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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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ultra_fic: (Firefly)

Re: All I Ever Knew of Love (Firefly, Serenity)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-10 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
This is Beautiful! :)
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

Re: Obsidian & Blood, Acatl/Teomitl

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd never heard of these books before but these snippets have got me intrigued.
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

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

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Well crud, I'm heartbroken. T_T Little Luke!
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

Re: Edited because I don’t know html

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahahaha, God, I love Eustace.
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

Re: All I Ever Knew of Love (Firefly, Serenity)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Dang this is good. I was like, well whose point of view is...ohhh.

River as Serenity's ghost - perfect.
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Battlestar Galactica, anyone, they cannot scare me with their empty spaces
sidhehound: Image of the Valkyrie Brunhilde denying Gutrun (Default)

ST Voyager, Borg party-planner

[personal profile] sidhehound 2021-02-10 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The preparations had been done in accordance with written records. Where the records had been insufficient, Tom Paris and Harry Kim had supplied additional sources of information.

Neelix's precise following of the cooking instructions delivered to him had been assured by B'Elanna Torres' supervision.

Appropriate decorations applied by Samantha Wildman and her sub-unit, Naomi Wildman. Additional crewmen added their contributions as shift rotation allowed.

Gifts were made. Everything was ready.

Captain Janeway entered the mess-hall at precisely 19:00 hours. She reacted with a startled blink to the cheering of the crewmen, and their wishes for a happy commemoration of her birth.

Seven of Nine stepped forward, hands clasped behind her back.

"Captain, congratulations over your date of birth. Feasting has been prepared. Fun will now commence."
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Starks! This is delightful and also hurts so good.
theseatheseatheopensea: Lyrics from the song Stolen property, by The Triffids, handwritten by David McComb. (Default)

Re: ST Voyager, Borg party-planner

[personal profile] theseatheseatheopensea 2021-02-10 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Delightful! :D
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nice. That part of the game was always - no pun intended - so haunting.

(Anonymous) 2021-02-10 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Battlestar Galactica, anyone, the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
*dies like Laertes probably did when they told him* That last quote!
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Re: A Different Day in New York

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah yeah yeah, she would.
harmony_lover: (Default)

Re: Narnia: historical England, canon Narnia

[personal profile] harmony_lover 2021-02-10 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, my gosh, this is terrifying. Colonialism and industrialization and class division in Narnia!
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Re: VDT during LWW

[personal profile] harmony_lover 2021-02-10 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Love this, too! What would it look like if Caspian had to be the one to find Aslan? Such an interesting story there!
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
There's something stupidly adorable about smol cat!Aslan talking to lorge Iorek and giving him a TASK.
smallhobbit: (butterfly)

[personal profile] smallhobbit 2021-02-10 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you :) I couldn't resist!
autumnia: Central Park (Default)

Re: ghost au? ghost au.

[personal profile] autumnia 2021-02-10 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, the possibilities of this one!
harmony_lover: (Default)

[personal profile] harmony_lover 2021-02-10 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooh, this is so lovely and wonderful on so many levels! And it makes so much sense that Peter would be the last - he is the oldest, and would have more memory of England, probably, that the others. Being the oldest also brings its own set of inhibitions, usually. And I agree with others, I love that Susan got her chance as well! :)
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

Re: Good Thing Yuri Loves a Challenge (Yuri on Ice; Otabek/Yuri)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesssss. Love these two!

Lol, Yuri would be the world's most aggressive flirt.
harmony_lover: (Default)

Re: Haven't revisited Lucian for ages, now I'm on a roll

[personal profile] harmony_lover 2021-02-10 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore this. I am always a fan of the re-aged trope in Narnia, and that you have applied it to Lucy and Lucian is absolutely delightful! :) I also really liked that Lucy gets that quick glimpse of Ed as his old/older self. This would be a great longer fic to read - how do things go differently now that Lucy and Ed are back to being adults? How does Eustace see them differently, since he is (presumably) still the same age? So much to think about here, and I love it! :)
schoolsasaint: (Default)

[personal profile] schoolsasaint 2021-02-10 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Once you got down to it, magic was about intent, and intent was shaped by ritual, and there were as many rituals in a human head as the stars glimmering in the sky on a frost-clear night. Wands were easy, because everyone knew wands and wand magic was what they taught in the schools to impress the King and his court. Potions were lower magic, less flashy, too much like the drudgery of cooking or long slow labor of forming cheeses, too unmagical and servile - and that was what made it perfect for a humble hedge-witch like Rowena of the Ravenwood, where the birds laugh and call amongst themselves till the leaves rustle like the passing though of an army of ghosts and the goats strike out where they may.
paxilam: (Default)

[personal profile] paxilam 2021-02-10 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, waiting outside the theatre's entrance
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[personal profile] paxilam 2021-02-10 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
lotr, any, on the carriage
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2021-02-10 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty! I like the thought of people who work with lower, domestic magic.