G
First comes muse
Then comes writage
Then comes COMPLETE WORLD DOMINATION
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Nov 2, 2009 - 23 38
Character wearing boxers with big yellow '70s smiley faces. (correct or inside out, your choice)
Green jello (again you decide the vast quantities... there's always room for jello)
Character relating repressed memory involving their best friend, their sister, and the incident with the kickstart foam machine.
The fobidden art of kitten juggling.
----------From this time until next time, or anytime, have a good time all the time.
Dick Midori
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Nov 3, 2009 - 00 08
I'm still in favor of somehow destroying Finland. The funny thing is, it isn't something that would be terribly difficult to do in my own novel!
----------NaNo '09 - A World Apart
(We don't talk about the pre-'09 novels...)
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Nov 3, 2009 - 19 58
Have a character tap his/her head and say: "Should've had a V-8".
Make up a ridiculous medical condition for your MC which includes the word "poodle" in either the definition or title of the illness.
Rewrite a scene from any Tom and Jerry episode, starring your MC as Jerry.
Make your MC evil for exactly two paragraphs.
Any good? Haha. Procrastinating.
----------I write because the world must know these following phrases the way I do:
Piranha Kitten
The Noys
Sand Fleeter
Devion Guide
PROT Guide
Dabble Quencher
Fat Mouse
The Anti-Muse
Devious
and others...
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Nov 4, 2009 - 20 32
Put this character in your novel:
Mort Finland.
----------Kat Templeton, Sacramento Region co-ML * http://www.retstak.org
"If I have weaknessess, don't let them blind me now." --Paul Simon
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Nov 5, 2009 - 20 25
Today, for reasons known only to myself, I was doing some research into the history of the Anglican prayer book, and came across a delicious phrase that was introduced into the 1552 edition, but removed by fiat of Queen Elizabeth (and her sense of diplomacy) in 1559. The phrase was:
"From the tyranny of Bishop of Rome and his detestable enormities deliver us, Good Lord."
So here's the dare: include the phrase "detestable enormities" in spoken dialogue somewhere in your novel, without reference to the 1552 edition of the Anglican Book of Prayer.
----------Richard Crawford, Sacramento Region Co-ML
Code Monkey by Day, Word Monkey by Night
http://www.mossroot.com/codemonkey
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Nov 5, 2009 - 21 21
Hey all! Newbe in Foothill Farms... I think I'll pull up a stool...
----------I'll take that dare...! Funny how things work out... A couple those showed up just two days ago wearing Italian suits riding in a 70's era black four door sedan...
Fun is where you have it...
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Nov 6, 2009 - 09 38
my magic invisible recorders cause zombie brains to explode, and that's just in real life!
If they ain't detestable enormities. . .
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Nov 8, 2009 - 16 58
Include a Princess Bride Reference somewhere in your dialogue
have one of your MC's describe something as 'Beefy'
Have two of your mains discuss the problems with the spork
----------Meddle not in the affairs of dragons
for thou art crunchy
and good with ketchup
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Nov 6, 2009 - 15 51
Double points if you can use the statement:
"It was there all along, cleverly hidden amongst the Torani syrup."
I was challenged that in 2007, I believe, and I totally have used it every year. It's a great idea.
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Nov 6, 2009 - 18 16
Put the words "Nom nom nom" into your story somewhere, either as dialog or as an adjective (i.e. She sat there, nom-nom-noming on an entire pumpkin pie fully equiped with whip cream)
Also, try to work the phrase, "wazzup my bitchez" into the dialog between your MC and anyone else. :D
Use "I've been the most unmitigated and incomprehensive ass" (Pride and Prejudice - the new one - quote)
----------I like to beat Writer's Block in the head with a fire extinguisher!
“...didn’t anyone ever teach you how to tell a proper lie? I know you’re probably hoping I’ll just give up and kill you, but you’ll find that I’m a very stubborn sort of man.” -Jorbayn
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Nov 6, 2009 - 20 50
Kill off Amy! Violence! Bloodshed!
----------Have you heard the news that you're dead?
No one ever had much nice to say.
I think they never liked you anyway.
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Nov 6, 2009 - 21 14
- Kill off an important figure and somehow revive him with a syrup bottle... that's golden.
- Prove the real blood of Christ was actually Camel Milk, because milk makes a body strong!
and my last dare...
- Include a short scene where a Jewish wet-nurse steals baby Hitlers binky, to which he frowns and shakes his fist silently in anger.
Sorry, that last one is a bit offensive. If it makes anyone feel better I was asked by my Jewish friend to write it... I wasn't, but let's pretend I was.
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Nov 7, 2009 - 14 21
Oh, if only I'd read this before writing Chapter Four!
----------Richard Crawford, Sacramento Region Co-ML
Code Monkey by Day, Word Monkey by Night
http://www.mossroot.com/codemonkey
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Nov 11, 2009 - 17 42
@Tama: haha, one of my MCs, who's existed since spring, has a blinding neon green jacket as part of his normal outfit.
Have someone do the OTL.