Where No Woman Has Drabbled Before
Inspired by yahtzee63's fabulous Journey to Drabble, I bring you the where_no_woman drabble challenge. I hope this will inspire our whole community to produce more fiction about ST's many fierce and fabulous female characters. Rules are below, and prompts are under the cut.
1) Prompts are not exclusive. There is no limit on the number of people who may write about a prompt, and there is no need to claim prompts.
2) Post responses in the comments and include the number & name of your prompt in the subject line. If the story is too long for comments, you may post it elsewhere and comment with the link.
3) Responses may be any length from a proper 100-word drabble to a multi-chapter epic.
4) There is no time limit for this challenge.
5) Although I did not post any pairing-specific prompts, this is not exclusively a gen fic challenge. If a romantic relationship will help illuminate the identity of your character, please feel free to write about one.
6) Please leave feedback, respond to feedback, and pimp this post around.
Edited to add: I updated the prompt list with a link to each response so that you can browse for stories about the prompts that interest you. Feel free to continue writing, especially if you want to answer unfilled prompts. Indexing is complete as of 7/04/09. You're welcome to continue responding if you like, but I will not be updating the index again.
These prompts focus on Reboot characters, with a couple TOS thrown in, like Nurse Chapel and Number 1. If someone would like to make a separate challenge post for characters from other series, I'm sure our moderator sainfoin_fields would let you.
1. Amanda, grief
2. Amanda, opportunity
3. Amanda, ride my decision into the night
by sainfoin_fields
4. Amanda, articulate
by blcwriter
5. Amanda, first fight
by possibly_thrice
6. Chapel, practical
by r_becca
7. Chapel, behind the scenes
by themadlurker
8. Chapel, good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment
9. Chapel, respect
by seren_ccd
10. Chapel, underestimated
by forthisreason
11. ex-Mrs. McCoy, forgiveness
by possibly_thrice
12. ex-Mrs. McCoy, dead on arrival
by latropita
by blcwriter
by elorie
13. ex-Mrs. McCoy, before
by shiny_rosie
by sainfoin_fields
14. ex-Mrs. McCoy, dancing
15. ex-Mrs. McCoy, achievement
by themadlurker
16. Gaila, moment of personal victory
17. Gaila, another notch in my lipstick case
18. Gaila, Tokyo
by saturn_a_gogo
by snowlight
19. Gaila, baking
by saturn_a_gogo
20. Gaila, intellect
by yahtzee63
21. Joanna McCoy, roots and wings
by loneraven
22. Joanna McCoy, Atlanta
by mllesays
23. Joanna McCoy, rebellion
by rawles
by breathingbooks
24. Joanna McCoy, boobs
by sainfoin_fields
25. Joanna McCoy, in over her head
26. Number 1, moment of weakness
by taraljc
27. Number 1, bitch
by taraljc
28. Number 1, red lipstick
by kayim
by taraljc
by igrockspock
29. Number 1, settling
by taraljc
by florahart
30. Number 1, arduous
by taraljc
31. Uhura, fierce
by thistlerose
32. Uhura, sacrifice
33. Uhura, wanderlust
by seren_ccd
34. Uhura, breaking point
by forthisreason
35. Uhura, fool me twice
by kh_mattie
40. Winona, experimentation
by igrockspock
41. Winona, don't pin me down
by jadediva
by igrockspock
by sainfoin_fields
42. Winona, adequate
by possibly_thrice
43. Winona, awe
by dafnap
44. Winona, unsung
by jncar
yahtzee63 provided the helpful information that the former Mrs. McCoy was called Jocelyn Treadway in TOS. Although I hate reducing a woman to the name of her ex-husband, I was afraid to call her anything else in the prompts for fear that people wouldn't know who she was. But, it's good to know that she has a name!
Have fun!
1) Prompts are not exclusive. There is no limit on the number of people who may write about a prompt, and there is no need to claim prompts.
2) Post responses in the comments and include the number & name of your prompt in the subject line. If the story is too long for comments, you may post it elsewhere and comment with the link.
3) Responses may be any length from a proper 100-word drabble to a multi-chapter epic.
4) There is no time limit for this challenge.
5) Although I did not post any pairing-specific prompts, this is not exclusively a gen fic challenge. If a romantic relationship will help illuminate the identity of your character, please feel free to write about one.
6) Please leave feedback, respond to feedback, and pimp this post around.
Edited to add: I updated the prompt list with a link to each response so that you can browse for stories about the prompts that interest you. Feel free to continue writing, especially if you want to answer unfilled prompts. Indexing is complete as of 7/04/09. You're welcome to continue responding if you like, but I will not be updating the index again.
These prompts focus on Reboot characters, with a couple TOS thrown in, like Nurse Chapel and Number 1. If someone would like to make a separate challenge post for characters from other series, I'm sure our moderator sainfoin_fields would let you.
1. Amanda, grief
2. Amanda, opportunity
3. Amanda, ride my decision into the night
by sainfoin_fields
4. Amanda, articulate
by blcwriter
5. Amanda, first fight
by possibly_thrice
6. Chapel, practical
by r_becca
7. Chapel, behind the scenes
by themadlurker
8. Chapel, good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment
9. Chapel, respect
by seren_ccd
10. Chapel, underestimated
by forthisreason
11. ex-Mrs. McCoy, forgiveness
by possibly_thrice
12. ex-Mrs. McCoy, dead on arrival
by latropita
by blcwriter
by elorie
13. ex-Mrs. McCoy, before
by shiny_rosie
by sainfoin_fields
14. ex-Mrs. McCoy, dancing
15. ex-Mrs. McCoy, achievement
by themadlurker
16. Gaila, moment of personal victory
17. Gaila, another notch in my lipstick case
18. Gaila, Tokyo
by saturn_a_gogo
by snowlight
19. Gaila, baking
by saturn_a_gogo
20. Gaila, intellect
by yahtzee63
21. Joanna McCoy, roots and wings
by loneraven
22. Joanna McCoy, Atlanta
by mllesays
23. Joanna McCoy, rebellion
by rawles
by breathingbooks
24. Joanna McCoy, boobs
by sainfoin_fields
25. Joanna McCoy, in over her head
26. Number 1, moment of weakness
by taraljc
27. Number 1, bitch
by taraljc
28. Number 1, red lipstick
by kayim
by taraljc
by igrockspock
29. Number 1, settling
by taraljc
by florahart
30. Number 1, arduous
by taraljc
31. Uhura, fierce
by thistlerose
32. Uhura, sacrifice
33. Uhura, wanderlust
by seren_ccd
34. Uhura, breaking point
by forthisreason
35. Uhura, fool me twice
by kh_mattie
40. Winona, experimentation
by igrockspock
41. Winona, don't pin me down
by jadediva
by igrockspock
by sainfoin_fields
42. Winona, adequate
by possibly_thrice
43. Winona, awe
by dafnap
44. Winona, unsung
by jncar
yahtzee63 provided the helpful information that the former Mrs. McCoy was called Jocelyn Treadway in TOS. Although I hate reducing a woman to the name of her ex-husband, I was afraid to call her anything else in the prompts for fear that people wouldn't know who she was. But, it's good to know that she has a name!
Have fun!