Remix Goes Wild

As I've said elsewhere, the points assigned to each prompt is sort of arbitrary and, in fact, I've wibbled about posting it because I'm sure people will have differing ideas on what's complicated and what isn't. Just remember that the whole points thing is a nice little way to push yourself if you like competitions and not the end all and be all of the challenge.

Points will be awarded based on the prompt you choose to list as the primary prompt.

( Prompts & Points )

In addition to the points for each prompts, there are bonus points for using the same story more than once, using the same prompt more than once and completing the entire list of prompts.

( Bonus Points and how they work )

I've probably made some kind of mistake here. If so, PM me please.


Also, please remember to tag your fics with the name of the original author. Thanks!

You may post remixes or links to a remix to the comm as you write them or you may wait until the challenge is over and post a list of links to the remixes you've done for the challenge.

When you post your fic, please add the following information to your header:

Prompt Used: Please list the primary prompt--the one you chose when you decided to write this remix/the one you want the fic tagged with--only. If you list more than one prompt, I will assume that you meant to do several prompts at once and will put the fic under Prompt Twenty-Four (use two or more prompts).

A Link to the original story with author credit. If the person did not offer their fic, but you obtained permission, say so on this line.

So if I remixed one of helens78's fics my header might look like this:

Title: Curious About Leather (the Boom Chicka Wa Wa Remix)
Author telesilla
Fandom: Lotrips
Pairing: Viggo/Bean
Rating: NC-17
Contains: sex between an adult and a teenager.
Original Story: Cuious About Leather by helens78
Primary Prompt: 17

This template is an example only but it's got the information I need.

About warnings: You must include some kind of warning for 1) underage sex, 2) graphic violence, 3) character death, and 4) rape/non-con. If you wish to warn for other things, you may, of course.

You do not have to use the word "warning"; you're welcome to use "contains" or some other wording, provided you let people know if your fic contains any of the above four things. If you feel a warning would spoil your story, you may also choose to gray out your warning/content information line, or you may link to the end of your story and put your warnings/content information there.

If you don't know how to gray out warning/contents texts, that information is here. Thanks to alexseanchai for the link.

Tags: Fic will be tagged by Prompt, Author, Fandom and Remixed Author. So to continue with my example, the above fic would be tagged:

prompt: 17, author: telesilla, remixed: helens78, fandom: lotrips

About Fic titles. You don't have to do the Story Name Here (remix name here) thing if you don't want to.

Some Links first:

How It All Works

Please note, there's been a slight change to the rules about what fics may be remixed. You may remix a fic by someone who has not offered their fic on the comm, provided you obtain permission and note that you've obtained that permission in your author's notes.

Also, the points system is under revision. More on that when we've figured it out.

How to Post a Completed Remix

The Prompt List

As you sign up, remember that you do not need to opt out of Prompt 29.

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. Please fill out our little form here and post it in the comments. Remember, you do not have to opt out of any prompts nor do you have to declare a safe story.


Name/User Name
Are you signing up as a writer?
Are you offering your fic for remixing?
(if so)
List fandoms you're offering
Where can we find your fic?
List up to three remix prompts you'd like to opt out of:
Name and link to your safe story, if you have one:

There's no real deadline on the sign-ups, however the more people who sign up soon to offer fic, the better!

The list of writers offering fic will go up tomorrow and will be added on to daily.

Important: These are only one person's interpretations of the prompts. They're open to your own interpretation as you remix and, if you feel like it, I welcome additional ideas/points of view in the comments. Also, as I mentioned in the rules, some overlap is possible, so keep that in mind as you look at the prompts.

I've tried to sort the prompts into several categories, just to make it easier to post these extended explanations of each prompt.

The last bunch of prompts are pretty much everything that's left.

( Miscellaneous Remix Ideas )


Questions on these particular prompts? Suggestions on how to use them? This is the place.

I'd like to thank the following people who offered ideas for prompts and/or let me bounce ideas off them. If I've left you out, my apologies; feel free to correct met.

torachan, anatsuno, helens78, codenamecesare, zillah975, aris_tgd, busaikko, bossymarmalade, elanorjane, alias_sqbr

Important: These are only one person's interpretations of the prompts. They're open to your own interpretation as you remix and, if you feel like it, I welcome additional ideas/points of view in the comments. Also, as I mentioned in the rules, some overlap is possible, so keep that in mind as you look at the prompts.

I've tried to sort the prompts into several categories, just to make it easier to post these extended explanations of each prompt.

Now we have the Identity/Character Prompts.

( Identity/Character Prompts )

Questions on these particular prompts? Suggestions on how to use them? This is the place.

I'd like to thank the following people who offered ideas for prompts and/or let me bounce ideas off them. If I've left you out, my apologies; feel free to correct met.

torachan, anatsuno, helens78, codenamecesare, zillah975, aris_tgd, busaikko, bossymarmalade, elanorjane, alias_sqbr

Important: These are only one person's interpretations of the prompts. They're open to your own interpretation as you remix and, if you feel like it, I welcome additional ideas/points of view in the comments. Also, as I mentioned in the rules, some overlap is possible, so keep that in mind as you look at the prompts.

I've tried to sort the prompts into several categories, just to make it easier to post these extended explanations of each prompt.

So let's start with what I'm calling "Style Prompts" for lack of a better phrase. They're also all things that are allowed in Remix Redux, so if you've remixed before, they're probably going to be familiar choices.

( Style Prompts )

Questions on these particular prompts? Suggestions on how to use them? This is the place.


I'd like to thank the following people who offered ideas for prompts and/or let me bounce ideas off them. If I've left you out, my apologies; feel free to correct met.

torachan, anatsuno, helens78, codenamecesare, zillah975, aris_tgd, busaikko, bossymarmalade, elanorjane, alias_sqbr

Remix Goes Wild is a low pressure, long term, non-exchange remix challenge that allows you to remix your own fic as well as fic written by others. Using a set up based very loosely on the old table challenges, the challenge will be to do different types of remixes based on a list of remix prompts. In other words, you take Story A and remix it by changing the POV and then move on to Story B and remix it by adding a missing scene and then move on to Story C and...well you get the idea.

In addition to the goals listed above, the idea of this challenge is to push the boundaries of what constitutes a remix. How far can you change a story before it is no longer a remix of the original but a story very similar to the original? The prompts were designed with that in mind and also with the hope that people will have fun with them.

Your mods are telesilla and torachan.

( How it all works )

Questions on the rules? This is the place to ask.