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Or pre-NaNoisms, as may be. (I tried to wait, really!)

In my outline just now:
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"Impasse, threatening w/ ned[/FONT]"

Anyone missing a Ned? Let me know and I'll send him along!

(That was supposed to be net, btw.)
 

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Its my butt and I'll chair right through it.
 

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That's, um. Quite an image!

Another one:

assuming it's not too prejudication to a group of people...

Assuming it's not...judging them in advance? Which sort of works for the meaning I was going for, but I think prejudicial works better.
 

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...chunks of bone or wood or stone to be cared into rishi die or some other creation...

If you just love them enough...

Dagny swatted his arm with a tower

Ouch.
 

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a North African who contradicts himself?

Teo started to speak, but he was interrupted by shots from beyond the "wall" of light.
Makes sense, but shouts would fit the scene a lot better!

Jitae opened her moth to answer,
Dissection? Fluttery sign language?

It is a great book you shall bring to us when you come.
Fourth wall! I'd accept the compliment, but a great boon would be more in character for him.

Dimplomatic relations
Making treaties by smiling really cute?
 

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I don't know if this really counts, but I sure thought it was funny when I wrote it (and still do)

“And that was when we found him. Mrs. Adler screamed, loud enough to wake the dead, if you will pardon the expression, and of course it didn’t work. There was so much blood he couldn’t possibly have lived to hear her scream.”
 

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Could count as a NaNoism, or a clever line, depending. It fits here!
 

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Caught this one just in time, but I nearly had my MC "pouring over the books". I sure hope it wasn't blood...
 

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:ROFL:


Just found another, as a character's realizing his escape pod was just accidentally launched:

He was moving, free of the ship, or that gauge would have nothing to read.

Poor gauge, must get so bored without even a magazine!
 

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Hey, I nearly had a character jump oof a cliff. Sounds like the cliff sucker-punched him...

:D
 

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on that unending trip in Reynart's woodsy bat.

Or his wooden boat. But sylvan flying mammals work, too.
 

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Anyone want to tell me WTF I meant here?

"Sire, with all due respect, you do not know what do or do not know."
 

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Anyone want to tell me WTF I meant here?

"Sire, with all due respect, you do not know what do or do not know."

I'm guessing you're I-less in the second half of the sentence:

"Sire, with all due respect, you do not know what I do or do not know."

And if that's right, you get another word!

:D
 

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I keep finding these...or maybe I'm too easily amused here. :)

Undead, but good enough
NO ZOMBIES IN MY NOVEL! Or vampires, either. Seriously, y'all horror folks keep your monsters to yourself!
(should've been "unsteady")

Upder his feet
As opposed to downove his head.

At a band angle for climbing
The best angle for marching up a hill with horns and drums.

And them tumble themselves right back into the hole.
And them get themselves back to school 'cause them don't know their grammar.

Gratefully he scotted back from the edge
Sorry, hun, your name's Kian. And you're in an alternate off-earth future. You cannot be a Scot(t) of either variety.
 
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I keep mixing up his/her. I think when I'm writing dialogue between a male and female character, my brain rushes ahead and puts in the pronoun for the next speaker.

Also, I've got a character whose name ends in "e" (Starne), and I keep trying to make his name into a verb (Starned).
 

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My story is set in modern times. So I was pretty surprised when my protagonist responding to his boss with "Sire?"
 

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Now that could make an interesting twist!


Another:
Cold bread and meat and cold fire
Or maybe cold water and no fire. Unless this planet has winters a lot chillier than I realized.