The site admins have graciously allowed me to head up one of my favorite Dokuga traditions... Drabble/Drawble Nights. These monthly events happen in Chat. Over the course of the evening, up to ten prompts will be given at half-hour intervals. Participants are encouraged to write a 100-word drabble or create a quick sketch based on the theme and then share it. When you finish your drabble, post it directly to chat (assuming the rating is appropriate for everyone); links should be provided to art posts (again, mind your ratings).

Official Drabble/Drawble Nights will generally be held on the first Saturday of every month, starting at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern). Dates and times will be confirmed here in the forums. The next scheduled Drabble/Drawble Night will be...



A few things to keep in mind:
~All posts/links in Chat need to be PG13. If your drabble/drawble exceeds a T-rating, simply let the room know that you’ve updated your story/collection/gallery.
~Each month, the ten prompts will serve as clues to the night’s theme. If you think you know the theme, send me your guesses via private chat, but don’t blurt it out to the whole room. Give everyone the chance to figure it out on their own!
~FAQ – Does the drabble have to be exactly 100 words? If you’re asking me, then yes. It does. That’s part of the challenge, after all.
~When everyone’s posting drabbles to Chat, it’s pretty hard to keep up. If you want to read all the contributions, I suggest turning off ‘scrolling’ by clicking the arrow button over the right-hand sidebar. That way you can scroll manually and read at your leisure.
~You don’t have to do all the prompts in order to earn the participant’s banner. Even if you only do one of the prompts, you participated!
~Please save and upload the participant’s banner to your own image host (like PhotoBucket).
~If you can’t make it to Chat during a Drabble/Drawble Night, you can still take part. All the prompts and the participant’s banner will be added to the forum post. If you post your drabbles during the following day, you can still claim the banner.
~Special Holiday Drabble/Drawble Nights will be held in addition to the regular monthly Drabble/Drawble Nights: Halloween, Holidays, Valentine’s Day, etc.
~There is such a thing as an Impromptu Drabble/Drawble Night (IDDN). Those crop up whenever there’s a crowd in chat. They’re unpredictable, which is part of the fun. ::twinkle:: There is also such a thing as a GM Drabble/Drawble Night. Those are hosted in the GM Chat Room, where adult content is permitted. For more information on those, you’ll need to talk to sugar0o.

Be nice. Play fair. Have fun!

~forthright

**SPECIAL REQUEST** For February, I thought it might be fun to have y'all help me choose the prompts. Think of the titles of your favorite LOVE SONGS, and PM them to me (personal message... not replies to this thread... so we can unveil them over the course of the evening), and we'll see if they can't inspire everyone during our February DDN!

POST-EVENT ADDITION:

The Ten Prompts:
~All at Once - The Fray
~The First Time Every I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
~Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
~Throw Me a Rope - KT Tunstall
~Sometimes When We Touch – Dan Hill
~Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
~Why Don’t You Kiss Her? – Jesse McCartney
~In the Still of the Night – The Five Satins
~Take My Breath Away – Berlin
~(Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams




Tonight's LOVE SONGS Drabble/Drawble Night borrowed the themes from song titles. Thank you to everyone who made it difficult for me to narrow the list down to just ten! Participants were encouraged to take the prompt at face value... or to listen to the song and let the lyrics inspire. Thanks to everyone who took part! ::twinkle::

Yay! Can't wait! I'll totally be there! Probably in and out since I'll be at the restaurant, but... I'll be there!!

i won't join in til later, but it sounds like a lot of fun!

Hn...I'll try to be there >_>. Not sure if I can or not :'(

If I ever make it outta the laundrymat and back to my computer (posting via Droid), I'll try to make it to ddn tonight. Lol

Thanks for hosting such a fun DDN, forthy! I really enjoyed this particular DDN and think that we should do music prompts more often in the future! <3

Thank you for hosting forthy! This was my very first DDN and I had so much fun. Hopefully next time I'll be able to stay for the whole thing.

>m< I have got to get better at catching these! x'D I'll be playing catch-up alongside my seminar prep, look out for it! >u<

This DDN was so much fun the prompts were great XD and gave me an interesting playlist for the night lol

Just because it is ever-so-appropriate...

****IMPORTANT NOTICE****

As a result of last night's DDN, I seem to have a LOT of stories that have no disclaimers for the songs used in those stories, whether for the titles or use of certain lyrics!!!

NO ONE who has posted so far seems to have used a disclaimer!

Remember, attribution or a disclaimer is a sentence that says that you don't own the rights to said material, whether the title or lyrics and may include the information that you are not profiting from the use of the title and/or lyrics.

Right now, I have a list of TEN authors that have posted since last night. Please, PLEASE put disclaimers in your chapters that are using the song titles and/or lyrics!

Pretty Please??

~~Wiccan~~

WiccanMethuselah wrote:

****IMPORTANT NOTICE****

As a result of last night's DDN, I seem to have a LOT of stories that have no disclaimers for the songs used in those stories, whether for the titles or use of certain lyrics!!!

NO ONE who has posted so far seems to have used a disclaimer!

Remember, attribution or a disclaimer is a sentence that says that you don't own the rights to said material, whether the title or lyrics and may include the information that you are not profiting from the use of the title and/or lyrics.

Right now, I have a list of TEN authors that have posted since last night. Please, PLEASE put disclaimers in your chapters that are using the song titles and/or lyrics!

Pretty Please??

~~Wiccan~~

Sorry about that Wiccan, they've been added to those I have up so far and will make sure I add them to the others once I finish them up and get them posted.

*GLOMPS Hairann*

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

*sobs with relief*

That's one less I have to worry about. My fingers actually cringed - all on their own - at the thought of having to type up over ten warnings, LOL!
*HUGGLES*

~~me~~

Nah wouldn't need to do it ten times, just post everyone's, that participated, name into a single message and send the same thing out to all of us at once.

Though I just realized I forgot to add it to the drawble I did last night too, so someone may want to make sure the drawblers add them as well.

Hairann wrote:
Nah wouldn't need to do it ten times, just post everyone's, that participated, name into a single message and send the same thing out to all of us at once.

Though I just realized I forgot to add it to the drawble I did last night too, so someone may want to make sure the drawblers add them as well.

OH!

Hey... r0o0o0o0o0o??!!

~~me~~

Skye brought it to my attention before I saw this, but... I've gone ahead and added the disclaimers!

Aurora Antheia Raine wrote:
Skye brought it to my attention before I saw this, but... I've gone ahead and added the disclaimers!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

*Huggles 'Theia*

You soooooo ROCK!

~~me~~

LOL! You're welcome, Wiccan! Anything to keep Dokuga forever out of trouble!!