The answer is simple, it can be about anything! Drabbles are a form of fiction, it doesn't define what the fiction is about.
You can have action stories, erotic or romance, any genre that you enjoy. Most importantly of all, writing should be done because you enjoy it, developing your craft comes with practice, and drabbles are a fun way to practice it.
If you already have an account then sign-in here , otherwise, come and join our community by creating an account. Toggle navigation drablr. Discover Books Login Sign up. How to Write a Drabble. Writing Drabbles A drabble is like any story, it should have a beginning, a middle and an end. How do you fit a story in so few words? Just no. Drabble is not a negative term, and your personal preference does not a sound basis for literary terminology make. It's like suddenly deciding to use adverb to mean any word you don't like.
Not only are you going to confuse people with your usage, but you're also not doing your stance any favors by coming across as ignorant as to the actual meaning of the word. I have also seen it split the other direction. Generally, the two terms are used interchangeably. At , congratulations, you have yourself a novel. But wait! I hear you cry. What about vignettes? What about chapters? I'm so glad you asked, because now I can answer. A vignette has nothing to do with word count. Customarily, it is under words, but the significant thing about a vignette is the theme, not the word count.
A vignette is meant to give new insight into a character or the relationship between two or more characters. Most vignettes don't involve a lot of action. Some of them also don't involve a lot of dialogue. The important thing is the illumination of character or relationship.
That's what a vignette is all about. As for chapters, they have no impact on how your story is classified by word count. Let me repeat that. Chapters have no impact on how your story is classified by word count. If you write a chaptered story that is under words, you have written a chaptered short story.
You can call it a novel if it makes you feel better, but the word count will not agree with you. Those who classify stories by word count will also not agree with you, and they do indeed have the weight of historical usage and the pro publishing industry behind them. You don't have to care about that, of course, but it's good to be aware of it, so if someone calls your chaptered fic a "short story" in their review, you know it's not an insult. It's a quantitative term, not qualitative.
Oh, and one other thing all of the above are: Real fiction. They're words strung together, telling a fictional story. Once a book hits the 50, word mark, it is generally considered a novel. However, a standard novel is around 80, words, so books between 50, to 79, words may be called short novels. A novella is the longest of the short fiction forms, granting writers freedom for an expanded story, descriptions, and cast of characters, but still keeping the condensed intensity of a short story.
Modern trends generally seem to be moving away from publishing novellas. Novellas are more commonly published as eBooks in specific genres, especially romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. A novelette falls in the range of 7, to 19, words. The term once implied a book that had a romantic or sentimental theme, but today a novelette can be any genre. While some writers still use the term novelette, others might prefer to simply call it a short novella or long short story.
Like the novella, a novelette may be difficult to pitch to an agent, but might work better as an eBook in niche genres. Short stories fall in the range of about 1, to 7, words.
Due to its brevity, the narrative in a short story is condensed, usually only focusing on a single incident and a few characters at most. A short story is self-contained and is not part of a series. When a number of stories are written as a series it's called a story sequence. Short stories are commonly published in magazines and anthologies, or as collections by an individual author.
Flash fiction is generally used as an umbrella term that refers to super short fiction of 1, words or less, but still provides a compelling story with a plot beginning, middle, and end , character development, and usually a twist or surprise ending.
The exact length of flash fiction isn't set, but is determined by the publisher. There are many new terms that further define flash fiction. For example, terms like short shorts and sudden fiction are used to describe longer forms of flash fiction that are more than words, while microfiction refers to the shortest forms of flash fiction, at to words or less. Here are some of the types of flash fiction:.
The terms sudden fiction and short short stories refer to longer pieces of flash fiction, around to 1, words. However, the definition varies and may include pieces up to 2, words, such as in the series that helped popularize the form, Sudden Fiction and New Sudden Fiction.
Postcard fiction is just what it sounds like—a story that could fit on a postcard.
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