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.
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Comments

[skuf.livejournal.com]

Vignettes are a specific genre, too, though - just because something is short, it's not automatically a vignette.

I really like the point you make about stopping at some point.
I meant as far as interpretation goes: I don't believe in infinite interpretation of a text - and certainly not of a drabble. But it's also true that if a drabble is not working, one should let it go :o)