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Friday, January 10th, 2025 11:32 am
The [community profile] threesentenceficathon will be live today and run through Sunday, February 9!


Sticky Post Info is here.
Contact your mods is here.
And schedule is here.
And some new/clarified rules are here (please read this one).

Watch your inboxes!

rthstewart: 3SF Words (3 sentence ficathon)
Sunday, December 31st, 2023 11:40 pm
Info post is here -- first prompts post opens January 12 and the fest will run until Feb. 11.





rthstewart: (crow)
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 09:42 pm
All the info is here.  Be sure to join the [community profile] threesentenceficathon  Comm.   I have it on good authority some people have been saving prompts all year.
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Monday, January 2nd, 2023 11:14 am
With Yuletide over, we'll be turning to the annual Three Sentence Ficathon! This year, to spare my poor, abused inbox, we'll be moving to the [community profile] threesentenceficathon community. I'll be sharing mod duties (such as they are) with [personal profile] vialethe and [personal profile] wingedflight  We'll probably start, as we did last year, in mid to late January and it will run for 30 days. So, go join the new community and get signed up for notifications.  Then start thinking about your new favorite fandoms (Andor, League of Our Own, House of Dragon, Rings of Power, etc. etc.) and old favorites (Star Wars, Harry Potter, Narnia, Untamed, Hamlet, Assassin's Creed, Greek Myth, Miraculous Ladybug, etc. etc.) and lots of Taylor Swift quotes.




(And yes, people are still filling prompts from last year's ficathon!)
rthstewart: 3SF Words (3 sentence ficathon)
Saturday, February 5th, 2022 10:36 am

I had problem with wordcloud but no matter!  We're in the final stretch! As of this morning, post 2 had 2600 comments and post 1 had 5624 comments (curse you CAPTCHA) and the volume has, predictably, dropped way, way off. This means it's a great time to start at the last page and work your way back and fill something that catches your eye and fancy or leave a prompt that you would love to see filled.

If it picks up again, I'll open another post (YIKES). 

I've not participating as much this year, alas.  I've posted two stories and the Thing I was expecting dropped two days ago so work will now takeover my life.  But let me know if you've got any questions.

I will announce that ALL POSTS WILL BE CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS ON FEBRUARY 14.  (This is an extension of a day from the original Feb. 13). YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FILL PROMPTS AS LONG AS YOU LIKE!

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Thursday, January 20th, 2022 09:54 pm
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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Thursday, January 20th, 2022 09:21 am

We're at Day 5, give or take and almost 4100 comments.  I'll open up a new post at under 4500, which will likely be tomorrow.  For those of you thinking, oh my goddess, I'll never be able to read all that, yeah, me too.  This week has kicked me in the teeth so I'm looking forward to the slightly slower pace in the next week or two to get caught up.  Please join me! And no, I"m not going to read every prior prompt and you don't have to, either.  If you've had any problems, drop me a message, DM, email or otherwise.  There are lots of new people participating this year, and many familiar monikers, too, and the return of people who haven't been here in a while, so I'll start a friending meme post.
rthstewart: (Default)
Saturday, January 15th, 2022 01:13 pm
I just unlocked the post, so, in theory, you should get a notification but if not, here we are!

Three Sentence Ficathon 2022
(Hoping posts go into my separate email box but we'll see if that happens). 
rthstewart: (Default)
Saturday, January 15th, 2022 12:00 pm
This post is NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS!  PLEASE POST YOUR NEW PROMPTS HERE, IN POST 2!  Do continue to fill prompts here but please put all new prompts in Post 2.






 
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!



      


















rthstewart: 3sf (3 SF)
Friday, January 14th, 2022 12:05 pm
This is partly a test post.  I've got the 2022 3SF post in the queue on a private viewing setting so, in theory I should be able to just change the setting and it should work. 


I've had lots of questions about "what about this prompt?" "Be sure to add this fandom!"  "Is this fandom eligible?" And yes, you should, yes, you can, and yes, they are.  As I stated in response to one person asking if only new fandoms were eligible, I responded that what I listed was just to get people started and thinking. You can prompt whatever you want and if you don't get fills, you can re-prompt or fill your own prompt. We have EVERYTHING, from anthropomorphic, historical RPF, Shakespeare, Star Wars and Star Trek (all flavors), BSG, LOTR, Silmarillion and Hobbit (book and movies) xovers, all sorts of podcasts and comics, to the latest on Disney+. There also tends to be a lot of Narnia (book and film) because that's where a lot of us hang out and we leave prompts and fills for each other. If you join with other online friends, you can do the same. There's a veritable ping pong each year between a couple of people involving the Iliad and Greek mythology and Queen Anne Neville/Richard III. 

So, save up your prompts! I'll open it this weekend!

You can just ignore this link to this post.  It's a test
rthstewart: 3SF Words (3 sentence ficathon)
Thursday, January 6th, 2022 06:20 pm
Tap tap. Friends, is it time to start your prompt-ing engines?
Once Yuletide is over, my thoughts turn to the 3SF which, historically, I've hosted in the month of February. However, I've been swamped all year with work and something that's sitting in a large, ugly office building near Pennsylvania Ave. NW in DC, will soon worsen things considerably and I'll really need to focus on that.

So, I'm thinking of starting 3SF a few weeks early, say next weekend 15 January 2022.
I thought about this weekend but heard complaints that this is too soon. People like to collect and think about prompts.
What do you think?

For a refresher, the rules, such as they are, from the 2021 3SF are here.  I want to emphasize again that I know that it can feel really overwhelming to walk away from 3SF for a couple of hours and see thousands of prompts when you return.  Really, truly, you do not need to read every prompt, you can fill a prompt that's already  been filled, you can repeat a prompt if you want, and you can start on the last page and work backward.  Also, usually, things slow down a lot about midway through and once we move to the second post at about 4,000 prompts and fills.  You can come in at any time, leave at any time, and start anywhere.

I was wondering what might be fun to prompt this year. Some new things, or old things new again:
  • Fellowship of the Ring 20th Anniversary
  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary
  • Wheel of Time, netflix
  • Shadow and Bone, netflix
  • BTS
  • The Expanse
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • The grounding of the Ever Given
  • Dune
  • Godzilla v. Kong
  • Luca
  • West Side Story
  • Black Widow
  • Venom
  • The Eternals
  • Dickinson
  • Succession
  • Wynonna Earp
  • The Mighty Nein
  • Capybaras trashing a posh neighborhood in Argentina
  • Rampaging otters in Singapore
  • Chonky squirrel caught in bird feeder
  • Yule goat on fire
  • Return of Queer Eye
  • Boba Fett
These are just things to get you started. Start thinking of prompts, save them up, and we'll start next week. Drop me a line in comments below, on Twitter, tumblr, here or by gmail (I'm rthstewart everywhere) if you have any thoughts, suggestions, questions, or ideas. If you make any icons or banners, link me! As we know, I routinely fail at embeds but please spread the word!

Here's a word cloud from the second post of 3SF 2021. (and yes, I continued to get notices of new fills and comments all year long)

rthstewart: (3sf banner icon)
Monday, March 1st, 2021 09:29 am
WOW.  As of this morning, 3866 comments on Post 2 and 5362 comments on Post 1.

[personal profile] conuly 's unclaimed prompt list here

There were lots of prompts in the last 48 hours and I lost track and imagine others did as well.  If you really want someone to fill a particular prompt, and assuming they don't mind, I suggest letting them know! (I at least got overwhelmed last week so I missed a lot -- let me know if you would like something via the usual means (DM, email, etc.!!) 

You can post your works at the AO3 3SF tag (always super helpful for Yuletide bears and remixes!)

I know some folks might have gotten a bit weary with certain fandoms that weren't their favorite flavor of delicious cake but I won't (and can't) police what's posted and not.  Every year has it's own themes and fandoms and it's always an opportunity to learn about new properties and writers to explore.  This year was awful and I at least had lots of ideas for things I wanted to read and found it harder to muster the brain cells to fill anything and the volume was overwhelming at times.  But that's just the way of it.  3 SF is open for fills all year long so hopefully we can all begin to feel the brain fog lift and a return to normalcy and normal levels of creativity.  For this, I'm especially grateful to the prolific fillers who kept the rest of entertained and distracted. 

  Thank you to all who participated.  We will see you next year I hope!  I may move 3 SF to its own DW community.  I created one on DW and then didn't want to deal with it all as Feb 1 ticked down.
 

rthstewart: 3sf (3 SF)
Sunday, February 28th, 2021 06:56 pm
You have about 5 more hours to get your prompts in for 3SF. They are rushing in!  I'll ask that no new prompts be submitted once I post a "This is the last prompt" but of course please continue to fill. We have A LOT of unfilled prompts.



rthstewart: (3sf banner icon)
Thursday, February 18th, 2021 07:54 pm
We're over half way through the Three Sentence Ficathon.  It's cold and miserable in the U.S. and lots of people are really hurting.  This ficathon is intended to be a respite from the awful.  And, if you've been holding off because it's all so overwhelming, as expected, the second post went up, and things quieted down a lot.  It's actually really slow.  So now is the perfect time to check it out.  There are many open prompts and it would be great to see you there. 

The smaller, slower
Post 2, is here and the first post (with over 5000 comments so captcha is on) is here


[personal profile] conuly 's post with unfilled prompts (optional -- it's wonderful for some people but really can fill prompts that have already been filled or reprompt something). 


And, in very somber news, if you are in Texas, I hope you've found a respite.  If you are looking to connect with aid organizations, either for help or to donate, I found some good links here and here
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 03:57 pm

THE 2021 3 SENTENCE FICATHON IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS!

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.

[personal profile] conuly 's unclaimed prompt list here

Thank you all for participating! We had a rush of prompts at the end so be sure to check it out and if you want someone to fill something in particular, and assuming they don't mind being contacted (I know I  don't!), be sure to let them know!






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 does this just because she is an awesome person but should you want to write her 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!








text box you can try to cut and paste

















rthstewart: (Default)
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 02:17 pm
I have seen at least four new Dreamwidth accounts for 3SF and there are probably others. I'm not great at highlighting the functionalities of Dreamwidth but perhaps some of DW pros could provide links as well as comms you follow and enjoy.

I borrowed this no frills template from [personal profile] st_aurafina and [personal profile] snickfic 
Copy and paste it into a reply below (and learn a little HTML while you're at it!)
And be sure to add your preferred pronouns, if you wish.  I forgot to do that -- I'm she/her.


rthstewart: 3SF Words (3 sentence ficathon)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 08:46 am
Just an update that we'll be opening a new thread in the next day or so as we're over 4000 comments. At 5000, DW automatically starts a captcha, which is fine but a bit of a pain.  We always see a big slow down when we jump to a new post so if you've been hanging back and feeling overwhelmed, that's a great time to start.  But again, I want to emphasize, start at the last page and go back until you find something and always, always make sure you're reading at "top-level comments only."  Both will help immeasurably. 

A huge thanks, again, to[personal profile] conuly who is maintaining a list of unclaimed prompts.

Our word cloud is below. I'm kinda loving the Luke/Din there which I'm embarrassed to say never occurred to me.  I really do fail at shipping.     Never change, friends, never change. 

I've got fingers crossed for forthcoming historical prompts and fills from[personal profile] vialethe [personal profile] vialethe  and [personal profile] betony .

If you've got a problem, please drop a line.  You can anon your comments below or find me on Tumblr, Twitter, AO3, the pit of voles, or gmail all at rthstewart.

Some other observations
  • I've been getting some notices of new DW accounts being created! Which is terrific. I can create a friending meme so everyone can start adding one another to your accounts.  Edit to add here is the link.
  • Lots of open, fandom unspecified prompts.
  • Lots of Old Guard and Untamed, both to be expected. Not as much Supernatural, which surprises me. 
  • A whole lot of Hamlet and Narnia -- we're very focused.
  • A lot of reclaiming of Harry Potter via fix it fic, and angry fills, in the sense of characters expressing anger at their situations, again to be expected. 
  • Liberal ignoring of the 3 sentence limit -- carry on you wonderful people.

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Saturday, January 30th, 2021 10:46 pm


I started a day early to give people a day. Please read the Q&A at the beginning. There is some new information.
Happy prompting and filling!