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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: My Brother's Keeper

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-01 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
ouch

smart and understated and lovely.
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Timeless, Lucy/Flynn, patience is a virtue
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
MCU, Bucky/Nat, jealousy
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Firefly, Jayne, "if you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough"
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, midnight at the lost and found
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
any Disney princess(es), "Who run the world? Girls!"
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Little Women (1994), Jo/Teddy, dance with me
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[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Star Wars sequels, Rey/Ben, at last
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[personal profile] svgurl 2021-02-01 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
MCU, Sam/Bucky, fly
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[personal profile] svgurl 2021-02-01 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
MCU, Steve/Peggy, undercover

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-01 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The Untamed, Wei Wuxian/Jiang Cheng, almost
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[personal profile] svgurl 2021-02-01 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Gilmore Girls, Rory/Jess, rain
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[personal profile] svgurl 2021-02-01 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Harry Potter, Ron/Hermione, pranks
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[personal profile] svgurl 2021-02-01 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Smallvile, Clark/Lois, challenge
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Re: Narnia: Le OSHA

[personal profile] ladyjax 2021-02-01 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I just became a Worker Occupational Safety and Health Specialist so this whole set up just tickles me.
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[personal profile] svgurl 2021-02-01 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
DCEU, Diana/Steve, home
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Original work, McSweeney's Snake Fight Universe

[personal profile] silveradept 2021-02-01 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It's one thing to get hit in the face with a pie. That's a rite of passage before you go out on tour, and it's a lot better than the snake fights in the traditional university track.

That the pie had been apple, hot from the oven, and composed entirely of rotted fruit, however, suggested that his dissertation committee had taken a very dim view of the written thesis.
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narnia, eustace/jill

[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-01 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"The only reason we're together is because we went to Narnia together," Jill points out one night behind the school gymnasium, "If you'd gone and rescued the lost prince with Judith Harrington or Annie Whyte or any other girl, you'd be snogging her every day instead of me. I mean, I'm glad it's me, but don't pretend this came from anything beyond a coincidence."

Eustace studies her face in the starlight, his brow creased in confusion. "But Pole," he says at last, "You're the one who came to Narnia with me because you're the one I chose to tell."
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Leverage: Pure and White (Parker)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2021-02-01 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's something wrong with you," she heard Eliot call behind her as she ran full-pelt into the drifts, booted feet kicking up an icy spray.

Parker threw herself backwards into the glorious white, waving her arms and legs like a fool, then getting up to look and smiling at the sight of a perfect angel.

Sure, maybe Eliot was right, maybe there really was something wrong with her, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with snow!
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-01 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooo I love this
vialethe: (Susan)

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-01 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow. I love the metaphor of Susan and the caged lions, of course - and her chilling conclusion in the end. And the driving rhythm of her thoughts, plowing ahead like a train, ending with His will on the trigger - heavy stuff. I also loved like she knew the shape of her sister's hand...oh, Susan. Thank you for this.
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-01 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHAHAHA
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-01 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Took me a minute to realize Andy isn't there and my heart super broke. This is so cool though!
vialethe: (River)

[personal profile] vialethe 2021-02-01 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The Mandalorian, Din Darjin/Bo-Katan Kryze, arranged marriage
silveradept: A kodama with a trombone. The trombone is playing music, even though it is held in a rest position (Default)

Miraculous Ladybug, The Dupain-Chengs and Chat Noir

[personal profile] silveradept 2021-02-01 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Child," Mme. Dupain-Cheng says, and Chat knows he's one more mistake away from M. Dupain-Cheng gently but firmly making sure he sits and rests, whether he needs it or not, "I have seen you eye everything in this shop with naked hope at being able to eat it."

"I'm not"—M. Dupain-Cheng moves toward him—"I couldn't impose," he corrects himself.

Three minutes and change later, Marinette is sitting firmly on his chest and giving advice to her parents about which of the display pastries are imperfect and need replacing.
Edited 2021-02-01 20:58 (UTC)