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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:40 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:40 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:14 pm
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I'm thinking of making it just a novel purely of dares. I'm copying a list into a notepad.doc. There's some really good ones. I'll bold my favorites on the list, hence the ones that I'm -definately- using:
Have a character with paraskavedekatriaphobia - a fear of Friday the 13th. Bonus points if the story starts on Friday the 13th. Triple bonus points if the character has a black cat.
Have a character die in a freak trombone accident.
Place a male character in a room with the following: an orange, a silken curtain cord, a ceiling fan, a tutu (pink & frilly, or perhaps white & frilly), and a pair of silken stocking (seamed or not, your choice). Let him do whatever he wants with them, but he must utter the phrase “What could go wrong” at some point in the scene.
Include a polar bear somewhere that a polar bear absolutely would not be.
Include the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 somewhere. Bonus points if they're in sequence.
Name a character after a philosopher
Have a minor character complain about how much attention is payed to the major characters
Have your characters play golf at some point when it's not entirely appropriate
Plane crash in Austria, male character (named Ford), stops panic by shouting "DON'T PANIC! I have the 'Hitchhiker's Guide To Austria!'
A character must be missing one eyebrow, and when asked about it, they must solemnly reply "Aye, it happened in 1902, when I was jussa lad. Had an accident with a goat, ya see. Mr. Chompy thought my eyebrow was hay... unfortunately for me, it wasn't." When questioned why it hasn't grown back, the character must grow very, very still and refuse to reply.
Use the phrase "fiendish culprits" in your novel.
Have a character exclaim, "There is no spoon!" Bonus if it's used in a way that has absolutely nothing to do with the Matrix movies.
Have a character wear a necklace made of paper clips or something equally weird. Explanations are optional.
Write a scene that takes place in a bowling alley. Bonus if you can write an entire subplot that takes place in a bowling alley.
Write a torture scene where the instrument of torture is Toaster Strudel, or any other hot pastry.
Have someone give themself a nosebleed by hitting themself in the face with their TV remote
**Bonus points if they hit themself because they were trying to change the channel from porn
***Double bonus if their lover walks into the room
***Quad. Bonus if the character's grandma walks in with the lover
I dare you to have a character (the younger the better, has to be less than, say, 15) who is obsessed with a certain college/university. I'm imagining an eight year old with Harvard posters all over her walls or something... the wackier the better!
In homage to the release of Serenity and the awesomeness of Firefly, use one or more of these quotes from the series: "If your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you." "Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots." "Well this is one of the crazier things I've heard today and when I tell you about the rest of my day, you'll appreciate..." "Any friend of [character]'s is a strictly business-like relationship of mine." "This distress call wouldn't be taking place in someone's pants, would it?" "Dear diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. ... Today we were kidnapped by hill folk, never to be seen again. It was the best day ever." "Well, they tell ya, never hit a man with a closed fist, but it is on occasion hilarious."
Include the number eighty-seven (87) in your story... 87 times.
Kill a mime. Bonus points if this is followed by the line "A mime is a terrible thing to waste."
Have everyone constantly thinking fondly of another, dead character. The catch is that every time they mention how s/he died, the cause is completely different. For example, "Yeah, we never saw that trombone accident coming", and then two pages later, "You know, after Billy, I don't think I'll ever be able to eat steak again."
Go grab a random album and use song titles as chapter titles. Bonus if said song titles have something to do with anything in that chapter
So many good idea, I hope I can I get them all down...
I may skip most of the list, and try to have somewhat of a plot.
Are you going to do NaNoEdMo? I may attempt it this year. I would have done it last year, but I got writer's block at 3000 words last year D=!! My characters hated me. All they wanted to do was have sex and eat donuts. 47,000 words about sex and donuts, while funny, is still not very easy to do.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:53 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:43 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:54 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:05 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:23 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:29 pm
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Whee! *signs up* Sounds like fun!
Quote: Write a scene that takes place in a bowling alley. Bonus if you can write an entire subplot that takes place in a bowling alley. I actually tried to do this once, before I read this. I was inspired by Constantine, and the idea of great things taking place in wierd places.... xp
Quote: Go grab a random album and use song titles as chapter titles. Bonus if said song titles have something to do with anything in that chapter What if you name your story after a song? Once again, I've done this already. (Letterbomb by Greenday.)
Quote: Have everyone constantly thinking fondly of another, dead character. The catch is that every time they mention how s/he died, the cause is completely different. For example, "Yeah, we never saw that trombone accident coming", and then two pages later, "You know, after Billy, I don't think I'll ever be able to eat steak again."
Have not done this, but now I want to!!!!!!! These are all briliant ideas! Huzzah.
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:37 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:18 pm
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Jupiter-X TenshiDarkAngel Include a polar bear somewhere that a polar bear absolutely would not be. Include the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 somewhere. Bonus points if they're in sequence. I smell a LOST fan! Wooo! Go LOST!
m/ Lost = -awesome-
What do you think of the capsule dude? o.o! Poor Locke!
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:40 pm
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Codi Destroyer Of Worlds Jupiter-X TenshiDarkAngel Include a polar bear somewhere that a polar bear absolutely would not be. Include the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 somewhere. Bonus points if they're in sequence. I smell a LOST fan! Wooo! Go LOST! m/ Lost = -awesome- What do you think of the capsule dude? o.o! Poor Locke!
desmond's totally on our side! he rocks. are you in the lost guild? cause I am. you should be too.
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:54 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:09 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:39 pm
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