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(and anyone who tells you it doesn't have to have a fixed length of 100 words is WRONG) |
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== External links == | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drabble Wikipedia entry] | |||
* [http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/drabbles.html Article on the origin of drabbles], from 1991, by David Langford | |||
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Revision as of 12:27, 1 May 2007
- For other uses, see Drabble (disambiguation).
A story consisting of exactly 100 words.
The format was used especially in Doctor Who fandom, from the 1990s onward.
When the name was adopted by other fandoms, ignorant fans overlooked the length requirement, leading to a wide misuse of the term.
- Variants
- Double-drabble: 200-word story
- Half-drabble: 50-word story
External links
- Wikipedia entry
- Article on the origin of drabbles, from 1991, by David Langford