We missed it last year, but some people have been making interested noises -- who else wants to play? We could start it any time between May and September, anyone have preferences?

The 2009 sign up post has lots more information about remixing in general and this remix in particular.

Thank you so much to all our wonderful Remix writers and readers, with a special thank you to v_angelique, our back-up writer. We hope you had a great time and that you will do it again next year!

And now the reveal:

• Brenda (azewewish) wrote the remix of afra_schatz: All Of My Best Memories Are Lies (Harry Sinclair, Karl Urban, Orlando Bloom)
  
• kitty_trio wrote the remix of Brenda: Second ( Read more... )

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Remember, remix is a great challenge to see what you can do with another writer's story: it doesn't have to be your favorite, just something with potential, something you can work with. Our remix challenge has been running since 2003 and every year since, and it's all been good, some of it amazing. Let's keep going this year, and I'm looking at ( Read more... )

ETA: Sign-ups are now closed.

If you've ever read a story and thought: "If I were telling it, I would do it differently", or even "I wonder what that other character was thinking?" then this challenge is for you. Just like musical remixes, this project aims to show how differences in vision and style can cast light on stories in a whole new way.
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Thank you so much again to all our wonderful Remix writers and readers. We hope you had a great time and that you will do it again next year!

And now the big reveal:

• savageseraph wrote the remix of azewewish: Mosaic
  
• glass_moment wrote the remix of canciona: Shores of Different Seas
  
• stormatdusk wrote the remix of chaosmanor: High Altitude
  
• azewewish wrote the remix of caras_galadhon: Mermaids Singing
  
• unstealthy wrote the ( Read more... )

Q: What is remix?

A: Remix is a challenge to writers to re-write someone else's fic, that person rewrites someone else's fic, and so on. Only people volunteering to join the challenge get remixed, but it's always been exciting and illuminating for those brave writers. More details are at remix.lotrips.orgQ: Who are the writers ( Read more... )

Billy/Dom:
Before Our Eyes R
Betting It All on One Throw R
Bohemian Like You PG-13
Maybe PG-13
Misunderstanding the Rules (also Dom/Elijah) PG-13
Shores of Different Seas (also Billy/Ali, Dom/Evi) PG-13
Steer Your Life by These Stars NC-17
Unraveling (also Billy/Ali) R
Vertigo R

Orlando/Elijah:
Black plus White makes Grey (also Karl/Liv) PG-13
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We had a nice smooth process this year, only minor crises which were resolved easily. Thank you to everyone who participated, turned in your stories (nearly) all on time, and we hope that you enjoyed the process of seeing through someone else's eyes.

The stories are now up on the remix.lotrips.org/2008 web site, so you can read and enjoy. They're ( Read more... )

Please send your remix story to lotrips.remix @ gmail.com as an attachment in plain text (.txt file).

The story should be formatted the same way as for an LJ post: please use for italics and for bold, but don't put in lj-cut tags or a disclaimer (we will add those.) Please separate paragraphs with a blank line. Please do not use the HTML ( Read more... )