The Truth about Drabbles

[louiselux]

I want to know what you all think about drabbles. For me, the best drabbles have an impact that is inversely proportional to their size-- they hit the reader round the face with the all the force of a large well-swung haddock. That's what I aspire to, anyway, one day. I also tend to think that to do that they require a lot of time and effort.
[Poll #385199]

Comments

[mizbean.livejournal.com]

I like my drabble to be 100 words. This is usually how I write my drabbles. After I come up with a concept, I sketch it out briefly with a few sentences and I always write my last line early, so I don't sacrifice it when I'm trying to get to that 100 word count. Sometimes I write my drabble backwards and sometimes I build them from the middle.

And crazily, the last drabble I wrote came in at 100 words in its first draft.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I just tried writing a drabble backwards, and it was surpringly useful. Thinking about where you want your drabble to get to helps, I find, because you have so few steps to get there.

[mizbean.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I'm glad that worked for you. And I'm glad you understood my comment, it was rather late.

Thinking about where you want your drabble to get to helps, I find, because you have so few steps to get there.

Yep, I totally agree.

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