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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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sheenianni: (Default)

Re: From There No More Ever I Spoke

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Go Susan!
Love this.
sheenianni: (Default)

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, yes. I love their relationship on the show :)
ceruleantactician: Yellow roses against a blue sky. (Default)

Re: Never Felt So Good About Myself

[personal profile] ceruleantactician 2021-02-09 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow this is beautiful. Your Leia is so good!
ceruleantactician: Yellow roses against a blue sky. (Default)

[personal profile] ceruleantactician 2021-02-09 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
This is so haunting- poor Ahsoka. I loved this!
sheenianni: (Default)

Star Wars, Luke & Vader

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Luke is screaming on the floor, begging for help - "Father, please!" - and the Anakin who remains inside him urges him to action, to save this boy, save his son, move, you idiot!.

But Vader reigns him in. They've tried to save his mother, they've tried to save Padmé, they've tried to save the whole damn galaxy and it was always for nothing.

Eventually, the screaming stops.
astrogirl: (Aziraphale and Crowley)

Good Omens (TV), Aziraphale/Crowley (because an important canon thermos meant I couldn't resist)

[personal profile] astrogirl 2021-02-09 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
For a long moment afterward, Crowley can only stare at the flask of tartan-wrapped death in his hands, the wistful suggestion of a dinner and a picnic and a slow path to somewhere echoing sweet and achy through his mind. The angel, he realizes, is trusting him with something much more precious to him than holiness or a weapon against the forces of Hell.

He is trusting Crowley with Crowley's life.
sheenianni: (Default)

Re: Star Wars, Obi-Wan & Anakin (cw: violence, death)

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I have to say, I always thought it would've been far more merciful for Obi-Wan to kill Anakin rather than let him burn to death. And at that point Anakin deserves exactly zero mercy, but saying "I love(d) you" while leaving him there like that... it's cold.
Would it have been better for the galaxy, well, the jury's out on that.
sheenianni: (Default)

Re: Silk

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
This is beautiful <3
ceruleantactician: Yellow roses against a blue sky. (Default)

[personal profile] ceruleantactician 2021-02-09 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Star Wars, Luke and/or Leia, remembering Padmé
sheenianni: (Default)

Re: Scrap and Bone

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, this is hilarious :D
astrogirl: (Saturn)

[personal profile] astrogirl 2021-02-09 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, understanding astrophysics
Edited 2021-02-09 06:30 (UTC)
sheenianni: (Default)

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, that hurt. Susan needs a hug :(

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, the last flower

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, victory song

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, gates of gold
sheenianni: (Default)

[personal profile] sheenianni 2021-02-09 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh I love this. I really want to see this AU!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, an invitation to dance

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, a dream takes flight
vialethe: (Narnia Group)

Re: Edited because I don’t know html

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-09 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, Reep is such a sweetheart, even when he is shrieking about being unhanded at once. Best friendship.

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-09 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
October Daye/Dragaera, Toby + Vlad, "oh so you too are a minority in this society where people live longer and are stronger than you, yet the vast majority of your friends are part of that society?"
vialethe: (Susan)

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-09 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia, Susan, if I’m dead to you, why are you at the wake/cursing my name/wishing I stayed
vialethe: (Susan)

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-09 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia, Susan Pevensie, after giving you the best I had/tell me what to give after that

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, proofreading

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
aww, love this!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-09 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love this! How desperate the Narnians must be, and how scared and out of they depth the Pevensies