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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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paxilam: (Default)

Re: Teen Wolf, Cora/Lydia, Getting to the Good Stuff

[personal profile] paxilam 2021-02-14 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not familiar with the characters but I like this *_*
paxilam: (Default)

Re: Crochet (FFVII, Tifa/Barret + Marlene, SFW)

[personal profile] paxilam 2021-02-14 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
very nice story!
siver: (Default)

[personal profile] siver 2021-02-14 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent. Help that cat!
myrdschaem: watercolour art of ginko from mushishi, sitting in plants (Default)

Fill: Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon, Laios & Senshi

[personal profile] myrdschaem 2021-02-14 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Eating monsters is dream come true to Laios, which is why he will be forever grateful that Senshi agreed to join their guild, yet at the same time travelling with him is humbling. Before, Laios only thought about how good fried basilisk glazed with caramellised teriyaki sauce would taste or if he could get properly smashed on fermented fruits from maneating plants; never did he consider the exhausting work of cleaning carcasses, learning cooking skills and techniques, conserving food, ensuring a sustainable ecosystem or nutrition underlying his fantasy of eating.

Now, as Senshi cooks, he teaches the party his knowledge meal by meal - even if Marcille is grossed out, Laios keeps listening and learning, hoping to someday cook a dish all by himself.
raisedbymoogles: (Default)

Re: Transformers (G1), Ironhide

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-14 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
:DDDD

Princess Agents: Yan Xun and Chu Qiao

(Anonymous) 2021-02-14 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"What's your name, little girl?" Yan Xun asks and she glares at him with the intensity of a thousand daggers.
"I will tell you one day, when I no longer need to humble myself in front of you." She hisses, but doesn't stop glaring at him.

(And she does tell him eventually, although she would prefer if it was some different place than prison.)

"What should I call you?" He asks her then."Qiaoqiao?" He suggests.
"That sounds horrible!"
He laughs at that and she realizes how much she missed the sound.
"What about little Qiao then?"
"That's even worse!"
He pauses and thinks for a few moments.
"How about A'Chu then?"
She tries the name, rolls it on her tongue, tries how it feels.
"Yes, you can call me that."
"Alright then, A'Chu. A'Chu!"
She doesn't see his face, but she doesn't need to, to know that he is grinning from ear to ear.

OUAT: Zelena and Belle (Wicked Beauty)

(Anonymous) 2021-02-14 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Belle bites her lip anxiously, while looking at the bright green mist that is rising from the cauldron and crawling on the floor.
"…Do you think it's going to work?"
Zelena glances at her over her shoulder.
"Do you doubt my skills, love?" She asks in mocked offense but doesn't stop stirring the stuff in the kettle.
Belle smiles apologetically at her. "I wouldn't dare. It's just that… the green mist freaks me out."
"Oh. That's normal, happens with all potions. You'll get used to it after some time." She explains and tosses a feather into the kettle.




elementalraven: (Default)

Re: Taking A Dive

[personal profile] elementalraven 2021-02-14 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, love this!!
elementalraven: (Default)

Re: Fill: The Little One

[personal profile] elementalraven 2021-02-14 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
aww, this is cute!!
snacky: (Default)

Re: To Get You Laughing at Me

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-14 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
My beautiful doomed ship, I will always love them. Thank you!

Re: OUAT: Zelena and Belle (Wicked Beauty)

(Anonymous) 2021-02-14 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It's so wonderful to watch someone learn.
snacky: (Default)

Re: Eyes Full of Stars

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-14 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
MY GOD, I LOVE THEM! Yes, Nerdanel, you played him so perfectly.
snacky: (narnia susan older smile)

Re: Begging for You

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-14 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
This is one of my favorite headcanons about them, that Susan compares herself to her sibs, and Jon just... DOESN'T CARE. Could I have a thousand more words of this, stat? :D :D :D
snacky: (little women)

Re: Always knock

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! This is so funny and perfect, and just what I was hoping for! Poor Jo, rushing home to hide, and poor Amy tumbled to the floor. Thank you! :D
snacky: (3 sentence ficathon)

Re: And a Following Sea

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-14 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, so perfect. She WILL always come back! I love how he's waiting for her, and how they both understand each other.
reeby10: 'don't worry what people think they don't do it very often' in grey with 'think' and 'often' in red (Default)

Re: Good Omens, Crowley, No More Horses

[personal profile] reeby10 2021-02-14 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, this is wonderful! I love that he's had his Bentley from the very beginning :) Thank you for this fill!
snacky: (narnia susan close to the end)

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-14 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is lovely. Poor Susan, she is always going to be torn, isn't she? She wants, but she can't have, and she wants to let go, but can't walk away. Thank you!
vialethe: (Eowyn)

Re: Eyes Full of Stars

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-14 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
How to play Feanor:

Step 1 - insult him by implication
Step 2 - there is no step 2, step one will be enough.
vialethe: (Jon Snow)

Re: Begging for You

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-14 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, from past experience it will probably end up being 15k+ words at the next NFE!

Jon's like look, I have enough problems comparing myself to my brother, so let's just not, okay??
snacky: (montmaray)

Re: Eyes Full of Stars

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-15 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Nerdanel got him, even if no one else did.
snacky: (narnia susan arrow)

Re: Begging for You

[personal profile] snacky 2021-02-15 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
NO COMPLAINTS HERE!

Yes, sometimes Susan gets these moments of being like, how do you compare to valiant, brilliant, and magnificent, and Jon's all, "okay, by being YOU?"

then she jumps his bones
autumnia: Kings and Queens of Narnia (Pevensies (Aslan's How))

Re: A băga mâna în foc pentru cineva (put your hand in the fire for someone)

[personal profile] autumnia 2021-02-15 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thank goodness you put a link to this from a different fill otherwise I'd have missed it!

♥ this was soooo awesome!! LOL, Susan with her dyed blonde hair and her brothers backing her up as they go off to rescue Perid--err, Tebbitt.
vialethe: (Susan)

Re: Begging for You

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-15 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, Jon's like, "but you already are?? all of those things???" cause he just has heart eyes when he looks at Susan.

"and then she jumps his bones" could basically be applied after the fade-to-black of any scene I write and be accurate most of the time, so. Yes.
mad_madam_m: Mad Madam Mim as a dragon (Default)

Re: Good Omens, Crowley, No More Horses

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-15 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it <3
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

Re: And a Following Sea

[personal profile] edenfalling 2021-02-15 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
They are THE BEST, these brilliant, damaged children. ♥