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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2021-01-30 02:31 pm

Three Sentence Ficathon 2021

We have now opened a new post, for new prompts! Please leave all new prompts there. You may continue to fill existing prompts here. If you didn't get a prompt filled here, feel free to post it on the new post!





Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!
2 Feb. 2021 See important edit below regarding where to find unfilled prompts.


What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is an open exchange where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and fill 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."

What happens after that?
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

I'm really overwhelmed by all the prompts and how much there is and how fast it goes. I can't read 1,000 prompts and fills. It's too much. 
I hear this a lot and it keeps a lot of people from participating.  The 3SF is big and it moves fast, especially at first. 
I get overwhelmed, too, and I'm hosting the thing. With 2020 and 2021 sucking so badly you don't want something that's supposed to be fun cause you anxiety.  I have a couple of suggestions for managing the 3SF volume. 
  • First, really, you don't have to read every prompt and fill on every page.  You can start at the last page of this and just go forward, or back a page or two.  It's fine.
  • You can come and go as time and energy allow, you don't have to participate the whole time, and it drops off quite a bit by mid-February.
  • Even after the 3SF and new prompting end, people fill prompts all year long.
  • You can fill an already filled prompt and you can can leave a prompt that's already been prompted before.  People do it all the time. 
Always make sure you're looking at top-level comments only, not threaded. That helps a lot. Your screen should look like this.




But shouldn't I read everything to see if someone already prompted the same prompt I want to leave if someone already filled it? 

No.  Prompt as many times as you want, as much as you want.  It doesn't matter if someone prompted the exact same prompt.  Go ahead and prompt again!

I left a prompt and no one filled it.  Can I prompt it again?
Absolutely!

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 be able to post and share it.  Feel free to cross-post this entry. If you create your own banners or icons, let me know and I'll share!
Please share the 3SF with your followers, friends, and any channels and comms you are active on.  I'll post on fandom calendar, Tumblr, and Twitter, but I don't have many connections in other spaces such as Discord.


How long will it go?

The 3SF closes to new prompts on February 28, 2021. The entry stays open permanently and people post fills all year long.

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 boils down to reader beware.  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.
Some posters do include warnings and spoiler tags in subject lines or include spoiler space, but they don't have to do so.

Why is 3SF split among several posts?  That seems confusing.
It is confusing and we always lose momentum once we have to move to a second post. The reason is because at 5,000 comments to a single post, DW installs a human test CAPTCHA, which is a pain for users.  So, once this entry gets to the upper 4,000 comments, I open a new post.  If you've been waiting until things slow down to participate, when we open a second post is often a good place to join.

If I have questions, what do I do?

I'm rthstewart everywhere, here, Twitter, Tumblr, gmail and AO3.

A special thank you to [personal profile] conuly  .
Last year, Conuly started logging all unfilled prompts.
This year's (2021) unfilled prompts are here.
Last year's (2020) unfilled prompts are here.
Conuly asks that you not reply, as they want to be able to edit and add more prompts to the list.
Conuly does this just because they are an awesome person but should you want to write them fic in thanks, you can find a birthday wish list here.

Here is the 3SF 2021 Friending Meme to show of your new DW account.

Here, have some icons and banners and let me know if you've created your own!

 






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Re: because 2020

[personal profile] smallhobbit 2021-02-07 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
ultra_fic: (Christian Kane)

Re: Snack is as snack does

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-07 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! :)
ultra_fic: (Moon)

Re: original // burn bright, flicker fade

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-07 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. This is so good. Thank you :)
ultra_fic: (Avengers)

Re: marvel // bucky/natasha // in the quiet hours

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-07 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Love this!
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[identity profile] ruanchunxian0.livejournal.com 2021-02-07 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
When Anne opened the first letter she received from Gilbert from Toronto, out fell a flutter of carefully pressed apple blossoms, which he wrote were from a tree that grew outside his lodgings, and she wondered if Gilbert knew her mother’s book would tell her they mean “I prefer you before all”.

Oh her birthday, Anne discovered that Gilbert had somehow arranged for Diana to present her with an enormous bunch of lilacs on his behalf, the flowers which relayed his message for her to make the best of the joys of youth.

She finally saw Gilbert again in person in the summer in Avonlea, when he appeared on the doorsteps of Green Gables with a single red tulip as a declaration of love.
Edited 2021-02-07 13:09 (UTC)
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[identity profile] ruanchunxian0.livejournal.com 2021-02-07 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh this is a great observation!!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
the mandalorian/the witcher, din/geralt, any
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Bridgerton, Anthony

[identity profile] ruanchunxian0.livejournal.com 2021-02-07 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
More than the surprise of the ton upon hearing the news that he had newly come into his viscountcy, Anthony dreaded the next question, the question of how. How did one ever explain to one’s friends and acquaintances that one’s father had died of a bee sting, when such cause was beyond comprehension? Invariably, his explanation was met with one of two reactions, and he wasn’t sure which was worse: the look of pity that clearly showed the other person believed he was overwrought with grief to the point of insanity (and to be fair, he looked the part), or a barely concealed gleam of speculation that there was some dark and hidden, perhaps salacious, gossip to be uncovered.
Edited 2021-02-07 13:08 (UTC)

Re: Fill: The Untamed/MDZS, Jiang Yanli, Jin Zixuan (cw canonically non-ideal family situations)

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-07 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you! (that also tends to be my baseline with them.)
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Pride & Prejudice - An Ideal Wife - (Darcy/Elizabeth)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-07 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes, as he watches her moving about the room - ensuring the guests are taken care of, that Georgiana is not hiding in corners alone, that nothing shall ever shame Pemberley in the eyes of their acquaintance - he still wonders at how he ever managed without her.

Unsociable and unyielding as he was wont to be, it is a wonder to Mr Darcy that he ever hosted a successful gathering, and stranger still that he coped alone in raising his dear sister from her childhood years to womanhood without incident.

All has been improved by the presence of his dearest, loveliest Elizabeth, something he hopes he makes clear to her with each passing day, and realises it is true when she smiles at him, exactly as she is smiling now.

Re: Fill: The Untamed, Wei Wuxian + Jin Ling

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-07 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
in my head he is holding up three fingers but WWX is acting too out of it anyway, so! executive decision!
ultra_fic: (Avengers)

MCU - Free to Love and Be Loved - (Bucky/Nat)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-07 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
When he walks out of the lab, he expects to feel free, but there was a safety in the confines of that room, knowing that someone else held the keys to his mind and body, that he could do no harm there. Now he is cured, and so, he is free, but freedom will mean nothing if he has to face the world alone - of course, he ought to have known better than to think she wouldn't be there.

The moment they see each other, her pace quickens, then she crashes into his arms, holding on tight, face buried in his neck, fingers in his hair and gripping the shoulder of his metal arm, like she never wants to let go, and he knows, without a word being spoken, that she loves him still and that everything will be fine.

Re: Fill: A Little Princess, Lavinia + Sara

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-07 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you!!

Re: Fill: A Little Princess, Lavinia + Sara

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-07 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I had a lot of fun writing this.

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
narnia, Jadis, the origin

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
narnia, any, what is beyond the known regions (west of the western woods? north of the northern mountains? Does the world end there? Etc.)

Re: Dangers and Damage (Naruto; Sakura)

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-07 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
<3

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
narnia, any, the lefay fragment (https://narnia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lefay_Fragment)

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Narnia, any, what if the wardrobe had led to an entirely different land (could be a crossover)

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
harry potter, any, missing classes/what should also be taught at Hogwarts

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
harry potter, any, other magical schools

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
star wars, padme amidala, what if padme had lived?

(Anonymous) 2021-02-07 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
star wars, any, how (some) jedi might have escaped the purge
shinon: Shinon and Gatrie from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. (Default)

[personal profile] shinon 2021-02-07 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Any, any, I know there's better brothers, but you're the only one that's mine