100 Drabbles of Summer: The Trilogy
It's summer again! Vacation for some, blazing heat for others, but in this neck of the woods that means it's time for the third 100 Drabbles of Summer challenge!
We've had several comments expressing interest, so we're happy to announce it's back for another year. To those of you who haven't been around for it before, the Drabbles of Summer challenge is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: write one hundred drabbles (a drabble being a hundred-word short story, no more and no less) featuring your character(s), over the course of one hundred days.
As the summer progresses, we usually post 'check-ins' where you can share your progress and read the drabbles of others. At the end of summer, everyone shares their collected drabbles, and those who successfully completed all 100 are in the running for a ~prize~. Fancy!
Sound fun? Then sign up by commenting to this post!
The Dates
100 Drabbles of Summer (2012) will run from June 1st until September 8th.
The Rules/FAQ
Can I use drabbles I've already written? Nope! The goal is to write a total of 10,000 fresh, new, exciting words over the course of the summer. Drabbles written outside the activity's dates are not eligible. Nice try, though, you cheaters!
What happens if I don't finish? Rabid were-weasels come to your home and gnaw on your entrails. And you're not eligible for the prizes at the end, but really, that's pretty much it.
Can I co-write my drabbles with someone else? Not for this contest and eligiblity therein, no.
Do all my drabbles have to be about the same character? Nope! You can mix and match them to whatever muses drive you.
Can I use Thursday drabble prompt answers towards my total? Yes-- if they are written within the dates specified.
The Prompts
Following last year's format, 55 of the prompts given will be words or phrases; 25 are images, and 20 are Author's Choice. For those of you who get stuck on Author's Choice, there are numerous websites and programs out there that will generate words for you-- here's one!
Step one: Copy the code from either the table format text area below, or from the text only list if you prefer. Post this to your OWN journal.
Step two: Write a drabble. Repeat ninety-nine times.
Step three: Post the drabbles as comments to your drabble entry, or anywhere else you like, excepting Charloft itself. Drabbles written for the 100 Drabbles should not be posted to the community directly (unless they are also Thursday drabbles), just because if they are, it's a LOT OF POSTS and the community gets flooded with them.
Step four: Post your weekly progress to our drabble round-ups.
Step Five: PROFIT!
The Table
1.
2.
3.
4.
candle
scouts
doggie paddle
coconut
5.
6.
7.
8.
sultry
plant
ship
sand
9.
10.
11.
12.
cabana
water
day trip
jump
13.
14.
15.
16.
tan
bird
raft
popsicle
17.
18.
19.
20.
sink
stars
sundress
shades
21.
22.
23.
24.
blanket
parade
straw hat
tide
25.
26.
27.
28.
snorkle
slide
boys of summer
clambake
29.
30.
31.
32.
dandelion
haze
clouds
lake
33.
34.
35.
36.
charcoal
smoothie
salt
climb
37.
38.
39.
40.
air conditioning
arts and crafts
grill
lifeguard
41.
42.
43.
44.
swimsuit
stink
shell
dive
45.
46.
47.
48.
tropical
sweet
salt water taffy
sour
49.
50.
51.
52.
crab
fish
staycation
season
53.
54.
55.
56.
sun
turtle
wave
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
85.
86.
87.
88.
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
89.
90.
91.
92.
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
93.
94.
95.
96.
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
97.
98.
99.
100.
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
Author's Choice
The Code!
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. |
| candle | scouts | doggie paddle | coconut |
| 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. |
| sultry | plant | ship | sand |
| 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. |
| cabana | water | day trip | jump |
| 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. |
| tan | bird | raft | popsicle |
| 17. | 18. | 19. | 20. |
| sink | stars | sundress | shades |
| 21. | 22. | 23. | 24. |
| blanket | parade | straw hat | tide |
| 25. | 26. | 27. | 28. |
| snorkle | slide | boys of summer | clambake |
| 29. | 30. | 31. | 32. |
| dandelion | haze | clouds | lake |
| 33. | 34. | 35. | 36. |
| charcoal | smoothie | salt | climb |
| 37. | 38. | 39. | 40. |
| air conditioning | arts and crafts | grill | lifeguard |
| 41. | 42. | 43. | 44. |
| swimsuit | stink | shell | dive |
| 45. | 46. | 47. | 48. |
| tropical | sweet | salt water taffy | sour |
| 49. | 50. | 51. | 52. |
| crab | fish | staycation | season |
| 53. | 54. | 55. | 56. |
| sun | turtle | wave | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/318037414.jpg"> |
| 57. | 58. | 59. | 60. |
| http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/433324721.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/521950738.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/237201088.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/140541116.jpg"> |
| 61. | 62. | 63. | 64. |
| http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/323788593.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/417778892.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/380002021.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/81723403.jpg"> |
| 65. | 66. | 67. | 68. |
| http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/870422221.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/214940541.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/551796551.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/408482322.jpg"> |
| 69. | 70. | 71. | 72. |
| http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/738610775.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/222408836.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/640378439.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/740129949.jpg"> |
| 73. | 74. | 75. | 76. |
| http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/449861925.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/468233860.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/549286037.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/130329731.jpg"> |
| 77. | 78. | 79. | 80. |
| http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/675415366.png"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/399054050.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/306741686.jpg"> | http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/big/989157692.jpg"> |
| 81. | 82. | 83. | 84. |
| Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice |
| 85. | 86. | 87. | 88. |
| Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice |
| 89. | 90. | 91. | 92. |
| Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice |
| 93. | 94. | 95. | 96. |
| Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice |
| 97. | 98. | 99. | 100. |
| Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice | Author's Choice |
For those of you who prefer having a text-only list to work off of....
1) candle
2) scouts
3) doggie paddle
4) coconut
5) sultry
6) plant
7) ship
8) sand
9) cabana
10) water
11) day trip
12) jump
13) tan
14) bird
15) raft
16) popsicle
17) sink
18) stars
19) sundress
20) shades
21) blanket
22) parade
23) straw hat
24) tide
25) snorkle
26) slide
27) boys of summer
28) clambake
29) dandelion
30) haze
31) clouds
32) lake
33) charcoal
34) smoothie
35) salt
36) climb
37) air conditioning
38) arts and crafts
39) grill
40) lifeguard
41) swimsuit
42) stink
43) shell
44) dive
45) tropical
46) sweet
47) salt water taffy
48) sour
49) crab
50) fish
51) staycation
52) season
53) sun
54) turtle
55) wave
56) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/318037414.jpg Picnic basket in a field of yellow dandelions, dandelion chain, blue sky
57) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/433324721.jpg Driftwood coming out of the sand on a beach
58) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/521950738.jpg A deck chair in a field of lavender flowers
59) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/237201088.jpg A lighthouse on craggy rocks
60) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/140541116.jpg Hands holding mixed berries
61) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/323788593.jpg A busy beach at night, in a city, with fireworks overhead
62) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/417778892.jpg Children playing in water from a fountain
63) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/380002021.jpg Intense sunlight coming through a palm tree's fronds
64) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/81723403.jpg A sweaty man looking at a broken/off fan
65) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/870422221.jpg A cat licking a snowcone, with a tongue colored by the cone
66) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/214940541.jpg An inflatable pool with yellow ducks and fake 'blood', with the sign 'blood bath'
67) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/551796551.jpg Four children around a campfire
68) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/408482322.jpg A large sand dune with a single line of tracks crossing it
69) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/738610775.jpg A tent set up in a forest, by a stream
70) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/222408836.jpg A city street at dusk, with open-air cafes
71) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/640378439.jpg A Mayan temple (or Mayan-temple-themed waterslide), with a pool containing sharks
72) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/740129949.jpg A silhouetted figure diving into a lake
73) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/449861925.jpg A rusted truck sitting in a desert
74) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/468233860.jpg A woman's lips holding a melting ice cube
75) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/549286037.jpg A purple octopus in an underwater scene
76) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/130329731.jpg Strings of multi-colored shells dangling
77) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/675415366.png A pile of luggage set up before a large map
78) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/399054050.jpg A green beverage (mojito? Limeade?) at the beach
79) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/306741686.jpg A hammock hanging from a palm tree
80) http://www.labarc.com/Drabble/images/thumbs/989157692.jpg A mermaid lounging underwater
81) Author's choice
82) Author's choice
83) Author's choice
84) Author's choice
85) Author's choice
86) Author's choice
87) Author's choice
88) Author's choice
89) Author's choice
90) Author's choice
91) Author's choice
92) Author's choice
93) Author's choice
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95) Author's choice
96) Author's choice
97) Author's choice
98) Author's choice
99) Author's choice
100) Author's choice
And finally, shinies
Here follow some graphics, of both the banner and icon variety. Using these is completely optional, but you are welcome to stick them on your profile or use them in other fashions as you like. Enjoy!
Questions or comments, ask 'em here!