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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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(Anonymous) 2021-02-03 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
NEVER.
conuly: (Default)

[personal profile] conuly 2021-02-03 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Then I want the one we're most likely to see in official media, for consistency.
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Teen Wolf, Stiles, Living

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-03 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Stiles stared out at the town gates, standing open without guards for the first time in years. Just outside the gates, humans and werewolves alike tended to a field of new crops in the shadow of the memorial on the hill, new life and old death side by side.

If he'd known what it was really like to live through a zombie movie, he probably wouldn't have enjoyed them so much; now, he was just grateful he and his pack had lived to see the other side of it.
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For Narnia! And Biden!

[personal profile] alienacat 2021-02-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Fuck!" the man swore. His friend, waving a Confederate flag over the balustrade, looked over.
"Some fucking—ow! Dude, something just poked—?"
He stopped talking in wonder. The mouse at his feet—a large mouse—was holding a sword?
"You bring shame to your country!" the mouse seemed to say, except that mice didn't talk—
He backed up in shock, bumping into his friend.
"Watch it!"
"Okay, but look," the first man said, voice wavering. More mice, all the same size as the first, were coming after them.
They all seemed to be armored.
The second man dropped his flag and it fell several stories beneath them.
They ran.
Edited 2021-02-03 02:23 (UTC)
archersangel: (NCIS: NOLA)

[personal profile] archersangel 2021-02-03 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
NCIS: New Orleans, Any, Let the good times roll.
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Re: What's in a Name? (The Murderbot Diaries)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2021-02-03 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! (It was a great prompt!)
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Just Cut It

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-03 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you sure about this?" Parker asked dubiously, casting her eyes between Eliot's hair and the scissors in her hand.

Eliot sighed and bent his head forward. "Just cut it, Parker."

Parker took a deep breath, glanced at the hair-cutting video Hardison had sent her, and started trimming.
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Tiger & Bunny, Barnaby/Kotetsu, Talent

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-03 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you sure we can't bow out early?" Kotetsu asked after a 12-year-old finished their ear-piercing rendition of Blue Rose's new song.

Bunny slid a look at him. "Only if you want to explain to Kaede why we didn't stay the whole time."

Kotetsu sighed and got comfortable in his seat, steeling himself to make it the rest of the way through the middle school's talent show.
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[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I love this!!
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Gargoyles, Derek & Xanatos, Trendsetter

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-03 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"It's stylish?!" Derek exclaimed. "People are clamoring to get turned into mutates because they think it's stylish?!"

Xanatos laughed and patted him on the shoulder. "What can I say, Derek? Looks like you turned out to be a trendsetter."

Derek yanked away from him and stalked out of the office. "Would've been nice if I'd had a choice in the matter."
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Re: Beru Whitesun, Rebel Spy

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, love this!
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Re: the bandage before the bruise (Luke/Din & Grogu)

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I love this so much!!
conuly: (Default)

Please do not reply to this comment!

[personal profile] conuly 2021-02-03 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
I've now completed up to page 20. I also went through and just now deleted all the prompts that have been completed since I started, so this is the most up-to-date list.

https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3128453.html

I'm going to keep editing this comment as I finish filling out the backlog. (EDIT: NOW COMPLETE THROUGH THIS COMMENT!)

Please do not reply to this.
Edited 2021-02-03 16:46 (UTC)
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Re: [Star Wars] Unexpected Headlines

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, interesting!
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[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Awww!!

Re: Gargoyles, Derek & Xanatos, Trendsetter

(Anonymous) 2021-02-03 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, Derek - chill out!

(Nobody sane would pass up wings and a tail, would they?)
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Re: Avengers, but like... The version they thought it would be 8 years ago

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
I love this so very much!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-03 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Detroit: Become Human, Alice, safe body mods you can do at home!!!!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-03 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Detroit: Become Human, Jerry, together again
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-03 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
The Expanse, any, an earther, a martian, and a belter walk into a bar...
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Re: Rogue One, Cassian/Jyn

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I love this!!
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[personal profile] cofax7 2021-02-03 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, ouch.
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Re: Original fic

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I love this!
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Re: The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky

[personal profile] booksarelife 2021-02-03 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
This is wonderful!
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-03 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
The Expanse, Bobbie/Monica, can I get your help translating some jargon...