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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.
an attempt at something lovecraftian
I heard once, from those who claimed to know better, that people in medieval manuscripts pointing were sarcastic judgments of former scribes, judgments of masters long-dead for leaving out lines, making spelling mistakes, and the like; I always got mad at this notion; be cautious of prescribing modern beliefs to the ancients, I'd said, and they'd rolled their eyes because I was but a mere woman, what did I know that could compare to the great, male inheritance of Jove?
But I saw the patterns they missed; the elucidations that left out greater truths, the letters a,l,e,t,h, and i absconded from various texts, taken from potent words to offer you glory; cut for tribute that, reassembled, resembled nothing so much as an endless spiral of words, of letters, formed into scales, sacrificed into a mouth that breathed the fires that once forged humanity.
Oh darling, horrible Goddess, judge not them too harshly those who mock the loyal servants who procured your scales; when you cleanse this world in fire, let us dissolve in your firey breath, let our ashes coat your truth-bearing glory as we rise, ever upward, pointing toward a truth no blind jovian gaze can hide.
Re: an attempt at something lovecraftian
this is really cool, and i love that even though these manuscripts are far enough in the past to be "the ancients" the narrator keeps them very present and tangible by speaking of Jove and the Goddess and "aleth." there's just a lot here and it's all terrific.
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