Writer's Truth or Dare

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Game suggested by Merenwen:

Writer's truth or dare.

Someone requests a truth or dare. Next person gives the requested; truth/dare, and requests one of their own (if they are so inclined).

Example of truth:
What's your character's most embarrassing moment?

Example of dare (fantasy):
Write a scene in which a dragon decides that your character would taste good with ketchup.

[Merenwen]

Sweet! ^.^

I'll take a dare, and I'll go ahead and supply one for whoever. :)

Dare:
Write a scene in which these words are prominent (acted out).
[Just a note: these are lyrics from "We Fall Apart," by Bebo Norman.]
"This is still a good life,
Standing in the sunlight,
Scattering the long line of fear and shame.
Underneath the surface,
There's a heart and a purpose.
I swear that it's worth it;
It's not in vain."

[McKenzie Rae]

Merenwen wrote: "Sweet! ^.^

I'll take a dare, and I'll go ahead and supply one for whoever. :)

Dare:
Write a scene in which these words are prominent (acted out).
[Just a note: these are lyrics from "We Fall Apar..."

Hmm...write a poem based off of your latest work. Challenge: it can't use any specific part of the plot.

I'll take "truth". :)

[Merenwen]

@Kenzie:

How am I supposed to do that??? o_O *attempts* *takes several before the plot is not a part of it* Thanks for the challenging dare. :)

Truth, let's see...
In your current work, how many times have you "re-written" your main character (if at all)?

[McKenzie Rae]

I believe in you ;)

Oh goodness...I have two main characters, and I've redone bits and pieces numerous times...most of their character was made up in my mind, though, so I just had to make a note to myself that Clara wasn't so strongwilled, etc. Now the one that got me was when I decided to change the other character, Lucas, into where he wasn't who everyone else thought he was. Like, people held him to be a certain way (people including myself), but pages and pages and pages in, I decided to flip his whole being into completely decidedly different. That required going back and editing everything I'd written to that point, though, to add in subtle hints.
Goodness, this post is quiet :)

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

I'll take a truth

[McKenzie Rae]

Lena wrote: "I'll take a truth"

Hm. How similar are you to the characters you write? And do you write their specific character to compliment or contrast a part of your own character, or are they made randomly?

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

That's a hard one. I've never really thought about it, but I'd say they're all pretty different from me. A few of them have aspects that are similar to me, but mostly they're all made up randomly, or based on someone else.
Good question; thanks!

[Lavay]

This looks like fun. I'll do a truth challenge.

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Lavay wrote: "This looks like fun. I'll do a truth challenge."

Does your villain have any redeeming values, or is he/she completely evil?

[Lavay]

Lena wrote: "Does your villain have any redeeming values, or is he/she completely evil?"

Hmm... depends on what villain in my books. For example, in the "Light Horse Dark Horse" series, the Dark Horse is completely evil. On the other hand, some "secondary" villains eventually become redeemed.

SPOILER ALERT: In Book 3 The Soter Herd, two villains will experience some redemption. Actually, one of them's not exactly a "villain", but allowed himself to be influenced and manipulated by evil.

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

I'll take another truth

[Lavay]

After publishing a written work, have you ever wanted to change/revise it?

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Never published anything, but I'm sure that will happen!

[McKenzie Rae]

I'll take a dare :)

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Kenzie wrote: "I'll take a dare :)"

Re-write a scene with all the genders swapped

I'll take another truth

[McKenzie Rae]

Just for clarification, do you mean swapping the dialect, for instance, for something a character would say if they were the opposite gender?

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Basically, just changing the genders of your characters, and adjusting the rest to make it fit

[McKenzie Rae]

I apologize in advance for the super-long post lol it's a whole scene. Actually, I'm just going to include a DropBox link and make it more accessible to you all. There's just a lot of dialect, but the original speech is super girly. I've included the original and the updated :) It's super stereotypically "girl"/"guy", but hey... :)

[McKenzie Rae]

Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7bb8fnacen...

[McKenzie Rae]

And for your "truth"....
Dum dum dum dummmm. Do you often write for the enjoyment of others or for your own enjoyment?

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Kenzie wrote: "Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7bb8fnacen..."

Nice job on the dare! :)

Kenzie wrote: "And for your "truth"....
Dum dum dum dummmm. Do you often write for the enjoyment of others or for your own enjoyment?"

Ummm, probably for my own enjoyment. I like writing, and I write what I like to read

[McKenzie Rae]

Lena wrote: "Ummm, probably for my own enjoyment. I like writing, and I write what I like to read

Sweet :)

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

:D