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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2015-02-04 11:09 am

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  to [personal profile] snacky and Saoirse7 for the nudge and to [personal profile] 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
[personal profile] 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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[personal profile] transposable_element 2015-03-06 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oz books, Glinda, not such a good witch after all
Edited 2015-03-06 05:00 (UTC)
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Usurpation

[personal profile] edenfalling 2015-03-09 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Set near the end of "The Land of Oz" and paraphrased extensively from that book, because why not!]

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No respectable Sorceress liked to make things appear to be what they are not, but Glinda had not always been respectable and in her youth she had, in truth, dabbled in witchcraft; not to mention since the Wizard's day she had grown quite accustomed to ruling Quadling Country unchallenged, and doubted she could awe and misdirect a princess of fairy blood the way she could work upon the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman; and so it was with little trouble and less guilt that she slipped an extra ingredient or three into Mombi's magical powder and whispered an incantation of her own while the Witch chanted her final spell.

The vapor floated away and a whiff of fresh air filled the tent, but the pink curtains around the couch remained still and Mombi's wrinkled face went pale with fear.

Glinda summoned her most sincere and sorrowful expression as she parted the silken hangings and revealed Princess Ozma's corpse.
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Re: Usurpation

[personal profile] transposable_element 2015-03-09 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor Tip, he didn't even want to be turned into a girl.

Thank you, this is wonderfully evil!
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Re: Usurpation

[personal profile] edenfalling 2015-03-09 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! (I was sort of idly flipping through The Land of Oz and it struck me how very easily Glinda could have taken over if she'd wanted to -- everyone already listened to her anyway, and she had an army right there to secure the Emerald City. And that perspective casts her search for the lost heir in a new and sinister light... *evil grin*)