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Nano 2010 Winner
Exercise #417 Prep

Exercise #417: Prep
Posted 4/6/11 - 4/21/11

Each person was asked to submit a character, an item and a building. Characters are here; Items and Buildings are further down the page.

Submitter

Character

Number

Sue F

a dog groomer

1

Sue F

an assistant principal

2

Sue F

a homeless woman

3

Allyson

a twelve-year-old female computer hacker

4

Krys

a telephone lineman

5

Steven

a bully

6

Jo

a stay-at-home dad

7

Terry

John - A single homeowner, very down on his financial luck. It appears he will lose his home of 20 years. He's feeling suicidal.

8

Mamie

a ghost

9

Carlisle

a jet pilot

10

Carlisle

an English poet

11

Carlisle

a  fourteenth century Moor in Spain

12

Michelle

a cowboy on a cattle drive

13

Michelle

a dragonrider

14

Michelle

a checker in a supermarket

15

Sally

a baby

16

Sue L

a three-year-old girl

17

Sue L

a dance teacher

18

Sue L

a motorcycle mailman

19

Sue L

a door-to-door salesman

20

Richard

a lady detective

21

Richard

a spiritual guru

22

Richard

a washed-up actor

23

Lisa

an astronaut

24

Tracy

a mother

25

Silva

a Tutsis Rwandan woman who is the only surviving member of her family and an elected Member of the Rwandan Parliament

26

Sharona

a criminal

27

Sharona

a retired priest

28

Sharona

a fourteen-year-old boy

29

B Paul

a suicide bomber

30

Marge

a terrorist

31

Marge

an opera diva

32

Marge

a skunk

33

Don

a hungry person

34

April

an old woman

35

April

a little dog

36

April

a grief-stricken mother

37

John

a priest

38

John

a senator

39

Bette

Carl, a rodeo cowboy

40

Stepanie

pregnant college psychology teacher

41

Here are the Items:

Submitter

Character

Number

Sue F

a collar

1

Sue F

an obscene note

2

Sue F

a shoe

3

Allyson

a pair of sunglasses

4

Krys

a daisy

5

Steven

a stray dog

6

Jo

a meteor

7

Terry

a lottery ticket

8

Mamie

a key

9

Carlisle

a UFO

10

Carlisle

a newfound bundle of letters from E. Barrett Browning

11

Carlisle

a chalice

12

Michelle

a Colt .45 revolver

13

Michelle

a blue feather

14

Michelle

a stopwatch

15

Sally

a bracelet

16

Sue L

a pair of sunglasses

17

Sue L

a mouse

18

Sue L

a large picture window overlooking a lake, with snow-covered mountains
beyond it

19

Sue L

a very old typewriter

20

Richard

a suitcase

21

Richard

a prayer rug

22

Richard

a Halloween mask

23

Lisa

a toothbrush

24

Tracy

a cell phone

25

Silva

a beautiful old lacquer bowl

26

Sharona

a camera

27

Sharona

an email

28

Sharona

a liquor bottle

29

B Paul

a sack of chicken manure

30

Marge

a black robe

31

Marge

a broken microphone

32

Marge

an air conditioner

33

Don

a seashell

34

April

a knife

35

April

a plate of steak

36

April

a chainsaw

37

John

a dagger

38

John

a wallet

39

Bette

a yellow diamond tiara

40

Stephanie

Indian food

41

Here are the Buildings:

Submitter

Character

Number

Sue F

a pet store

1

Sue F

a high school

2

Sue F

a movie theater

3

Allyson

a treehouse

4

Krys

a jail

5

Steven

a homeless shelter

6

Jo

a greenhouse

7

Terry

a bar

8

Mamie

a hospital

9

Carlisle

the Pentagon

10

Carlisle

the Church of St Martin within Ludgate

11

Carlisle

an abandoned Christian church

12

Michelle

an outhouse

13

Michelle

the King’s palace

14

Michelle

a log cabin by a lake

15

Sally

a castle

16

Sue L

a bus stop shelter

17

Sue L

a courtroom

18

Sue L

a maternity hospital

19

Sue L

a greenhouse

20

Richard

Grand Central Station

21

Richard

a chapel by the sea

22

Richard

a closed-down movie theater

23

Lisa

a haunted house

24

Tracy

a school

25

Silva

a vinyl yurt

26

Sharona

a tower

27

Sharona

a university common room

28

Sharona

a Broadway theatre

29

B Paul

a state capitol

30

Marge

the Supreme Court building

31

Marge

a baseball stadium

32

Marge

an elementary school

33

Don

a warehouse

34

April

a courthouse

35

April

a house

36

April

an abandoned farmhouse

37

John

the Grand Ole Opry Museum

38

John

LAX (Los Angeles airport)

39

Bette

an old grain silo

40

Stephanie

Bluemont Hall on Kansas State University's campus

41

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