Drabble Tree
Since there were some positive responses to my post earlier in the week, I thought we'd try a drabble tree. The idea is to create a tree of drabbles all linked together by a sentence or phrase.
The rules are simple:
1. All drabbles should relate to Stargate SG-1. Sam/Cam is obviously nice but is not essential - het, slash, gen, all is welcome, if you have an idea then run with it.
2. Strictly, a drabble is a ficlet of exactly 100 words, but I certainly won't be counting words! Perhaps ficlet tree might be a better name; something between 100-300 would do nicely.
3. Each drabble must include a word, phrase or sentence from any drabble already in the tree. The phrase can come from anywhere in the previous drabble and go anywhere in yours. (The idea is to have a series of independent short stories, not a continuous piece by many authors. You may choose to continue a previous drabble if you wish but please try not to do so too much - other authors might be reluctant to "interrupt" which defeats the point of the game.)
4. All drabbles must be posted as comments to this entry. Post each drabble as a reply to the one you took your phrase from.
6. Highlight the phrase in bold in your drabble and put the phrase as the comment subject.
7. Please do not leave feedback comments to the drabbles here, it'll clutter up the tree. There'll be another post straight after this for comments; authors please post a reply to the INITIAL POST in the comment post and then link that thread at the bottom of your drabble here if you'd like feedback - this means you'll have to create a comment thread BEFORE posting here.
8. You don't have to be a member of the community to play, or even have an LJ - every one is welcome. Please could all anonymous writers include a pen name.
9. There's no limit on the number of drabbles you can post - write as many as you want.
10. Have fun!
Now to start us off:
Man and Wife
If Cam had realised he'd be married by the end of the day, he would have made a bit more effort with his hair that morning.
It had started like a standard meet and greet; they went, they saw, they made nice with the locals and were invited to join their evening meal. After dinner, each member of the team had been given a gift of friendship. It went south from there.
Cam nudged Sam with his elbow. "Hey, what d'you get?" He turned his own metal object in his hands trying to make out what it was.
"A deer with six legs?" She didn't look convinced. "Maybe. You?"
"Not too sure." He offered her his gift and she swapped it for hers, naturally curious.
Instantly, the locals were on their feet, clapping and cheering, then they were pressed in on all sides with people congratulating them and wishing them a long life together.
It was then that they discovered that these tokens were sacred symbols, the giving and accepting between two people was their marriage ceremony, although usually done with a little more pomp and circumstance.
Cam groaned. No way Daniel was going to shut up about this one.
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The rules are simple:
1. All drabbles should relate to Stargate SG-1. Sam/Cam is obviously nice but is not essential - het, slash, gen, all is welcome, if you have an idea then run with it.
2. Strictly, a drabble is a ficlet of exactly 100 words, but I certainly won't be counting words! Perhaps ficlet tree might be a better name; something between 100-300 would do nicely.
3. Each drabble must include a word, phrase or sentence from any drabble already in the tree. The phrase can come from anywhere in the previous drabble and go anywhere in yours. (The idea is to have a series of independent short stories, not a continuous piece by many authors. You may choose to continue a previous drabble if you wish but please try not to do so too much - other authors might be reluctant to "interrupt" which defeats the point of the game.)
4. All drabbles must be posted as comments to this entry. Post each drabble as a reply to the one you took your phrase from.
6. Highlight the phrase in bold in your drabble and put the phrase as the comment subject.
7. Please do not leave feedback comments to the drabbles here, it'll clutter up the tree. There'll be another post straight after this for comments; authors please post a reply to the INITIAL POST in the comment post and then link that thread at the bottom of your drabble here if you'd like feedback - this means you'll have to create a comment thread BEFORE posting here.
8. You don't have to be a member of the community to play, or even have an LJ - every one is welcome. Please could all anonymous writers include a pen name.
9. There's no limit on the number of drabbles you can post - write as many as you want.
10. Have fun!
Now to start us off:
Man and Wife
If Cam had realised he'd be married by the end of the day, he would have made a bit more effort with his hair that morning.
It had started like a standard meet and greet; they went, they saw, they made nice with the locals and were invited to join their evening meal. After dinner, each member of the team had been given a gift of friendship. It went south from there.
Cam nudged Sam with his elbow. "Hey, what d'you get?" He turned his own metal object in his hands trying to make out what it was.
"A deer with six legs?" She didn't look convinced. "Maybe. You?"
"Not too sure." He offered her his gift and she swapped it for hers, naturally curious.
Instantly, the locals were on their feet, clapping and cheering, then they were pressed in on all sides with people congratulating them and wishing them a long life together.
It was then that they discovered that these tokens were sacred symbols, the giving and accepting between two people was their marriage ceremony, although usually done with a little more pomp and circumstance.
Cam groaned. No way Daniel was going to shut up about this one.
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