Want to be a writer, but lack the time and motivation to pen that 100,000 word tome you've had floating around in your mind? Why not try putting down some
drabbles, extremely short pieces of fiction that are exactly 100 words long - no more, no less. Some definitions are much broader, but sticking to the 100-word restriction makes it that much more interesting.
Drabbles first appeared in the 1980s and are normally warmly embraced by those more of the SF-fan-fiction persuasion. Much like the more recent fashion of
SMS novels and
Twittered literature, drabbles force a writer to look extremely hard at the sentences they write, to cut out any and all superfluity but still tell a great story.
So if you're looking to sharpen your writing but don't have the time to tackle a novel, try creating some drabbles instead. You may find a book hidden in inter-connected 100-word tales!
