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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2022-01-20 09:54 pm

Three Sentence Ficathon 2022 Part 2

UPDATE 14 FEBRUARY 2022 -- 3SF 2022 IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS!  Do continue to fill prompts already posted but the 3SF 2022 is now closed.  We'll be back next year in a new comm (If I can get my act together).  Thank you again!

THIS IS THE NEW POST FOR PART 2 OF THE 3 SENTENCE FICATHON -- ALL NEW PROMPTS SHOULD BE POSTED HERE
You may continue to fill prompts (but not leave new ones) at the original Post 1 here but please post new prompts here, not there.  And if you're asking, hey is just me, or did this get enormous really fast? Why yes, yes it did.  Last year, it took us ten days before I opened a new post.  This year, it took us about 5.5 days to get there.  So, by all means, go back and fill in Post 1 and post new prompts here!

Also woops, in an indication of how busy I've been with other things, I neglected to post that for a third year in a row the awesome [personal profile] conuly  started a master list of unclaimed prompts and has been updating it as time permits.  Obviously a huge task! Thank you!







 
Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!

Here's a Friending meme!

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 at bit after about 2 weeks and especially once we open a new post because this one is approaching 4,500 comments.
  • 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.

Here's my attempt at a text box that might go horribly awry.






How long will it go?

The 3SF closes to new prompts on February 13, 2022. The entry stays open permanently and people post fills all year long. (There were a bunch of new posts to the 2021 3SF this week!)

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 (and much more). 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, protect yourself, 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 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.
 

Here, have some icons and banners and let me know if you've created your own!























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[personal profile] eagleoftheninth 2022-02-02 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, stressed depressed and doing my best
ladyjax: (Default)

Original, Love (personified), unnamed protagonist, Undone

[personal profile] ladyjax 2022-02-03 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
I almost let the call go to the answering machine. That had been my habit for weeks now, ever since my life seemed to shatter in a million pieces right before my eyes.

Fortunately, I still had a job and enough seniority to take emergency leave except it wasn’t for a family member. It was for myself. I’d been spending my days in my pajamas, watching marathons of Law and Order (every series because I’m just that extra), ignoring my friends and their well-meaning attempts to cajole me into coming outside. It was easier to contemplate the vaugeries of the fictional judicial system than it was to face the wreck of my life.

I turned up the TV; Benson and Stabler were chasing down yet another perp as the phone continued to ring. I blew out a breath and finally picked it up just before the machine kicked in.

I snarled “what?” which assured me that I had salty down pat.

“You really need to get more. Sitting at home alone is terrible for your disposition.”

Benson and Stabler collared the perp as I groaned, “I really don’t want to talk to you.”

Love’s laugh rumbled over the phone line. “You are such a drama queen. C’mon, let me in. I’ve got ice cream.”

The episode I’d been watching ended, smoothly easing into another one. “Fine,” I huffed. “But none of your shenanigans. I’m wallowing.”

“Fair enough.” Love paused then said, “For what it’s worth, I'm sorry it didn’t work out.”

“Yeah, well, she had six cats,” I said with a sigh. “By the end, I still liked the cats. It was probably some sort of sign but whatever. Just get up here. I’ll even let you pick the next episode.”

“Are you still on the Law and Order kick?”

“Don’t judge me.”
raisedbymoogles: (Zidane - flight)

Star Wars, R2-D2

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2022-02-08 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Artoo-Detoo had seen the fall of the Republic, the rise of tyrants, the destruction of a friend. In the early days he may have, once or twice, toyed with the idea of requesting a factory reset. Certainly it seemed to have done wonders for Threepio, who was going about his duties cheerfully enough despite lingering anxiety problems.

He stuck the notion of getting his memory wiped right in the recycling bin the day Senator Bail Organa brought a dark-haired, dark-eyed child aboard the Tantive IV.

Artoo may have made a bit of a fool of himself, following the little girl around making cooing noises. Leia, for her part, didn't seem to mind much, bossing Artoo about with the unthinking authority of a royal daughter and decorating him with cartoon stickers. The Senator wasn't thrilled when one of those stickers blocked a vital component, but overall Artoo was as proud of them as Not-Droids were of shiny medals.

There were worse reasons to continue to live, he decided, and wrote Anakin's daughter's name into his code as First Priority.
sincereously: night sky above mountains (Default)

Re: Star Wars, R2-D2

[personal profile] sincereously 2022-02-08 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, my heart. Artoo's finding hope again! Bossy little Leia! So lovely.

Obsidian & Blood, Acatl

[personal profile] notapaladin 2022-04-12 03:42 am (UTC)(link)

He couldn’t remember the last time he’d gotten a decent night’s sleep. He thought he might have felt a flicker of real joy a few weeks ago, but it had been gone so quickly he hadn’t had time to dwell on it. There was just so much else for him to do. Funeral rites here, vigils there, being summoned even from the scant snatches of sleep he managed to grab by the need to put down monsters that were still cropping up because he’d asked Teomitl to wait...

He closed his eyes and slumped against the inner wall of his own courtyard, taking a deep breath. Half an hour. Storm Lord strike him, give him just half an hour of rest.

“Acatl-tzin?!”

One of his priests, frantic. He could smell fresh blood.

Gritting his teeth, he straightened up. It was time for him to do his duty again.