Announcing the Babylon 5 Drabble Project!
Itâs a dream given form. Our last best hope for words. Or one hundred of them, anyway. Itâs the Babylon 5 Drabble Project!
Londo is excited about this! And so am I!
Sheridan has some questions.
1. What is a drabble? A drabble is a mini-fic that is EXACTLY 100 words long. Not 99. Not 101. 100. Having to meet this exact number specification is a great practice tool for writers because it is an exercise in both brevity and diction. The end result is often poignant or funny, a glimpse into a moment in time of the lives of our beloved characters. They usually have titles, but they donât have to.
2. What is the Babylon 5 Drabble Project? The project will involve writing drabbles from a series of prompts. First, Iâm going to ask all of you to submit prompts (generally just one or two words), which Iâll assemble into a master list. Then, at intervals (Iâll probably start with once a month), Iâll post a certain number of them (depending on the number submitted, around 5) as prompts for the month. You can write as many or as few drabbles as you want (aka you can write on as many of the prompts as you want). Then, just post them, making sure to use the tag #b5drabbleproject. You can submit prompts to me at any point (inbox me), but Iâll wait to post the first round for writing until I get a list of several.
3. What are the rules of the Project?
-Rule #1: BE NICE. No pooping in other peopleâs Fruit Loops. If somebody wants to write about two characters smooching who you donât think should be smooching, that doesnât give you the right to be mean to that person or make negative comments about their work or views. People work really hard on their writing, even when itâs only 100 words, so keep your comments NICE. Be nice to all participants, be nice to yourself, just basically be nice to everyone. (Exception: you donât necessarily have to be nice to the characters. Because if yâall have ever read my fanfictions, you know just how much I looooooove to be mean to the B5 characters...one in particular...)
-Rule #2: No NSFW. Mainly, I really donât want to read about nekkid Minbari or Virâs tentacle dicks (can I get off this example train now? I regret so many things) or anything of that nature. If you are unhappy with this, feel free to start your own B5 NSFW drabble collective. No judgement. Just here is not the place.
-Rule #3: Tag your triggers. (Basically, see Rule #1.)
...And thatâs actually everything I can think of. Things might adjust as time goes on and I learn what works and what doesnât. PLEASE REBLOG THIS POST SO OTHER B5 PEOPLE GET THE WORD ABOUT THIS! The more the merrier! Also let me know if you guys have questions. Really the goal is just to write drabbles about B5, because...
Iâm so excited, and I hope you are, too! Sheridan definitely is now.
Thanks for reading! Weâre going to have a great time. :) I love you, B5 friends! Have a hug!
Also I just wanted an excuse to use my second-favorite B5 gif, and because this post was sadly lacking in Lennier.
(Thatâs my FAVORITE B5 gif.)