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rthstewart) wrote2015-02-04 11:09 am
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Three Sentence Ficathon
The 2015 Three Sentence Ficathon is now CLOSED, with over 4,100 prompts, fills, and comments. It's been a great exchange and thank you so much for the whacky crackfic, the moving short fic, and the amazing cross-overs. You all are great. I won't freeze this -- go ahead and continue to fill any prompts that interest you and comment on fills made. I just ask that there not be any more NEW prompts.
We'll be back next year. Check out the friending meme and friend away and if you post your works on AO3, be sure to use the 3 sentence ficathon tags.
Thank you again, so much!
It's been 2 years, so why not?!!
Caramelsilver ran one in December on Live Journal but I was too busy to play. There are lots of outstanding prompts over there, so do go and check it out!! Here's the link! I did one in early spring 2 years ago here on Dreamwidth, and with Yuletide, Fandomstocking, and Festivids over, I thought I'd run a new one!! Thanks so much tosnacky and Saoirse7 for the nudge and to st_aurafina for making the swell banner and icon!
What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.
What do I do first?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:
Only one prompt per comment please.
What else?
You answer other posters' prompts in three sentences (or more if you can't stop yourself) and fill as many prompts as you want, as many times as you wish. If you see that a prompt you loved has already been filled, go ahead and fill it again! Multiple fills of the same prompt allowed and even encouraged!
But I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID
Can anyone play?
Yes! Please signal boost this to your flist, followers, and any other places you frequent. Come one, come all!
I'm cross-posting to LJ but we will keep all prompts and fills here, so they are in one awesome place (and with less spam). Please, post this anywhere and everywhere. The more people who come and play, the better!
[And I'll try to put an embed code in so you can spread the word. I've tried multiple times and failed so far
How long will it go?
I'm closing it on Sunday, March 8, 2015. (Last time, we reached 5,000 comments and I had to start a new one before the ficathon concluded. If that happens, I'll start a new post).
Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. A lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag. 3SFs are a terrific prompt for remixes.
Gosh, there are some cool people over here. How do I introduce myself?
Through the friending meme right here.
And here, have some icons!
Edited, updated 4 Feb 2015 11 PM ET
Edited, updated 21 Feb 2015 10:30 ET to add link to friending meme
Edited, updated 9 March 2015 9:06 EDT to close the 3SF for 2015
We'll be back next year. Check out the friending meme and friend away and if you post your works on AO3, be sure to use the 3 sentence ficathon tags.
Thank you again, so much!
It's been 2 years, so why not?!!
Caramelsilver ran one in December on Live Journal but I was too busy to play. There are lots of outstanding prompts over there, so do go and check it out!! Here's the link! I did one in early spring 2 years ago here on Dreamwidth, and with Yuletide, Fandomstocking, and Festivids over, I thought I'd run a new one!! Thanks so much to
snacky and Saoirse7 for the nudge and to st_aurafina for making the swell banner and icon!What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.
What do I do first?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:
fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence.
Only one prompt per comment please.
What else?
You answer other posters' prompts in three sentences (or more if you can't stop yourself) and fill as many prompts as you want, as many times as you wish. If you see that a prompt you loved has already been filled, go ahead and fill it again! Multiple fills of the same prompt allowed and even encouraged!
But I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID
Can anyone play?
Yes! Please signal boost this to your flist, followers, and any other places you frequent. Come one, come all!
I'm cross-posting to LJ but we will keep all prompts and fills here, so they are in one awesome place (and with less spam). Please, post this anywhere and everywhere. The more people who come and play, the better!
[And I'll try to put an embed code in so you can spread the word. I've tried multiple times and failed so far
snacky !How long will it go?
I'm closing it on Sunday, March 8, 2015. (Last time, we reached 5,000 comments and I had to start a new one before the ficathon concluded. If that happens, I'll start a new post).
Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. A lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag. 3SFs are a terrific prompt for remixes.
Gosh, there are some cool people over here. How do I introduce myself?
Through the friending meme right here.
And here, have some icons!
Edited, updated 4 Feb 2015 11 PM ET
Edited, updated 21 Feb 2015 10:30 ET to add link to friending meme
Edited, updated 9 March 2015 9:06 EDT to close the 3SF for 2015
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Such a heart in my bosom
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LADY MACBETH
Thrice now my womb has quicken'd, and in time
Brought forth with much travail a tiny babe
That squall'd, and suck'd, and rested in my arms
As trusting as a lamb; with eyes milk blue
As if a piece of heav'n had come to earth
And stitch'd me new, the gnawing of my heart
For once made still, as seas after a storm
seem limpid clear, deceptive in their calm.
MACBETH
Yet none survive.
LADY MACBETH
And so I count me bless'd
That cough and pox and hunger stole them home
Ere I could name them, for tenderness is false
And foreign to my nature, which delights
To strive ever beyond this womanish heart
That lingers in the hope and fear of love.
Re: Such a heart in my bosom
also, great line - "That squall'd, and suck'd and rested in my arms"!
Oh, and the echo of "thrice the brinded cat hath mewed..." - oh, chills! - it just now comes to me that the power of the Witches (or the sickness of Scotland) is at work here - sorry for being slow!
Re: Such a heart in my bosom
Anyway, I have always found both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth interesting because as you say, they're very complex people. I like their marriage because it's obviously a partnership -- they work together to achieve the prophecy. (In fact, I think a lot of the way they fall apart in the later acts is because they stop communicating effectively and supporting each other -- IIRC, the last time they're on stage together is when she fails to see Banquo's ghost, which is sort of a sign that they're moving into two separate worlds.) And Lady Macbeth clearly does have the capacity for love and guilt, though she disdains those emotions, not to mention she must be aware of the precariousness of raising a family in Scotland's troubled political/military situation, and it's easier to contemplate rash actions without having to worry about their effects on one's children, so... *shrug*
And threes are important all through that play -- three witches, the cat mewing thrice, the three salutations (titles) given to Macbeth, three murderers, three visions, etc. -- so it seemed a logical number to use for potential lost children.
Re: Such a heart in my bosom