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    What is a drabble?

    Question #111484. Asked by author. (Dec 15 09 7:47 AM)


    fado72

    		In creative writing, a drabble is a short fiction story that consists of exactly 100 words. A drabble, although extremely short on words, must be a complete story that contains a proper beginning, a middle, and a satisfactory ending.
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    Dec 15 09, 8:58 AM
    Baloo55th

    		I have no hard evidence for it, but the word drabble is very likely to be from Margaret Drabble http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Drabble chosen for her name's similarity to 'scrabble'. It is the sort of double pun that the Python team would come up with - and if she's got the sort of sense of humour that her sister (A.S. Byatt) has, she probably appreciated it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drabble

    Dec 15 09, 12:33 PM

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