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Please read over the FAQ below before signing up. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. Sign-up is open until 11:59 PM EDT July 28 and assignments will be handed out the following Monday. Please remember to keep your assignment a secret! Babbling about it on your lj is okay as long as you don't give away too much about whom you have.
Name:
Website:
Email:
Safe story:
Stories that were part of Remix before (whether a remix or one that was remixed):
Wincest?
What's this all about?
* Ever read a fic and think, wow, what a fascinating story, but if I had written it, I would have... Well, now here's your chance to do just that. Rewrite someone else's story, tell somebody else's tale. Take the work of another person and wrap it up in your vision and style, just like a remixer does to songs.
So just take another person's story and change everything?
* Yes and no. You can do whatever you like to the story - change POV, dialogue, mood, characterization, make it longer or shorter, whatever - except for two things: pairing(s) and the basic plotline.
Why can't I change ____?
* Basic plotline is fairly obvious, I think. If you change the plot, then you're really not writing the same story, right? This doesn't mean you can't change little things, adding or deleting things as you see fit. For example, if you were rewriting The Little Mermaid, you might decide to give the mermaid a best friend who's a fish and a guardian who's a lobster, things that weren't in the original story. But you would keep the sea witch and the fact that the mermaid loses her voice because those are essential to the story. Of course, what are and aren't essential plot points is purely subjective, but I trust people will be able to decide what to do.
* While this can certainly be argued, I think once you change who the story is about, you're pretty much writing a new story and contrary to popular belief, that's not what this challenge is about. It's about reinterpreting a story that's already been told. So, no, you cannot change the pairing(s) in the story.
All right. So then we can choose any story we want to rewrite?
* Not just any story. Each participant will be assigned a writer (who will be a fellow participant and chosen at random) and must choose a story from that writer. You can choose any story written by the person you are assigned except for whichever fic they designate as their safe story (to be explained below) and stories that are nothing more than smut. Not that you can't choose a smutty story to rewrite, just not one that is one long sex scene. After all, where's the challenge in rewriting that?
And just in case it's not common-sense, don't pick a series that's unfinished. It's not fair to the original author or the readers to have someone else come up with an ending.
I'm still confused. We're just writing someone else's story?
* Rewriting. I don't want you to just change a line here and there. Be creative. Have fun. Make a mess if you want. Remember, it's a challenge. Don't make it too easy on yourself.
And these are only Supernatural stories?
* Yes. I thought about extending it to include the RPS fics, but for now, let's just stick to tales about the Winchesters. And that doesn't mean just Wincest - slash, het, and gen are all welcome here.
So what the hell is a safe story?
* It's the one story that you don't want anyone messing with, for whatever reason. You only get one because I wasn't going to have it at all, but decided to be nice. And no, you don't have to have one, only if you want.
What about stories that were part of Remix last year?
* Those are off-limits, too. I mean, what's the point?
Do I have to have website?
* Yes, because otherwise, how will we find your stories? You don't need your *own* website; hosted fics are fine as long as they're all on the same site. Stories posted to Livejournal are okay as long as there is some sort of index or listing for them, making them easily accessible. Stories posted only to message boards and/or mailing lists are ineligible because access to those are often limited.
I've only written a few stories. Can I still play?
* As long as you have a minimum of three stories (at least 500 words), not including your safe story, and they're not drabbles or PWPs, then you can.
Is there a word minimum?
* Yes! 1000 words.
What if I've co-written with someone?
* If you have someone you co-write with regularly and the two of you wish to sign up for the challenge together, you will be counted as one participant and only the stories you have written together are eligible. If you regularly co-write with someone but only one of you signs up, then your co-written stories are off-limits. The same goes if both of you sign up but separately.
This does not mean you can sign up by yourself and with a co-writer. Choose one or the other.
Are there any sort of deadlines?
* Why yes, there are! People can sign up for the challenge until 11:59 PM EDT July 28. Assignments will be handed out on July 30 or 31, probably sometime in the evening. And then the stories aren't due until 11:59 PM EDT September 29.
When will the stories be put up then?
* I would like to have them up by October 2 and have the authors revealed October 8.
Oh yeah? What if I miss the deadline? Then what're you gonna do?
* Well, I'm not going to hound you for the story. I've got better things to do. But I'm not putting up any of the stories until I have all of them. And when people ask me, "Hey, why aren't the stories up?", I'll point them to a list I'll make, which will have the names and email addresses of everyone who's late, and say, "Because of those losers right there."
That's kind of mean.
* Why, yes, yes it is.
Didn't you steal this idea from someone else? My former fandom had this, too.
* Yeah, well I came up with the idea first, so NYAH.
Name:
Website:
Email:
Safe story:
Stories that were part of Remix before (whether a remix or one that was remixed):
Wincest?
What's this all about?
* Ever read a fic and think, wow, what a fascinating story, but if I had written it, I would have... Well, now here's your chance to do just that. Rewrite someone else's story, tell somebody else's tale. Take the work of another person and wrap it up in your vision and style, just like a remixer does to songs.
So just take another person's story and change everything?
* Yes and no. You can do whatever you like to the story - change POV, dialogue, mood, characterization, make it longer or shorter, whatever - except for two things: pairing(s) and the basic plotline.
Why can't I change ____?
* Basic plotline is fairly obvious, I think. If you change the plot, then you're really not writing the same story, right? This doesn't mean you can't change little things, adding or deleting things as you see fit. For example, if you were rewriting The Little Mermaid, you might decide to give the mermaid a best friend who's a fish and a guardian who's a lobster, things that weren't in the original story. But you would keep the sea witch and the fact that the mermaid loses her voice because those are essential to the story. Of course, what are and aren't essential plot points is purely subjective, but I trust people will be able to decide what to do.
* While this can certainly be argued, I think once you change who the story is about, you're pretty much writing a new story and contrary to popular belief, that's not what this challenge is about. It's about reinterpreting a story that's already been told. So, no, you cannot change the pairing(s) in the story.
All right. So then we can choose any story we want to rewrite?
* Not just any story. Each participant will be assigned a writer (who will be a fellow participant and chosen at random) and must choose a story from that writer. You can choose any story written by the person you are assigned except for whichever fic they designate as their safe story (to be explained below) and stories that are nothing more than smut. Not that you can't choose a smutty story to rewrite, just not one that is one long sex scene. After all, where's the challenge in rewriting that?
And just in case it's not common-sense, don't pick a series that's unfinished. It's not fair to the original author or the readers to have someone else come up with an ending.
I'm still confused. We're just writing someone else's story?
* Rewriting. I don't want you to just change a line here and there. Be creative. Have fun. Make a mess if you want. Remember, it's a challenge. Don't make it too easy on yourself.
And these are only Supernatural stories?
* Yes. I thought about extending it to include the RPS fics, but for now, let's just stick to tales about the Winchesters. And that doesn't mean just Wincest - slash, het, and gen are all welcome here.
So what the hell is a safe story?
* It's the one story that you don't want anyone messing with, for whatever reason. You only get one because I wasn't going to have it at all, but decided to be nice. And no, you don't have to have one, only if you want.
What about stories that were part of Remix last year?
* Those are off-limits, too. I mean, what's the point?
Do I have to have website?
* Yes, because otherwise, how will we find your stories? You don't need your *own* website; hosted fics are fine as long as they're all on the same site. Stories posted to Livejournal are okay as long as there is some sort of index or listing for them, making them easily accessible. Stories posted only to message boards and/or mailing lists are ineligible because access to those are often limited.
I've only written a few stories. Can I still play?
* As long as you have a minimum of three stories (at least 500 words), not including your safe story, and they're not drabbles or PWPs, then you can.
Is there a word minimum?
* Yes! 1000 words.
What if I've co-written with someone?
* If you have someone you co-write with regularly and the two of you wish to sign up for the challenge together, you will be counted as one participant and only the stories you have written together are eligible. If you regularly co-write with someone but only one of you signs up, then your co-written stories are off-limits. The same goes if both of you sign up but separately.
This does not mean you can sign up by yourself and with a co-writer. Choose one or the other.
Are there any sort of deadlines?
* Why yes, there are! People can sign up for the challenge until 11:59 PM EDT July 28. Assignments will be handed out on July 30 or 31, probably sometime in the evening. And then the stories aren't due until 11:59 PM EDT September 29.
When will the stories be put up then?
* I would like to have them up by October 2 and have the authors revealed October 8.
Oh yeah? What if I miss the deadline? Then what're you gonna do?
* Well, I'm not going to hound you for the story. I've got better things to do. But I'm not putting up any of the stories until I have all of them. And when people ask me, "Hey, why aren't the stories up?", I'll point them to a list I'll make, which will have the names and email addresses of everyone who's late, and say, "Because of those losers right there."
That's kind of mean.
* Why, yes, yes it is.
Didn't you steal this idea from someone else? My former fandom had this, too.
* Yeah, well I came up with the idea first, so NYAH.