The Drabble Diary of a Parish Priest

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The Drabble Diary of a Parish Priest

Because precise wordcount is exactly what readers are looking for.

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red
red
10 years ago

Well, I’m all rev’d—to exactly 100 RPM

Lucie le Blanc
Lucie le Blanc
10 years ago

Sorry, Nathan, but a Drabble is totally a thing. And it’s precisely 100 words. Make it 99 or 101 words and it’s not a Drabble anymore. 😉

That sure doesn’t make it a good book cover and using both Drabble and 100 words is quite redundant.

Lucie le Blanc
Lucie le Blanc
10 years ago
Reply to  Nathan

Sorry, dear. 😉

Waffles
Waffles
10 years ago
Reply to  Lucie le Blanc

So basically saying it is a Drabble of 100 words, is the equivalent of saying it is a Haiku with three lines.

Anyone interested in Drabble would know that already! As demonstrated already.

Lucie le Blanc
Lucie le Blanc
10 years ago

That’s exactly the same! You nailed it. 😉

john e. . .
10 years ago

I like the idea of a story getting up to 100 words and just

Kris
Kris
10 years ago
Reply to  john e. . .

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! That’s hil

DED
DED
10 years ago

Must remember “drabble” next time I play Scrabble.

James F. Brown
James F. Brown
10 years ago

Does “A” count as a word? How about “AN”? Just askin’…

Sirona
10 years ago
Reply to  James F. Brown

Yes. Oh, and yes would count too. And yeah, yay, ay, aye, I…if it’s offset by spaces, it’s a word. Even if it’s numbers, it’s a word … and so I give you: 583, a word.

Kris
Kris
10 years ago
Reply to  Sirona

What about thrown-together-quickly sorts of usage? One or three?

Sirona
10 years ago
Reply to  Kris

Ah, you’re thinking of compound adjectives. Well, in word processors they count that differently–some might say one, some might say three. Within the story, for “rule” purposes (like if you were entering a contest), it should be counted as one word.

john e. . .
10 years ago

Man . . . I have to tell you, coming to this page and seeing this old “related” cover gives me the creeps. Maybe it is the way it is framed.

But. I am. Freaked. OUT.

john harvey
john harvey
10 years ago

I now get horribly frightening emails from Amazon just like these.

I blame Nathan for the ugly turn my life has taken.