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Strange Tomato ([personal profile] strangetomato) wrote2008-06-24 07:39 pm

Drabble (and possibly ficlet) request thread

Like [personal profile] madame_ugly before me, I'm going to open the floor to some requests here.

What you do:

Give me a request for a drabble. This can be as vague as you want or as specific as you want. Leave the characters open or hand select the ones you'd like me to use. Prompts can be a single word or a phrase. I like the idea of suggesting a phrase or a request for some specific opinion or thoughts from a character, so feel free to do that. I'll even attempt something as tangential as "Frances Worthington's thoughts on Stella Terrano" or "PT No. 9 goes shopping with the coupons he's clipped that week", though I may have to politely decline if you completely stump me or it's way out of character (I'll try to make it work, though).

I will have to decline anything that would give away a detail of the plot that I'm obviously hiding, but I'm sure you understand which things are off limits. An obvious example would be something like: "What is Circe really up to?" I'm not going to answer that one just yet. If you make a really specific request, please try to stick to things that have already happened or are happening right now in the story. Okay, enough with the "rules"...

What I do:

Create, at the very least, a 100 word text-only drabble. I reserve the right to explode a prompt into something a little larger, like a ficlet, and to include images. I like including images, so I probably will include at least one, even for the drabbles.  

I'll do these here and there, so there will likely be some waiting involved, but I'll honour all requests eventually.

So, bring it on, oh gentle readers.

[identity profile] vocman3.livejournal.com 2010-03-26 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
this drabble: http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/232542.html
...made me think of something...

Mint Curious/Boys


Cheers!
~Vocman3

[identity profile] simsnowcherry.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Something or actually anything from Lucy's point of view, though I'd prefer it to be something that tells more about Lucy than centered only around what she thinks of Tank or Beau or anyone. I'd like to see the 'inner Lucy'. It would be nice if it included something about her family, too.

Drabble

[identity profile] poppyperson.livejournal.com 2010-04-18 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...

Ophelia in Wonderland. It dosn't have to be her entering wonderland, meeting the mad hatter...It could be her likening herself to the characters, she see's Johnny as the Chescher(?)cat or Circe as the queen of hearts.

[identity profile] missingchain.livejournal.com 2010-05-09 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
For mother's day, Ripp, Buck, and Tank all reminisce in their own way about their mother, Lyla.
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[identity profile] strange-tomato.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I completed your prompt for Ripp's Views on Rejection:

http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/247603.html
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[identity profile] strange-tomato.livejournal.com 2011-07-19 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I've finally filled your drabble request. You can find it here:

http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/291760.html

Hope you like it! :)

(Anonymous) 2012-11-17 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know if you're still doing these, but since you're back and seem to be inching your way towards an actual update, I thought I'd toss out a couple of ideas in case they help get the creative juices flowing:

(1) Pick one of your characters & show us their earliest memory.

(2) Something from Grimmie's point of view about his relationship with Olive.
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[identity profile] strange-tomato.livejournal.com 2012-12-27 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I've completed the first prompt:

http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/326180.html

I really liked that one, and it fit well with an idea I've been working on for one of the characters, so thank you for that.
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[identity profile] strange-tomato.livejournal.com 2012-12-27 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I just noticed that I had forgotten to link to this completed drabble:

http://strange-tomato.livejournal.com/241432.html

Thank you for the great prompt! :)

(Anonymous) 2012-12-29 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Thank YOU for writing it! It's lovely (although I now have ALL THE FEELS for tiny-Beau, damn it)

Drabble Prompt

(Anonymous) 2013-04-03 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Could you do like a fluffy-romancey drabble between Johnny and Ripp?

(Anonymous) 2014-09-01 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw you recently wrote a drabble about Olives attic so I thought I'd give a suggestion. I'd love to read a drabble about Lazlo & Crystal. They seem like an interesting couple and they're always paired in my Strangetown. Maybe something about their relationship or their future.

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