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rthstewart) wrote2018-12-09 03:03 pm
rthstewart) wrote2018-12-09 03:03 pm
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Three Sentence Ficathon
UPDATE! EDIT!
We're running into the Dreamwidth comment limits so all new prompts should be posted here Keep responding to and filling already posted prompts here, but all new ones should go to the new thread!
We're running into the Dreamwidth comment limits so all new prompts should be posted here Keep responding to and filling already posted prompts here, but all new ones should go to the new thread!
Someone did this banner for me a couple of years ago. It's great, isn't it?
st_aurafina! Thank you again!caramelsilver ran one last year on Livejournal and I did two over here a few years ago. We'll keep it open until January 31, 2019 which should give everyone time to play a little. This is a delightful part of the online fandom community.
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. So, for example,
Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, I don't like sand."
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 are allowed and even encouraged! (We get really fun stories going this way).
Can I still post if I need more than 3 sentences? Or should I just abuse grammar in ways the English language never contemplated?
Yes. Yes.
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!
The more people who come and play, the better!
Can I spread the word?
Yes, please. I'd love to create a nifty banner with an embed code but I fail at it. So if you create one, I'll post it and everyone can use it.
How long will it go?
Tentatively, we'll close it on January 31, 2019.
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 and could be helpful for Yuletide bears, too.
What about spoilers, content warnings, triggers, pairings, ratings, tags, and squick?
I thought about this. It wasn't an issue the last 2 times I ran this but times change. In my experience, this typically gets too big, moves too fast, and the stories are too short for content warnings and ratings. You should assume spoilers are fair game and that the initial poster and responder have opted to use no content warnings or tags. I've found personally that I can skim by stuff that, from the prompt, I can tell isn't my favorite flavor of delicious cake. Use your best judgment and be prepared to skip over things that aren't your thing.
And here, have some icons!
I'll start things off...
Edit to add on 12/18/2018 Please check out this update here. And this friending meme if you're so inclined here.
Children are Disasters (x3)
"Lina!" Trevor shouted, eyes wide, and dove, snatching his baby sister up and rolling across the floor as a glass flask filled with a brilliantly blue potion hit the floor where she had stood, innocently tugging at the runner on the table.
He flinched as a few shards of glass struck his back and one cheek, flames spreading across the floor in a rapidly-widening swathe behind them, but Lina was held safe on his other side - though she was pale and her eyes wet with frightened tears.
"Papa, Mama," Trevor cried, running for the library doors, "there's-" He was interrupted by his mother bursting into the room, shoving them both out the doors behind her as she ran for the ominous flames.
~
Sypha
"Sypha! Oh, oh, what has happened? Are you all right, my child?"
Sypha looked up at Grandfather and smiled, carefully shaping her hands again and-
Grandfather's mouth dropped open as another section of the broad fallen tree trunk blocking their road burst into smoke and fire and a thousand flying splinters, and then he scooped her up and hugged her tight, calling her a wonder, and Sypha giggled happily.
~
Adrian
Adrian frowned determinedly, carefully tipping a narrow glass tube over a wider-necked flask, dripping its contents in a little at a time as they sizzled and bubbled into the clear liquid in the flask.
"Ah, ah, my little one," Father said evenly, big hands wrapping around Adrian's waist and snatching him up off the study table before vaulting rapidly up to stand on the ceiling, "I believe we have spoken about unwarily poking into your mother's experiments?"
Adrian opened his mouth to protest, then jumped, eyes widening, as the worktable below suddenly disappeared with a crashing boom into a cloud of blue-green smoke.
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