NaNo Dares 2019

[Killix]

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Want to boost your word count? Shake up the story with a plot-quake? Jump outside the jack-in-the-box altogether?
If so, then consider taking on a writing dare to turn your story upside down!

Dares are a fun way to tap the tree of creative fruit juice, and may even help you discover a whole new flavour of storytelling along the way.

There's a traditional format for dares, although you aren't required to use it:

Dare
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BP = Bonus Points
DBP = Double Bonus Points
TBP = Triple Bonus Points

Example:

Dare: Your MC is caught up in a scandal! - about flip flops.
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Bonus points: This footwear catastrophe somehow lands your MC a front row seat in COURT.
Double points: They lose the trial, are declared guilty of whatever was accused of them, and therefore flip flops successfully ruin their life.

[Killix]

I dare all of you to make some dares!

Dare: Have a character encounter an ironic situation in every scene they are in. (example: character runs away from someone throwing a water balloon at them, and falls into a swimming pool.)
Bonus Points: For throwing in Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" situations as well. (You choose whether to comment narratively on their lack of irony! XD)

[June Scarlet]

Okay, I'll try out making a dare.

Dare: Make a scene entirely in black and white.
Bonus Points: Make it almost entirely the whole story.

(This is easier than you think, if you stop and think about it. Because words are already in black and white unless you used a color font. And the person who's working on more than text inspired the dare, so it fits them too. Hopefully easy dares are okay, but if not...)

Double Points: Have a scene done entirely in pantomime, like a black and white movie without sound.

[Killix]

Dares of all difficulty levels are welcome here!

[Gelquie]

Dare: Take one of your characters that can be sympathetic and understanding and generally empathetic (if you have one); basically the type of person who reacts to emotional things. Now have a sad scene in which everyone is getting sad... and that aforementioned character acts very blasé about it all.

Dare: Have two characters with romantic inclinations to each other casually discuss murder.

Dare: Do one scene entirely in rhyme.
Double Dare: With perfect meter. (You can choose the meter.)

Dare: Have a character start to sing something copyrighted, only to have another character interrupt them because "copyright!!".
Double Dare: If it's too late, and now copyright lawyers are after them.
Triple Dare: If this is crucial to the main plot.

[Breakingchains]

Dare: Leaf through what you've got and find a bland, utilitarian side character, like a bartender, little old lady in the background, or otherwise somebody who the reader never expected to see again. Now bring them back and push them to the breaking point.

Double dare: They become a major character after this scene.

[Jove]

Dare: Have two characters with romantic inclinations to each other casually discuss murder.

This one's easy for me, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened organically to be honest.

Dare: Leaf through what you've got and find a bland, utilitarian side character, like a bartender, little old lady in the background, or otherwise somebody who the reader never expected to see again. Now bring them back and push them to the breaking point.

Double dare: They become a major character after this scene.

Really like this. Gonna take these two!

[Killix]

Nov 21, 2019 3:03:54 GMT -5 Gelquie said:

Dare: Have two characters with romantic inclinations to each other casually discuss murder.

Bonus Points:
"Yes honey, that's funny."
"Should we talk? Tea truck."
"Dear, you killed a child."

STANDBY MODE.