Initially used to refer to an exactly 100 word work, it now refers to any short fanfic.
a single scene, usually a wallow scene, written without the frame of a story; used mostly in on-line slash fiction
100 word fic. no more, no less. unless it's a half-drabble (50 words), a double-drabble (200) or some other such concoction. or an almost-drabble.
a one-part story that can be anywhere from fifty to five-thousand words, but is centered around, or inspired by, a pre-set theme
a short fic that is exactly a certain number of words, i
a short form of fiction that is popular among trek fanfic scribblers
a short-short story, from your character's point of view
a story of EXACTLY one hundered words, not including the title
a story told in precisely one hundred words
a short piece of fiction, precisely 100 words long.
Writing drabble is similar to saying, "I've written some really cool dialogue, or conceived a neat scene that has no plot or point, and rather than come up with a story to put it in, I'm just going to post it and wait for praise." Similar to PWP, except limited to one hundred words.
A drabble began as a 100 word fic. These tend to be on a theme and LiveJournal has several drabble communities. The idea of a drabble is to convey an event or emotion in a short 100 words.
A Drabble is an extremely short work of fiction with exactly one hundred words, although the term is often misused to indicate a short story of less than 1000 words. The purpose of the drabble is brevity and to test author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space.
