Dear author

[moonlettuce]

Author's notes: First SPN drabble.
Wordcount: 1000+

While I'm totally rocking stories of more than 100 words, I feel the urge to point out that the word 'drabble' means something different to what you apparently think it does...

::grin::

Comments

[ninasis.livejournal.com]

The line is really becoming blurry around that term and it kind of drives me crazy. There are several "drabble" memes going around in the fandoms I'm in, and they're actually "short story" memes because there is absolutely no requirement to maintain a drabble length format. I've seen several others on my f'list complaining about this so at least I don't feel so crotchety and "You damn kids get off my lawn!" about it. LOL!

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

I'll be honest and say I've done drabble trees where what I've written is effectively a comment!fic. Normally, I see it used for stories that are maybe a couple of hundred words in length, but I've never seen it used for something over 1,000.

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

Oh, that bugs me! Call it a ficlet or whatever, but not a drabble. I'm a purist, lol.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

I was all, Dude, you're at least 900 words too many for what you think ::g::