genretwisting | Genretwist challenge sign-up post!
Old stories in new clothes.
Info on the challenge in a previous post here.
You can sign up in the comments to this post, with either 10 or 6 characters with assigned numbers, a genre to twist to (Western, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror or Crime/Thriller) and an email address (or, if you prefer, permission to send you a private message). You will then be sent a list of ten scenarios to write. You'll finish as many as you like! No deadlines.
The characters will be assigned roles in the scenarios based on their numbers. In any of the genres except Romance there will be a maximum of one scenario with a pre-deemed pairing (though of course you can write more in), and even in that one you get to select one half of the pairing. The Romance genre has a pairing in each prompt. You don't get to select the pairings for the first 8 Romance prompts (so crack aplenty is in store), but the last three scenarios are more open.
In fact, scenario #10 (which for every genre runs as "Use any of the above scenarios with any three characters from your list") allows you to ignore all suggested character assignations and if you like, you can use that several times and so just bypass the whole thing. The assignations are there to give you ideas you might not otherwise have had and add spice to the challenge.
5, 3, 1 = B.
2, 8, 3, 5, 7 = B.
After some of the scenarios there will be bracketed suggestions for the subgenre, but they are just suggestions, and your story might take the initial scenario in a completely different direction.
Edit: You can now also select the genre HORROR.
Oh, this looks fun. I'd like to sign up for Fullmetal Alchemist as Crime/Thriller.
Beautifully. :) Sending you the scenarios now!
I hope I got that Het key right.
Gotcha. I'll send you a private message with the scenarios.
Just a quick question, do all of the characters have to be from the same fandom?
Nope! It gets a bit crackier with multiple fandoms, but that's completely up to you. The only stipulation is that the genre to twist to must be different from the one you're twisting from - so if you have, say, 9 characters from sci-fi and one from fantasy, you can't twist to fantasy unfortunately - but crime, romance or western would be totally fine.
Hee! I guessed from your icon it'd be Star Trek and I was hoping someone would do Star Trek as a Western. I'll send you the scenarios in just a moment.
And let's make it really cracky and say 'Romance' as the genre.
I just love the idea of genretwisting, period - hence the whole community! Really amazed people are actually signing up, and looking forward to the results!
I'd like try Stargate as a Crime/Thriller and a Fantasy, please.
May I please have a mix of fantasy and romance?
I don't have a mix list written... I'll send you full lists of both.
:D Is that Gregory House? If so, this should be hilarious.
This is an awesome, awesome idea, and the crack bunny ghosts of old fandoms have possessed me - sign me up with Elfquest twisted to Sci-fi.
Cool! I loved EQ... Sending!
Okay this sounds like too much fun!
Scent them via Private Message!
Sent your scenarios! Hope you have fun with them.
My recently developed love for AUs and I, we are in love with the idea of this comm. <3 I have a horrible track-record when it comes to finishing challenges two lists I'd like to play with if that's okay.
Twisting a Tales mix to sci-fi, please, and PM would be excellent.
Email is asyndeta@googlemail.com. Thank you!
Sent! I'm looking forward to these!
I'll twist Black Lagoon into sci-fi.
Oh this looks like it could be a lot of fun and crack, I can't resist.
Let's go with Romance to twist since they combine most of the others.
Off to spread the word to a few others I know who'd love this.
This sounds like fun. I'd like to sign up for Yu-Gi-Oh as a Crime/Thriller. PM is fine, thanks!
Here're my characters, from the Doctrine of Labyrinths series by Sarah Monette.
I'd like to twist to...hmm, let's go for crime/thriller. Which should be interesting. XD My e-mail is ivoryandhorn[at]gmail[dot]com. Thanks!
purkledragon - This is cool!