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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 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Star Wars, Ahsoka, ghosts
raisedbymoogles: (Default)

Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Jessie

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-03 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
hee, thank you! <3
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Re: [Hades] In Solitude

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-03 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
oh ouch someone hug her preferably Zag
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[personal profile] schoolsasaint 2021-02-03 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oisin i dTir na nOg, Niamh Chinn Oir, set story
schoolsasaint: (Default)

[personal profile] schoolsasaint 2021-02-03 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Person of Interest, The Machine, like real people do
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[personal profile] schoolsasaint 2021-02-03 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Earth's Children, Iza, in some sad I way I already know
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[personal profile] schoolsasaint 2021-02-03 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Earth's Children, Durc & Rydag, the Clan ventures north
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[personal profile] schoolsasaint 2021-02-03 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Earth's Children, Mamut & Creb, cold hands
ernest: (lemony snicket)

Fill: Hamlet

[personal profile] ernest 2021-02-03 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Hamlet can’t stop bouncing when his excellent good friends meet him in the conservatory – it’s the only place in this castle where he can really breathe, and they more than anyone else will appreciate all that green.

And then he sees it in their eyes – they *were* sent for – and he wilts along with the ferns behind him, clicking his tongue ruefully. They were never going to help.
Edited 2021-02-03 16:42 (UTC)
wallwalker: Venetian mask, dark purple with gold gilding. (Default)

Re: Done with the first eighteen pages

[personal profile] wallwalker 2021-02-03 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously, thank you for this.
conuly: (Default)

[personal profile] conuly 2021-02-03 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't care one way or another, I just want to make sure I sort everything accurately. I'd rather double check than guess and get it wrong.
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[personal profile] smallhobbit 2021-02-03 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Whatever you may say, we're over," Osric declared, holding his hand to his brow.

"And what, pray, is your reasoning?" Hamlet demanded disdainfully.

"You insulted," there was a pause for Osric to assume another dramatic pose, "my hat!"
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Re: It’s “full thrusters,” not “the zoomies”

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2021-02-03 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Thorin deserves his own command because I would follow him anywhere. 🧡🧡🧡
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Re: Done with the first eighteen pages

[personal profile] conuly 2021-02-03 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Once I'm done with the last few pages, it largely runs itself. Just add new ones every day, delete old ones.
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[personal profile] conuly 2021-02-03 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
RPF = Real person fic?

If so, I'm sorting this under RPF, subcategory "Oasis".

Re: The Untamed, JGY/LXC, warning for canonical character death

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-03 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, a-yao. ;_;

poignant.
tiny_ninja: (ffvi;; nothing to lose but my life)

[personal profile] tiny_ninja 2021-02-03 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Final Fantasy VI, Setzer Gabbiani, luck (good or bad)
ernest: (What disadvantage?)

Umineko, Beato and EVA Beatrice (Spoilers for Episode 3)

[personal profile] ernest 2021-02-03 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
There is a treasure behind the parlor door that must be protected at all costs, and the battered mess of flesh on the floor of the hallway knows nothing but the need to keep her heart beating, suspended as it is on golden threads.

“Why won’t you just die?” demands her successor, her predecessor, stamping her foot, and Beatrice just grins through bloody missing teeth, because she’s only just now learning something that this girl never will.

She lives because she refuses to die: without love it cannot be ‘seen’.

Re: Fill: FE9/10, Shinon & Rolf

[personal profile] runespoor 2021-02-03 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
in this house we love and respect This Asshole

I love the entire story this tells - the passing of time, Rolf's hypotheses, the unspoken affection. Shinon mentoring Rolf is such a gift in the game, and it's always such a pleasure to read your take on these characters. :D Thank you for this!!
zdenka: Orange carp on a black background. "Oh, tree! Eat the fish!" (one of those days)

Re: Imperial Radch, Zeiat & fish

[personal profile] zdenka 2021-02-03 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] snickfic 2021-02-03 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, RPF means real person fic.

(Anonymous) 2021-02-03 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Any, any, your heart is bigger than they say
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FE 8, Eirika

[personal profile] siver 2021-02-03 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
She told Ephraim she was fine.
She told her friends and companions she was fine.
The image of Lyon's cold eyes and harsh words won't leave Eirika as she stares into the darkness of a night that seems never-ending, and she wonders when her life became built of lies.
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2021-02-03 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
loooool prompt me more and i'll write it ahahaha, i love erich so much
conuly: (Default)

[personal profile] conuly 2021-02-03 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm listing that under Oisín in Tír na nÓg after a quick google search. Is this correct?
Edited 2021-02-03 17:32 (UTC)