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Year of the Drabble - Redux

Gonna do it again, yep yep.

All fandoms, all ships welcome. Prompts this year come in the flavors of word, image, movie, phrase, and genre. Nothing is in quotes this year, meaning that it's all meant to be inspiration. Nothing of the prompt *must* be in your drabble, but you are welcome to incorporate it if you like. And to simplify things just a tad, this year there are only 4 options for your drabble length. Choose from 100, 150, 200, or 350 words. Tag us when you post!

Are you ready? Here we go!

Jan 6 - word: quest Jan 13 - image

Jan 20 - movie: Waterworld Jan 27 - phrase: keep your eyes peeled Feb 3 - genre: crime Feb 10 - word: smoke Feb 17 - image:

Feb 24 - movie: Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit Mar 3 - phrase: there's no i in team Mar 10 - genre: adventure Mar 17 - word: hiccup Mar 24 - image:

Mar 31 - movie: V for Vendetta Apr 7 - phrase: I smell a rat Apr 14 - genre: action Apr 21 - word: penalty Apr 28 - image:

May 5 - movie: Goncharov May 12 - phrase: down for the count May 19 - genre: comedy May 26 - word: frame Jun 2 - image:

Jun 9 - movie: Sneakers Jun 16 - phrase: down to earth Jun 23 - genre: scifi Jun 30 - word: pursuit Jul 7 - image:

Jul 14 - movie: Pretty Woman Jul 21 - phrase: roll with the punches Jul 28 - genre: drama Aug 4 - word: claim Aug 11 - image:

Aug 18 - movie: Mathilda Aug 25 - phrase: the plot thickens Sep 1 - genre: family Sep 8 - word: writer Sep 15 - image:

Sep 22 - movie: Looper Sep 29 - phrase: a little bird told me Oct 6 - genre: romance Oct 13 - word: linger Oct 20 - image:

Oct 27 - movie: Iron Giant Nov 3 - phrase: on the ropes Nov 10 -genre: western Nov 17 - word: poem Nov 24 - image:

Dec 1 - movie: Cast Away Dec 8 - phrase: all Greek to me Dec 15 - genre: history Dec 22 - word: vague Dec 29 - image:

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december prompts

How can it possibly be december? Wasn't it just January?

December 1 - Film: Cast Away December 8 - Phrase: all greek to me December 15 - genre: history December 22 - vague December 29 - image: an astronaut in Earth orbit

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november prompts

November 3 - phrase - on the ropes November 10 - genre - western November 17 - poem November 24 - image: a red light in a wire cage

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prompts: october

How is it october already? This is nuts.

October 6 - genre: romance October 13: linger October 20: image: a brown maple leaf on a stone park bench October 27: film: iron giant

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September prompts

September 1 - family September 8 - ‘writer’ September 15: image: spitting snail statue September 22: film: Looper September 29: “a little bird told me”

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happy august. let's keep going.

August 4 - claim August 11 - image - high rise flats August 18 - film: Matilda August 25 - phrase - the plot thickens

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July's Prompts

July 7 - Image: fire danger sign, with 'today's fire danger' arrow pointed at 'very high'.

July 14: Film: Pretty Woman

July 21 - Phrase: Roll with the punches

July 28 - Genre: Drama

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June's prompts

June 2 - image: library book stacks June 9 - film: sneakers June 16 - phrase - down to earth June 23 - genre - scifi June 30 - pursuit

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Since it is almost May:

28 April: image: red tie and pocket square, dark grey suit jacket

5 May: Film: Goncharov

12 May: phrase: down for the count

19 May: genre: comedy

26 May: frame

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March prompts

3 March: 'there's no 'i' in 'team'

10 March: genre: adventure

17 March: 'hiccup'

24 March: image: Taylor's brewery, filled with wooden barrels

31 March: film: V for vendetta

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Here are the prompts for February.

February 3: crime

February 10: word: smoke

February 17: image: desert/plains with road running through it, a dark, cloudy sky, running up into the mountains above.

February 24: film: Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Were Rabbit

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Hey! I'm the new co-admin, and I sort of hang out here.

So January 2025 happened. Just in case you missed the prompts:

January 6: word 'quest'.

January 13: photo: a large old tree with a fork in it. There's a battery-powered lamp in the fork of the tree.

January 20: film: Waterworld

January 27: genre: crime

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Is This Thing On?

Ack! How did it get to be 2025 already?

However it happened, it IS 2025. How did you do on your 'year of the drabble' challenge in 2024?

I ... did mostly okay. Had a couple spots during the year when things got hectic and I did not find the time or brain power to write a drabble. I managed to get caught back up riiiiiight up until the end of the year when things fell apart again.

Also, as you may have noticed, right around the beginning of summer, I got rather ... inconsistent ... about reblogging drabbles in a monthly roundup. Sorry about that. They weren't always tagged on tumblr or added to the ao3 collection, so sometimes it was difficult to track down which (if any) new drabbles were related to the challenge and prompts. Sometimes they were, though, and I still didn't manage to track them down to link up into a post.

I will be posting another year of prompts, but I won't be promising the monthly roundups - which I hate because while I created this challenge in part to encourage myself to develop daily/weekly writing habits, it was also to find community where we could work in parallel and hold each other accountable for a small weekly goal. The thing is, I just don't have time to do both the writing and the admin required to find the other drabbles and post them.

If someone out there would like to assist, I'd be glad of the help.

If not, well, there's still a list of prompts for us to play with, and a goal to reach for. A drabble a week. Let's go. Time to bring out the 2025 prompt list. Keep your eyes peeled.

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Week 53!

Here we are, at the LAST prompt of 2024. It's a word prompt, and must appear in your drabble. Let's see what we all can make of "jet lag."

One more time - get drabbling!

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WEEK 52!!!

Although it's NOT the last prompt of 2024, holy heck you guys, it's prompt number 52! Aaaahhhhhhhhh!

Ahem. So, then. This week's prompt is a trope - desert island.

Let's gooooooo!

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Week 51

One last song prompt for the year - Chuck Berry's 'School Days'.

Happy Drabbling!

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Week 50

This week we have a phrase to play with - 'Gone but not forgotten.'

Get your drabble on!