Winter Fests and Exchanges

[ceredwensirius]

I realize this is probably a crazy thing to be thinking about in the middle of summer, but... harry_holidays  sign ups are going on now, which is why I thought of it. So...... what are my options, guys? What winter fests are you doing? I know that I'll be doing something for daily_deviant  and rs_small_gifts  and I've been toying with the idea of hp_yule_balls , but I don't know what else is out there to choose from. I promised myself that I would not load myself down with fest fics this year but come September I won't have anything to write about and I will have missed the sign ups. I suspect this will make me whiny. When do sign ups for rs_small_gifts  start? Couldn't I have either the harry_holidays  or hp_yule_balls (I am NOT NOT NOT doing both) fic wrapped up before sign ups for rs_small_gifts  even got off the ground? Same for daily_deviant . Ack. Are there any other Remus/Sirius fests? Oh, oh! There is brighty18 's fest, isn't there? I didn't do it last year because I was swamped at work.


Oh, oh, oh! Speaking of which. I ran across something today! crack_broom  is hazardous for my writing. I end up reading pairings I don't even like. And worse! No Sirius! *gasps*

Anyway, over at lupin_snape  (don't ask me why I was reading there, I don't even like the pairing) they have a remix challenge just for that pairing. Why doesn't Remus/Sirius have that (does not want to mod another fest, does not want to mod another fest, does not want to mod another fest)? Remus/Sirius should totally have that. Someone needs to get on that pronto. Not me.

Comments

[whitmans-kiss.livejournal.com]

I feel like I fail as a longtime fanfiction reader, but... can someone clarify what remixes, er, are, exactly? *bites lip nervously*

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

It's where you take someone else's fic and rewrite it from a different angle. Take my fics for example, I write mostly from Remus' POV. So someone would take my fic and write it from Sirius' POV. Or, write from a third party observers POV. They take the original work, and use it as a inspiration for a new work written from a different angle.

[whitmans-kiss.livejournal.com]

How much can it deviate? I mean, does the dialogue, for example, need to match exactly? Can scenes be expanded or cut, so long as it's still definitely recognizable as the the same story?

[ceredwensirius.livejournal.com]

Yes to all.

Well, sort of. It is definitely a new story.

You can use as much or as little as you want, just so long as something is used and expanded. Different remixes have different specific rules on how much and all of that.

[werewolfsfan.livejournal.com]

Do you want examples of "remixs I have loved.........?" I have both R/S and other HP amongst my favorites!
Maybe even a Supernatural one or two....

[toujours-nigel.livejournal.com]

I did remix this year.

http://archiveofourown.org/users/toujours_nigel/related_works