avatarNancy Oglesby

Summary

The undefined website outlines a creative writing challenge that invites writers to compose a 100-word story incorporating a daily random word.

Abstract

The website presents the "15 Random Word Drabble Challenge," where participants are encouraged to write concise fiction stories exactly 100 words in length. Each day, a new random word is provided as a prompt, and stories must be submitted by 10 AM (CST) the day before publication. The challenge emphasizes the importance of adhering to formatting rules, grammar, and word count to maintain consistency and quality across submissions. Participants are also reminded to engage with the community by reading, clapping, highlighting, and commenting on each other's work. The website provides guidelines for formatting stories, stresses the importance of using Medium's word count for accuracy, and advises on how to handle serial stories within the drabble framework. The initiative aims to foster creativity, build a writing habit, and offer an accessible educational experience through the art of concise storytelling.

Opinions

  • The organizers value proper grammar and suggest using Grammarly to enhance the readability of the stories.
  • There is a strong emphasis on community support and engagement, with writers encouraged to read and respond to each other's work.
  • The challenge is also seen as an educational opportunity, offering a cost-effective way to improve writing skills.
  • The use of a consistent word count (100

15 Random Word Drabble Challenge

We challenge you to write a 100-word fiction story

The next day’s challenge will be posted at approximately 10 AM (CST) the day before.

Please read the rules and support your fellow challengers by reading, clapping, highlighting, and commenting.

We’re getting to the point where we will begin rejecting stories that don’t have the right word count or don’t have titles in title case.

Please, please, please install Grammarly and pay attention to grammar. We want people to enjoy our stories instead of finding mistakes. (And, your editors want time to write!)

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As time goes on, and more and more writers join, it’s clear we need to create formatting rules. So, here you go:

Publication Formatting Rules

Sample formatting

  1. No paragraph-long subtitles. Keep it simple.
  2. Above the picture, put the daily word. Create a quote.
  3. Formatting order: Title, subtitle, a clap and read statement, photograph with credit, … divider, and then your story. Add a … divider at the end of your story.
  4. Whatever extra info you want to add goes last.
  5. Serial Stories: Turning a drabble into a serial is your choice, however, don’t link to each story or, on day 365 you will have a 100-word story with 364 links. A bit cumbersome. (Create a list, bookmark them to it, and link to that.) Any reference to your continuing story must be at the end of the current story. The point of a Drabble is to write a self-contained story. No back story, no what’s next. A self-contained story that anyone can pick up without having to read anything else about it.

Mary Chang over at the Six Word Photo Stories publication, recommends creating a draft story to keep as a template. It’s easy, just copy a story you’ve formatted correctly to use as a guide.

In other news …

This is a fiction challenge.

The word for the day is in the image.

If we don’t get a response to a private message within 24 hours, we will reject the submission. Having a bunch of stories with unanswered private messages clogs up the queue.

Supporting each other in our writing is important to building community, but …

Reading how others handle a challenge grows us in ways we can’t expect. This is by far the easiest, cheapest education we’ll ever get.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Word counts vary, so to make it fair we use Medium’s word count.

Please make sure your story, excluding title, subtitle, and image caption, is EXACTLY 100 WORDS. To do this, highlight the story copy only and in the upper left corner, you’ll see Medium’s word count. That’s how we determine the word count.

We are getting a lot of stories that are over or under the word count. Your editors like to write stories much more than private messages about word count. So, please, please, please check it before you submit.

Medium’s count varies from Word, Pages, and Google Docs. Check it on Medium before submitting.

If you’re on a phone or tablet, you can do this by going to your browser and requesting the desktop site.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If you submit your story early, it will be scheduled to be published at 8:30 AM (CST) on the appropriate day. (I got tired of sending private messages to that effect.)

Random Word Drabble Rules

This challenge is for you if you’re trying to boost your creativity, build a consistent writing habit, or just have fun!

Each day, I post a word for the following day. Your challenge is to write a drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) in which the day’s random word features.

Tag your responses with ‘random’ and ‘drabble’ so they go to the right place in the publication and add the link to the day’s challenge.

This is a great way to build your editing muscle, but if your mind takes you on a journey of a thousand words, don’t use the ‘drabble’ or ‘random’ tags so it stays in the main section of the publication.

If you are unfamiliar with a Drabble, it is a self-contained fiction story of exactly 100 words. Most flash fiction is identified as stories under 1000 words. Many short-form publications require you to stay under 150 words. I decided to go with a drabble because I need to learn how to say things more succinctly. (Grammarly agrees. LOL)

Do you know any other writers who might want to join the challenge? Share this with them, and if they want to join all they have to do is comment here to be added.

I’m looking forward to reading your stories!

This is going to be a daily post, so if you’d rather not be tagged, please let me know. Conversely, if you aren’t tagged and want to be, let me know.

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