to drabble
9.5
To write a very short story of about one hundred words
- verb
- /ˈdræbəl/
- Jargon
:
escribir un drabble
- Writers often drabble to challenge themselves to tell a story in just one hundred words.
Examples
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She likes to drabble every morning as a creative exercise before starting her novel.
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Every Sunday, she challenges herself to drabble a complete story in just one hundred words.
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He decided to drabble about his day, capturing the main events in a tiny story.
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I love to drabble in my free time.
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She drabbles every evening before bed.
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During the writing workshop, participants are encouraged to drabble to quickly express their ideas.
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He found joy in drabbling snippets of his day into short stories that only took a minute to write.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drabble as a verb comes from the noun for the 100-word tale, so to drabble is simply to write a very short piece of fiction. So when you drabble you create that small, focused 'splash' of story in about one hundred words.
