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Weeks 31-40
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What is a drabble?

What it is: a complete story told in exactly 100 words—no more and no less.

What it's not: just any 100 words out of a longer story.

It's an interesting challenge to capture a moment in time using only one hundred words. A drabble can convey an intriguing idea, provoke strong emotions, solve an annoying plot problem, show little-known aspects of a character, and more. Drabbles give you the feeling you've read an entire story, only condensed. And some drabbles are almost like poetry—unbelievably evocative for something so short.

Don't be fooled into thinking 'short = easy to write.' To be effective, a drabble must contain all the elements of a good story, only more so—sharper detail, finer focus, tighter plot. Every word counts and must be carefully chosen to get the drabble's intent across within the imposed word limit. That limit may sound easy, until you try to reduce 107 words, or increase 94.

The fine LFN drabble writers represented here may take you on a short ride, but it will always be an exciting one.

(Introduction provided by EllenM - Drabble Guardian)

Self-Talk

Paul and Michael - Pre-Cannon

Four Words – nothing, orange-juice, madness, nice

Do Something About the Weather

An Aha! Moment

Drabbles written in "Disguise"

Time

The Debrief

Walter & Madeline

Word Portrait Of Any Character

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