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Earning the Editor’s Ire

Another day, another drabble

Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 60 Word Is Hesitate.

A nun stands in a classroom with a ruler in her hand — created by the author using Bing AI image creator.

A drabble is exactly 100 words, no more, no less. Since drabbles are so short, please remain on the page for at least 30 seconds. Leave a comment, highlight something that interests you, and clap up to 50x if you liked it.

I hesitate to write another drabble. What if it falls short or falls on deaf ears?

What if I can only come up with 99 words? What will I do? Add bye? That would be ugly.

Maybe I could change a contraction to two words.

What if I just leave it at 99 words?

Nancy Oglesby will remind me like a nun at a catholic school — with a virtual ruler across the knuckles.

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King.

I stare at the blank page. Shortfall? Deaf ears? 99 words? Ugh. King was right. Bye.

A drabble is exactly 100 words, no more, no less. In this case, the random word to build the story around is “hesitate.”

Thanks to Nancy Oglesby and Fiction Shorts for the daily challenge.

To discover how to participate in the random word drabble challenge

Here are three other drabbles for your enjoyment

That’s all for today. Come back tomorrow for another random word drabble.

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About the Author Photo by Jean Springs from Pexels.

Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a Certified US English Chicago Manual of Style Editor. Also, a Top Writer in Bitcoin, Business, Investing, Nutrition, Travel, Fiction, Transportation, VR, NFL, Design, Creativity, and Short Story.

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Tagging some of random drabble friends — Adrienne Beaumont, Randy Pulley, John Welford, CJ Coop, Leonard Tillerman, Bruce Coulter, Denise Kendig, Brandon Ellrich, Jerry Dwyer, Harry Hogg, Dr. Tracy Davis, Paula Shablo, Adrian CDTPPW, Lynn L. Alexander, chel writes, Nevena Pascaleva, Jessica Morgan, Karen Hoffman, Greg Prince, Lesley Dewar There's always another story to tell, Vincent Pisano, Emma Vincent, Patty Feyh, Dixie Dodd ♡, Karen Schwartz, Michael Rhodes, Dr. Preeti Singh, Jonny Masters, Barbara Wilson Arboleda, Yana Bostongirl, John Hansen, Maria Rattray, Alex Mos, Anna Soldenhoff, Miyabi's Movie Diary, Trisha Faye, Kelly Corinne Elliott, Scarlet Ibis James 🦩, Jeannie.Chambers, Shubha Apte, Sтepн Tнoмpѕoɴ, Holly Emery, Hira Khan, Jeff Hutchings, Kim McKinney, Miriam Connolly, Daphsam, Annelise Lords, Michelle Landreau, TzeLin Sam, Ashllyn T., Amir Bibi, Mr Bakii, Marilyn Flower, Anu Anniah, Gayle Kurtzer-Meyers, Ted Czukor, Toni Crowe, and Keith M Leonard.

Don’t want to be tagged? Want to be tagged? Let me know in the comments! I won’t be offended either way!

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