The purpose of this game is to put a positive spin on the previously posted bad situation.
(IE: The Bad: You are struck down with a heart attack. The good: Now you don't have to pay that overdue fee on your library book.)
Ok, I'll start:
The Bad:
You discover you have intestinal parasites which will devour you from the inside out in approximately 2 weeks.
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Gus Gallows
2008 Submission: The Kids of Shelter 9
Author of The Price of Honor - Book 1 of the Minotaurs of Algoron (Available on Amazon.com)
http://www.authors-pad.com
50,022 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2008 - 13 56
The good:
The Scandinavian action biologist your rich aunt has hired to cure you will only take one week to reach you. (He would have come sooner, but he's been trapped in a disabled underwater habitat for the last month or so.)
The bad:
The oxygen generator blew up!
50,061 / 50,000
Oct 28, 2008 - 00 17
The Good: The family of George the Oxygen Supply Guy will be having a very nice Christmas this year.
The Bad: A rabid hamster has eaten your left big toe!
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Participant since 2001 ~ Winner since 2002!
66,133 / 50,000
Oct 30, 2008 - 05 09
The Good: At least you have 9 other toes and the frothing mouth look is in this year.
The bad: You have just become irresistable to all resistable people of your community.
----------Gus Gallows
2008 Submission: The Kids of Shelter 9
Author of The Price of Honor - Book 1 of the Minotaurs of Algoron (Available on Amazon.com)
http://www.authors-pad.com
51,139 / 50,000
Oct 31, 2008 - 22 29
The Good: Walmart always has paper bags on sale.
The Bad: You accidently wrote your first 1000 words before midnight.
----------51,104 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2008 - 10 02
The Good: It was before midnight in another part of the world! So, ha, it was 1K after midnight your local time!
The Bad: Your best friend just ran off with your fiance right before the wedding...
----------~::||Overconfidence||::~
Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.
WonderWhatsNext.proboards92.com
50,015 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2008 - 15 34
The Good: Well, I guess those two chaps were meant to be together! Doesn't help me wanting to kill them both though.
The Bad: An asteroid crash lands in your living room, hits your television (which explodes), and topples over onto your family pet, killing it instantly! O noes!
51,139 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2008 - 17 55
The Good: You can no longer procrastinate by watching TV or taking the pet for a walk.
The Bad: Your freezer is empty
----------31,076 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2008 - 23 30
Good news: ...just in time for November, and now the bodies of all those characters you're about to kill off will fit!
Bad news: Your cat just sat on the ONE KEY guaranteed to wipe your entire novel out of existence in a single stroke.
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I, more stolidly, tend to suspect that God is a novelist — a garrulous and deeply unwholesome one too.
--Martin Amis, "Bujak and the Strong Force", Einstein's Monsters (1987)
11,675 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 00 04
The good news: That key was swallowed by a freak wormhole two weeks ago.
The bad: An unscheduled emergency holiday deprives you of your laptop.
----------"Give a man fire, you keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and you keep him warm for the rest of his life." --Terry Pratchett.
51,139 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 00 11
The good news: Now you get to write with a quill pen just like you always wanted!
The bad: There are no fowls to volunteer a feather.
----------62,463 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 00 53
The good: At least that decreases the risk of disease you may get from the quill, should it come from a sickly avian.
The bad: Your hair has decided that November is a lovely time of year to just up and leave your scalp, leaving you bald.
----------50,094 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2008 - 09 04
The Good:
It's getting cold enough where you can where a hat all the time and no one will notice.
The Bad:
----------Your characters are already starting to have minds of their own and you're only 3K in...
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Screnzy 08 - Cecilia - WIN!
NaNo 08 - Taboo - WIN!
Screnzy 09- ?
13,431 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2008 - 04 31
The good: It gives you an excuse to kill them all with falling rocks, and start anew!
The bad: you have run out of cookies.
----------*****
NaNoWriMo 2006: pirates, ninjas, and a mad scientist bent on world domination! - Winner!
ScriptFrenzy 2007: conspiracies, explosions, anarchy! - flashdrive wiped @ 7000 words; abandoned
NaNoWriMo 2007: epic fantasy, death and destruction! - Winne
50,020 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2008 - 14 07
The good: You know exactly where the secret stash of chocolate is. Who needs cookies when you have chocolate!:)
The bad: You are stuck in an empty house that is buried in the snow without food or heat and no one knows where you are.
50,022 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2008 - 07 18
The good: You are free to play your music as loud as you want for the rest of your (Rather short) life.
The Bad: Optimus Prime ran over your dog.
66,133 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2008 - 07 38
The good: which was fortunate since the dog had become rabid and was about to spread its infection to you by ripping out your throat.
The bad: Your significant other's parents just caught you wearing nothing but a gift bow and a tag which states, "Bought and paid for with tax payers money" on it.
----------Gus Gallows
2008 Submission: The Kids of Shelter 9
Author of The Price of Honor - Book 1 of the Minotaurs of Algoron (Available on Amazon.com)
http://www.authors-pad.com
69,842 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 10 37
The Good: they aren't american citizens, so they can rest assured knowing they didn't help to pay for it.
The Bad: A meteor hits your house, instantly turning it to flaming rubble.
----------NaNo '06- Darkness Falls In (winner!)
NaNo '07- 15th Avenue (winner!)
AugNo '08- Two Steps Back (46,059 words)
NaNo '08- The Moon and its Keeper
50,260 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 10 41
The good: You had been hoodwinked by a charismatic insurance salesman three months previously into purchasing a massive insurance policy protecting you against alien space comets.
The bad: It actually takes six months for the policy to take effect.
50,151 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 10 46
The good: You'd traveled back in time, and took out a million doller insurance policy againt it. Now you're rich.
The bad: Rabid chickens start invading your beloved sister's workplace.
----------~~I don't know what the future holds... ...but I know who holds the future~~
2007: Part Time Super Agents
2008: PTSA: High School Drama
50,087 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 10 53
The Good: They haven't invaded your workspace. Yet.
The Bad: Your internet died. And you can't fix it because you only know how to type and navigate the internet.
----------Aly the Spy
The playlist makes the novel.
No Doubt
Massive Attack
The All-American Rejects
Plain White T's
Nirvana
The Goo Goo Dolls
25,000 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 10 59
The Good: You can ask the cute guy from next door to fix it for you (until then, there are no distractions so you can write)
The Bad: Your dog ate your flash drive.
50,299 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 07
The good : Now, you can use your dog as a laptop!
The Bad: Someone shredded all your (handwritten) nano at 49,999 words
----------~Saffy
51,146 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 13
The good: I know who did it, so I can hunt them down and get revenge for my poor, lost characters.
The bad: You're halfway through your novel when you smash your right hand in the dishwasher and break all your fingers.
50,176 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 20
The good: You remember ninety-nine percent of it.
The bad: You only have two minutes left to write the rest
50,347 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 21
The Good: You just bought a handy little device that translates whatever you say into the microphone and makes it text.
The Bad: Your (admittedly far too smutty) novel got into the hands of old Congregationalist ladies, and now all of the inappropriate parts have been shredded, leaving you with a mere 2000 clean words days before NaNo ends.
----------51,005 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 26
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50,704 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 42
The Good: You're struck with an awesome flash of inspiration using the 2000 words as springboard and incorporate the aforementioned Congregationalist ladies as lethal dark forces in the new novel, confident that mainstream publishers will fight for your manuscript.
The Bad: your sister is calling every five minutes to whine about her pathetic life.
----------51,355 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 45
The Good: now at least you don't have to worry about your mom asking to read it
The Bad: A freak tsunami is bearing down on your house...
50,196 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 49
The good: your laptop is waterproof, so you don't need to worry about losing your novel.
the bad: there are zombies at your window.
51,355 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2008 - 11 49
The Good: you are writing down everything your sister says, and it's increasing your wordcount exponentially!
The Bad: You discover that what you thought was custard turned out to be raw whale blubber