3 Sentence Ficathon

[rthstewart]

EDIT!  THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS,  PLEASE POST NEW PROMPTS HERE!

CaramelSilver isn’t running the awesome 3 sentence ficathon this year, but she said I could do it in her place!!  (Banner courtesy of CaramelSilver and thanks so much!)

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?
You post prompts!  When posting a prompt please format it this way:

fandom, character/pairing, 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. 

I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem.  You can comment anonymously or through open ID

Can anyone play?
Yes!  Please pimp this to your flist, I'd like as many as possible to come and participate!

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). 

Here's a link for spreading the word to all your friends and comms (thanks snacky !)


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How long can it go? 
CaramelSilver kept the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon up for a month.  I'd suggest closing it on Sunday, April 7, 2013.  How does that sound? (edit:  If we reach 5,000 comments sooner, I'll start a new one).

Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want.  Last year, a lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag.

Gosh who are all these people writing such great prompts and fills?
Good question!  Come to the friending meme and introduce yourself if you like.

As  lady_songsmith explains, for the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon, grim_lupine created a delicious account to archive the 3 Sentence Ficathon.   lady_songsmith has reactivated the archive on delicious for this challenge, so, here is the account (nothing current added yet, though): https://previous.delicious.com/3sentence She asks that if anyone would be willing to help knock down the backlog of the prolific-ness thus far, let her know!!  (She adds:  I know folks are kinda down on delicious with the changes, but, hey, it's an archive already set up with useful tags!)

On the subject of archiving, I really encourage people to collect and post their fills elsewhere.  That way, we can find your work more easily again, redundancy is always good and it's really useful for future remixes and other challenges and gift exchanges you might participate in. I'll start a linking post so that if you do collect all your fills and post them on your own blog or an archive like AO3, you can give give us the link in comments. 


edited March 12, 2013
edited March 13, 2013 to fix box coding problem (thanks to those who helped!) and to add link to friending meme
edited March 15, 2013 to add information on archiving.
edited March 24, 2013 to close post to new prompts. 

Comments

[betony]

Elementary/The Great Mouse Detective, Joan Watson & Sherlock Holmes & Dawson & Basil, the game is afoot (or a-paw, whatever)

[pleonasm]

When Joan came into the living room one morning, sleep-rumpled and yawning from a late night looking through case files until her eyes watered and swam with ghosts, she found Sherlock prostate on the ground behind the bookcase, pulled out just far enough to allow him access; to her credit, Joan just rolled her eyes and sighed, which alerted Sherlock to her presence. He sprang up, eyes bright in a way that suggested he'd never quite made it to bed, and he said, "Joan, we have mice - and they're completely brilliant, I have to show you!", and not for the first time, Joan contemplated the life she had chosen for herself, and she decided she needed coffee, trailing off into the kitchen with Sherlock right behind.

After a long minute, Dawson and Basil emerged from the hole, Dawson looking apologetic and Basil adjusting his coat fussily; "Come now, before he returns," Basil said, setting a pace his partner could hardly match, "We must solve it first!"

[metonomia]

PERFECT OMG. So so adorable in the way that both the sources are, I want this to be a legit fandom.

[pleonasm]

SO DO I. I loved the idea so much, I had to write it.

[betony]

This. Is. Brilliant. OMG, Sherlock's delight over the fact that they have mice (who am I kidding, this is the man who waxed lyrical over Clyde and his bees, of course he is going to love them!) and Joan's resignation to what her life has become (and apparant belief that all problems can be fixed with coffee, given that it is early enough in the day!), and Basil and Dawson and--♥

[pleonasm]

It was so much fun to write them all together. This should be a 'verse, seriously.

[rthstewart]

This is adorable. I love Joan's voice and Sherlock's enthusiasm for Basil and Dawson. Terrific fun.

[pleonasm]

Thank you! This prompt made me want to watch the movie again. I may have to do that this weekend...