NaNo WriMos discussion

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Drabbles are super short stories that are 100 words. No more, no less.

Example (my own):


My lungs were burning. I couldn't breathe. The stench of blazing flesh filled my nostrils. Curling up into a smaller ball, I shoved my body deeper into the crevice I was hiding in. Screams trickled into the cave; high-pitched screams infused with fear.

I squeezed my hands into fists. Charlie's gone, I told myself over and over. He's gone and he's never coming back.

Tears trickled out of my eyes, flowing down my face and spilling into my mouth. The saltiness only enhanced the taste of blood, now tangy and metallic. Outside, the world had fallen into a deathly silence.

This is the drabble that ignited the spark for my NaNo novel this year:

"Surrender?" he begged.

Aisha gazed down her rapier at Admiral Benpassa. When last they'd met, he was raping her mother, the Queen. Aisha escaped the horror that followed; fleeing her father's fallen kingdom to be reborn as a pirate.

A sharp blade and sharper mind had kept her safe when her blossoming femininity betrayed her. Her beauty and fearless nature were unrivaled; pirates flocked to her banner.
She raided the usurper's fleet mercilessly, taking joy in each victory. Today was particularly fine.

Aisha drove her rapier through Benpassa's skull, then swung from the burning flagship; steely eyes smoldering.

Surrender?

Never.

Obviously I love this. And I love that you turned it into your project for this year. :)