WU! Workshop: Drabble Me This!

WU! Workshop

NEW PROJECT!

DRABBLE ME THIS!

In addition to our Write the Story project, we thought it would be fun to do something that is one of the best exercises you can do to hone your writing skills. The Drabble.

A drabble is a piece of fiction that is exactly one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is to tell a complete story within limited words which encourages word choice, conciseness, and editing skills.

Drabble Me This is a monthly contest. Each Saturday of the month, we will post a single word prompt on our FACEBOOK group, Writers Unite! Members will write a 100-word story. During the week, all members will have the opportunity to “LIKE” an entry. The weekly contests will end on Friday nights, a tally taken, and the post removed. The next week’s post will go up the following Saturday morning. At the end of the month, we will post the winning  Drabbles from each week plus an Admin choice on the WU! Blog and share the post across our platforms. 

A quick history of the Drabble:  

The term itself comes from Monty Python’s 1971 Big Red Book, which declared the drabble a word game in which two to four players compete to be the first to write a novel.

Drabbles emerged within British science fiction fandom in the 1980s; the Birmingham University SF society is credited as being the organization that set the length at 100 words.

(From folklore.com)

The Drabble Me This Rules:

• Every Saturday morning, the admins will post a single word prompt.
• Members may submit only one 100-word drabble based on the word prompt per week. Word count must be one hundred words or entry will be deleted.
• All members may vote by using the LIKE button only. (The other reaction emojis are invalid.)
• On Friday night, an admin will tally the votes, the submissions saved on Google drive, and the post removed.
• This procedure will continue each Saturday during the month.
•  At the first of the following month, we will post the highest vote-getter from each week and an Admin choice on the Writers Unite! blog and share across our platforms. 

Please Note: 

• You must be a member of the Facebook Group Writers Unite! in order to participate. Please request permission to join WU! here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/145324212487752/
• No foul language, excessive gore, or erotica allowed.