
Writing a drabble was painfully difficult. 100 words, yow. It's more like writing poetry than writing narrative fiction, for me. You have to start in media res and hope the reader supplies all the context. (Fanfic has an advantage here.) The rule of thumb I have about stories is that a story is something that could only happen once; toss that out for drabbles. They might be about a single intense moment or situation. No development, no resolution, just the bang. If a short story is a punch in the face, the drabble is the moment you see the punch coming.
Or not. I've only written one.
I wrote a few thousand words in longer stories as well, mostly in The Unnamed Montana GBX Story and in Blackmail. I might be ready to resume writing swords-n-sorcery now that I've shed the stress over not finishing it on time. I'm feeling more cheerful about the writing, anyway, if dismal about any future involvement with organized fannish activity. I think

I would say that I need a new motivational strategy, except that I don't.
My lovely new Ethan icon is from a new batch of icons by
Also,

And now I get to work on my sadly neglected list of fannish obligations.