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rthstewart) wrote2020-02-01 12:08 pm
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Three Sentence Ficathon
THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS. PLEASE POST NEW PROMPTS HERE.
You can go ahead and continue to respond to prompts and comment on them here but please don't post any new prompts .
Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!
UPDATE 1 HERE- 2 Feb
UPDATE 2 HERE 6 Feb
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 can start 3SF by posting prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:
Only one prompt per comment please. So, for example,
Open ended and anthropomorphic fills are popular too, such as:
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 generally fail at creating banners and embed codes but if you create one and make it really idiot-proof, I might manage it. Or we can just cross-post. If you create one, I'll try to post it and everyone can use it.
How long will it go?
Until February 29, 2020. But the entry stays open permanently.
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.
Here, have some icons and banners and let me know if you've created your own!
text box you can try to cut and paste
the incomparablealexseanchai made these gorgeous banners
You can go ahead and continue to respond to prompts and comment on them here but please don't post any new prompts .
Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!
UPDATE 1 HERE- 2 Feb
UPDATE 2 HERE 6 Feb
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 can start 3SF by posting 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."
Open ended and anthropomorphic fills are popular too, such as:
Any, Any, "I don't like sand."
or
Earth geography, sand, "I don't like humans very much, either."
or
Earth geography, sand, "I don't like humans very much, either."
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 generally fail at creating banners and embed codes but if you create one and make it really idiot-proof, I might manage it. Or we can just cross-post. If you create one, I'll try to post it and everyone can use it.
How long will it go?
Until February 29, 2020. But the entry stays open permanently.
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 and archive warnings, triggers, pairings, ratings, tags, and squick?
I thought a lot about this. It wasn't an issue the last 3 times I ran this. In my experience, this typically gets too big, moves too fast, and the stories are too short for content warnings and ratings to even apply. It is too big for me to moderate in this way. You should assume spoilers are fair game and that the initial poster and the responder have opted to use no content warnings or tags. This means AO3 content warnings for dubcon, violence, canon character death, underage, etc. COULD be present. I've found personally that I can skim and scroll 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. In this format, the obligation is on you, the reader, to protect yourself from triggering content.
Here, have some icons and banners and let me know if you've created your own!
text box you can try to cut and paste
the incomparable
alexseanchai made these gorgeous banners
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Labyrinth, Sarah/Jareth
"Whatever you do," Jareth says, his grip on her firm as he leads her into a spin, "just don't let go."
She doesn't need to be told twice, but even if the world has gone topsy turvy in an even bigger way, his hand feels surprisingly warm at her waist.
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Batman (Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle): Dancing Through Life
So when they danced in the public sphere, even their waltzes held a charge.
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Waltz - Tiger & Bunny - Barnaby/Kotetsu
Kotetsu jerked his leg back and looked up, an apology already in his eyes. "Sorry, Bunny."
Barnaby squeezed his hand. "It's all right."
The dance instructor sighed and walked over to them. "You know, you don't have to do a waltz. Perhaps we can find some other dance...?"
"No." Kotetsu was already straightening, determination evident in the line of his shoulders. "I'll get it." He grinned at Barnaby. "Bunny wants to waltz at our wedding, we're going to waltz at our wedding."
Barnaby had to fight to keep from smiling at the declaration. "You're hopeless, old man."
Kotetsu's face softened; he always knew how to hear the words Barnaby didn't say. "So what if I am?"
The instructor threw up her hands and walked back to the boom box. "Whatever you say. Let's take it from the top!"
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Jonathan Strange/Arabella Strange
Jonathan Strange might sneer at convention and court scandal as any other man might his bride, but try as he might, he still falters at the steps of Countess Lieven’s newest affectation. “Really,” he huffs, after his fourth failed attempt, “my time might be better put to use mastering Meraud’s Paradox.”
“Oh, Jonathan,” sighs Arabella, all fond exasperation and not a little disappointment, as she climbs upstairs alone to dream of revels she will not quite recall come morning.