rthstewart: 3sf (3 SF)
rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2013-03-11 10:23 pm
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3 Sentence Ficathon


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EDIT!  THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS,  PLEASE POST NEW PROMPTS
HERE!

CaramelSilver isn’t running the awesome 3 sentence ficathon this year, but she said I could do it in her place!!  (Banner courtesy of CaramelSilver and thanks so much!)

What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.

What do I do?
You post prompts!  When posting a prompt please format it this way:

fandom, character/pairing, prompt word/sentence.

Only one prompt per comment please.

What else?
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 allowed. 

I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem.  You can comment anonymously or through open ID

Can anyone play?
Yes!  Please pimp this to your flist, I'd like as many as possible to come and participate!

I'm cross-posting to LJ but we will keep all prompts and fills here, so they are in one awesome place (and with less spam). 

Here's a link for spreading the word to all your friends and comms (thanks [personal profile] snacky !)




How long can it go? 
CaramelSilver kept the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon up for a month.  I'd suggest closing it on Sunday, April 7, 2013.  How does that sound? (edit:  If we reach 5,000 comments sooner, I'll start a new one).

Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want.  Last year, a lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag.

Gosh who are all these people writing such great prompts and fills?
Good question!  Come to the friending meme and introduce yourself if you like.

As  [personal profile] lady_songsmith explains, for the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon, [livejournal.com profile] grim_lupine created a delicious account to archive the 3 Sentence Ficathon.   [personal profile] lady_songsmith has reactivated the archive on delicious for this challenge, so, here is the account (nothing current added yet, though): https://previous.delicious.com/3sentence She asks that if anyone would be willing to help knock down the backlog of the prolific-ness thus far, let her know!!  (She adds:  I know folks are kinda down on delicious with the changes, but, hey, it's an archive already set up with useful tags!)

On the subject of archiving, I really encourage people to collect and post their fills elsewhere.  That way, we can find your work more easily again, redundancy is always good and it's really useful for future remixes and other challenges and gift exchanges you might participate in. I'll start a linking post so that if you do collect all your fills and post them on your own blog or an archive like AO3, you can give give us the link in comments. 


edited March 12, 2013
edited March 13, 2013 to fix box coding problem (thanks to those who helped!) and to add link to friending meme
edited March 15, 2013 to add information on archiving.
edited March 24, 2013 to close post to new prompts. 


passionfruit_kisses: (Anya - I wish it was mine)

[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-13 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
"There are far fewer bunnies in London than in California," he tells her, staring at a remarkably unremarkable piece of wall somewhere up and to the left of her face.

He's not at all sure that this is actually the case - he's never given the matter much thought one way or another - but he has to say something, and the gentleman he aspires to be seen as would never say: "Being engaged to you these last hours made me happier, angrier, and more alive than I have felt in a long time, and you are a bloody brilliant kisser. Will you run away with me?"

He just hopes her gift for cutting through subtext doesn't fail him now, because he isn't feeling particularly gentlemanly right now, and she is likely to object to being tossed over his shoulder like a harlequin heroine.
tiny_white_hats: (Giles)

[personal profile] tiny_white_hats 2013-03-14 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's wonderful! Thank you for the fill!
passionfruit_kisses: (Default)

[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-15 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You are welcome, it was great fun to write :)
tinpra: Little Princess Tiana (Default)

[personal profile] tinpra 2013-03-15 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hilarious and wonderful. I think I now ship Giles/Anya. Thank you :D
passionfruit_kisses: (Default)

[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-15 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
They're one of those pairings that is cracky and ridiculous until you start thinking about it, and then everything makes sense.
tinpra: Little Princess Tiana (Default)

[personal profile] tinpra 2013-03-17 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Exactly! lol
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Avengers Natasha/Bruce)

[personal profile] shallowness 2013-03-20 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I hope her gift doesn't desert her now either. Great stuff.
passionfruit_kisses: (Anya - I wish it was mine)

[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-29 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it won't. She has very little patience with subtlety, and a way of seeing the truth of thing when it matters most.