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Cacography (noun)
cacography [kuh-kog-ruh-fee]

noun
1. bad handwriting; poor penmanship.
2. incorrect spelling.

Other Word Forms
cacographer, noun
cacographic, adjective
cacographical, adjective

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Origin: First recorded in 1570–80; caco- + -graphy

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Hello and welcome to our mid-May through June long challenge: Three-Sentence Fics!

Running from May 11th to June 28th, this challenge is all about embracing brevity while still telling a complete story. The goal is simple: respond to each daily prompt with a fic made up of only three sentences. Simple…in theory. The fun (and challenge) comes in how much you can fit into those three lines.

Your sentences can be as long or as short as you like, and all fandoms are welcome—so feel free to wander wherever your imagination takes you.

We’re also keeping alive a concept Three-beat fic structure shared by Dreamy a few years back: your story can follow three “beats” instead of strict sentences—this happened, that happened, and then look what that caused. So whether you write exactly three sentences or shape your fic around three distinct moments, you’re good to go.

Each day, I’ll post a new prompt. This year’s inspiration comes from the growing stack of novels I’ve collected—thanks in no small part to the Book Club I somehow (and happily) fell into with my sorority. Take the prompts in any direction you like; interpretation is half the fun.

You can reply directly to the daily prompt, post a new entry here, or link out to your journal—whatever works best for you and your writing flow.

If anything’s unclear, don’t hesitate to ask. Otherwise, settle in, get creative, and enjoy the ride.

Most importantly—have fun with it.
Prompt 8: “Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” — Margery Williams, Velveteen Rabbit

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |

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...but action sequences are always harder for me to write. 3k isn't the best Sunday count, and I'm still behind, but its' something.

backrose_17 good luck for Monday!

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Title: Out in the Cold
Fandom: MacGyver (1985)
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons from the MacGyver episode "Out in the Cold" (yes, imma cheat and just steal that for titling my post XD) starting with him enjoying his skiing, realizing there's gonna be an avalanche, him under the snow, Pete trying to find him, then rescue!

( Out in the Cold )

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Hi there! Hope the weekend's been treating you well. :3 Welcome to our weekly Lonely Prompts day. If this is your first time at

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How to look for prompts:
We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^

Whichever you decide to do, prompt or fill (or both), please remember:
1. You can only request five prompts to be filled.
2. You can request no more than three prompts from a particular fandom.
3. You can, however, fill as many prompts in as many fandoms as you'd like!
4. In the subject line, be sure to say whether it is a request or a fill!
5. You must link back to wherever the prompt is in the community archive (whether filling or requesting), and, if you're filling the prompt, please post the fill as a reply to the original prompt.
6. If you are filling an "any/any" prompt, please let us know what fandom you've written it for (or if it's original!).
8. If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
7. If you've filled any lonely prompts in the past week, this is the place to share them!
9. Finally, please remember to add your prompt fills to our AO3 collection: Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.

How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."

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If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word! comment_fic

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Pied-à-Terre (noun)
pied-à-terre [pee-ey-duh-tair, -dah-, pyey-]

noun, plural pieds-à-terre
1. a residence, as an apartment, for part-time or temporary use.

Related Words
apartment, box, building, condo, condominium, dwelling, home, mansion, residence, shack

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1820–30; < French: literally, foot on ground

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

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I have about a million fics I need to be working on, but did I work on any of them on my challenge day yesterday? Of course not. Instead I started a new one, but I did get about 300 words on that. At least it was words!

agdhani, today is your day! Sending all the luck your way!

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Hello and welcome to our mid-May through June long challenge: Three-Sentence Fics!

Running from May 11th to June 28th, this challenge is all about embracing brevity while still telling a complete story. The goal is simple: respond to each daily prompt with a fic made up of only three sentences. Simple…in theory. The fun (and challenge) comes in how much you can fit into those three lines.

Your sentences can be as long or as short as you like, and all fandoms are welcome—so feel free to wander wherever your imagination takes you.

We’re also keeping alive a concept Three-beat fic structure shared by Dreamy a few years back: your story can follow three “beats” instead of strict sentences—this happened, that happened, and then look what that caused. So whether you write exactly three sentences or shape your fic around three distinct moments, you’re good to go.

Each day, I’ll post a new prompt. This year’s inspiration comes from the growing stack of novels I’ve collected—thanks in no small part to the Book Club I somehow (and happily) fell into with my sorority. Take the prompts in any direction you like; interpretation is half the fun.

You can reply directly to the daily prompt, post a new entry here, or link out to your journal—whatever works best for you and your writing flow.

If anything’s unclear, don’t hesitate to ask. Otherwise, settle in, get creative, and enjoy the ride.

Most importantly—have fun with it.
Prompt 7: “We accept the love we think we deserve.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 |

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efficacious [ef-i-key-shuhs]

adjective:
capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc

Examples:

And on a less efficacious, more aesthetic note, many of these natural exfoliating formulas often deliver the same sleek aesthetics in their packaging and experience as prestige skin-care products. (Conçetta Ciarlo, Why I'm Opting for Exfoliating Deodorants This Spring, Vogue, March 2026)

At the end of the day, to suggest that plant medicine is not efficacious feels pretty silly to me. (Rachel King, The founder of wellness startup Mab & Stoke on the growth of 'pay what you can' options during the pandemic, Fortune, September 2020)

The muses may hold a pen in one hand and a smoke, or steaming mug, in the other - herbal remedies continue to be efficacious for writer’s block. (Alison Habens, A Brief History of the Muses, JSTOR Daily, October 2024)

Certainly the myth of the cowboy is an efficacious myth, one based first of all upon a deep response to nature. (Larry McMurtry, American Cowboys, Harper's Magazine, September 1968)

One of the best and most efficacious remedies would be for the person who has taken possession of them to go there to live. (Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince)

Origin:
'sure to have the desired effect' (often of medicines), 1520s, from Latin efficaci-, stem of efficax 'powerful, effectual, efficient,' from stem of efficere 'work out, accomplish' + -ous. (Online Etymology Dictionary)

Efficacious came to English from the Middle French word efficace (or that word's Latin source, efficāc- or efficāx), meaning 'effective'. (These words ultimately trace back to the Latin verb efficere, 'to make, bring about, produce, carry out'.) English speakers added -ious to effectively create the word we know today. Efficacious is one of many, er, eff words that mean 'producing or capable of producing a result'. Among its synonyms are the familiar adjectives effective and efficient. Efficacious is more formal than either of these; it's often encountered in medical writing where it describes treatments, therapies, and drugs that produce their desired and intended effects in patients. (Merriam-Webster)

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Gusto (noun)
gusto [guhs-toh]

noun, plural gustoes
1. hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general: to dance with gusto.
2. individual taste or liking: The boy is an imaginative charmer, with a gusto for storytelling.
3. Archaic. artistic style or taste.

Related Words
brio, fervor, relish, verve, zeal, zest

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Synonyms
1. fervor, spirit, zest, relish, delight, enthusiasm

Origin: First recorded in 1620–30; from Italian, from Latin gustus; see gust

Example Sentences
Gusto co-founder Edward Kim has encouraged employees at the human-resources company to experiment with dictation technology, telling them the office of the future will sound “more like a sales floor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Payroll processor Gusto, which services more than 400,000 U.S. small businesses, reported that firms added 105,700 net new jobs in February.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

There was concern when Rosenior explained Cole Palmer, Reece James and Malo Gusto were left out because of to knocks sustained in defeat at Fulham last Wednesday – particularly with tougher tests to come.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Small retailers, like STL, are struggling in particular with tariff uncertainty and continued cost pressures, said Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Gusto, a small-business payroll and benefits provider.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

"Gusto," as H. L. Mencken in the Huneker article of his "Book of Prefaces" says, "unquenchable, contagious, inflammatory."
From Turns about Town by Holliday, Robert Cortes

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Hello and welcome to our mid-May through June long challenge: Three-Sentence Fics!

Running from May 11th to June 28th, this challenge is all about embracing brevity while still telling a complete story. The goal is simple: respond to each daily prompt with a fic made up of only three sentences. Simple…in theory. The fun (and challenge) comes in how much you can fit into those three lines.

Your sentences can be as long or as short as you like, and all fandoms are welcome—so feel free to wander wherever your imagination takes you.

We’re also keeping alive a concept Three-beat fic structure shared by Dreamy a few years back: your story can follow three “beats” instead of strict sentences—this happened, that happened, and then look what that caused. So whether you write exactly three sentences or shape your fic around three distinct moments, you’re good to go.

Each day, I’ll post a new prompt. This year’s inspiration comes from the growing stack of novels I’ve collected—thanks in no small part to the Book Club I somehow (and happily) fell into with my sorority. Take the prompts in any direction you like; interpretation is half the fun.

You can reply directly to the daily prompt, post a new entry here, or link out to your journal—whatever works best for you and your writing flow.

If anything’s unclear, don’t hesitate to ask. Otherwise, settle in, get creative, and enjoy the ride.

Most importantly—have fun with it.
Prompt 6: “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |

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Hey, y'all! Welcome to the twentieth Free for All of the year! :D There are no themes to follow for prompts or fills. Btw, if you perhaps missed a prompt theme that you liked, or you've had any ideas that didn't really work with Tuesday's or Thursday's posts, then today's your chance to prompt 'em. Be free, and have fun! ✎

Just a few rules:
1. No more than five prompts in a row.
2. No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
3. Use the character's full name and the fandom's full name for ease in adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
4. No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
5. If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
6. If your story has possible triggers, please warn for them in the subject line!

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Are today's prompts not catching your eye? No worries, because we have plenty of older prompts that just might do the trick! You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^

We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection.

If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site: please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site, but you are still more than welcome to participate. =)

If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word! comment_fic

A friendly reminder about our posting schedule: Themed posts for new prompts go up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day for new prompts of any flavor. Sundays are for showing Lonely Prompts some love, whether by requesting for someone to adopt them or by sharing any fills that you've recently completed.

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Placate (verb)
placate [pley-keyt, plak-eyt]

verb (used with object), placated, placating
1. to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.

Other Word Forms
placater, noun
placation, noun
unplacated, adjective

Related Words
appease, assuage, mollify, pacify, reconcile, satisfy, soothe

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Synonyms:
1. satisfy, conciliate

Origin: First recorded in 1670–80; from Latin plācātus, past participle of plācāre “to quiet, calm, appease,” akin to placēre “to please”; cf. please

Example Sentences
The poems and the stories one could see Were written to be sold, to please a taste, Placate a prejudice, keep still alive An era dying, ready for the tomb, Already smelling.
From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

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Title: Changed His Life
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Homophobia, Slurs, Off Screen Homophobic Violence
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Relationships: Ilya Rozanov/Shane Hollander
Tags: Established Relationship, Shane and Ilya are outed,
Summary: Shane's life changed so much from a single action.
Word Count: 6,355

( Changed His Life )

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I didn't get any writing done. I left early this morning (early for my day off) to buy a car... simply bc I had enough money after bills, and it's more cost- and time-effective for me to have a car rather than use public transportation. I can put in my full work hours and get a full paycheck!

BUT! I managed to post 2 fics that I finished writing this week. One is available now, and the other will be revealed on June 3.

Anyways, passing to

flipflop_diva. Good luck!

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I came in here to see if the Weekend Challenge had been posted today and then remembered that it was my week for it. Yikes. Since the Tony Awards were recently announced, I decided to gather a list of showtunes. Specifically 62 showtunes from the past 10 or so years of Tony nominations- we start with Hamilton and go through the current nominees.

So, pick a number or numbers from 1 to 62 or just ask for a random selection and I'll give you the corresponding song title. Write 200 words or make some art by the time the next Weekend Challenge is up and I'll reward you with a drabble or words to my WIP.

Happy writing!

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Hello and welcome to our mid-May through June long challenge: Three-Sentence Fics!

Running from May 11th to June 28th, this challenge is all about embracing brevity while still telling a complete story. The goal is simple: respond to each daily prompt with a fic made up of only three sentences. Simple…in theory. The fun (and challenge) comes in how much you can fit into those three lines.

Your sentences can be as long or as short as you like, and all fandoms are welcome—so feel free to wander wherever your imagination takes you.

We’re also keeping alive a concept Three-beat fic structure shared by Dreamy a few years back: your story can follow three “beats” instead of strict sentences—this happened, that happened, and then look what that caused. So whether you write exactly three sentences or shape your fic around three distinct moments, you’re good to go.

Each day, I’ll post a new prompt. This year’s inspiration comes from the growing stack of novels I’ve collected—thanks in no small part to the Book Club I somehow (and happily) fell into with my sorority. Take the prompts in any direction you like; interpretation is half the fun.

You can reply directly to the daily prompt, post a new entry here, or link out to your journal—whatever works best for you and your writing flow.

If anything’s unclear, don’t hesitate to ask. Otherwise, settle in, get creative, and enjoy the ride.

Most importantly—have fun with it.
Prompt 5: “This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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Word of the Day 05/18/26 Cacography

✨ Three-Sentence Fic Challenge .:. Day 8 ✨

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Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 20 [DW Edition]

Word of the Day 05/17/26 Pied-à-Terre

Daily challenge off to agdhani!

Extra Challenge Week 1/26 - Final Results

✨ Three-Sentence Fic Challenge .:. Day 7 ✨

Sunday Word: Efficacious

Word of the Day 05/16/26 Gusto

16 May 2026: Disguise

Speak Up Saturday

✨ Three-Sentence Fic Challenge .:. Day 6 ✨

Free for All Saturday, Week 20 [DW Edition]

Word of the Day 05/15/26 Placate

Heated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: Changed His Life

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