Variations on a Theme - VarietyPack100

By now, if you are a LJer you have probably heard of FanFic100. (If you haven't, you might be living under a rock. Better look into that.) FanFic100 is a challenge community for fic writers everywhere to choose one fandom, and possibly one or more characters, and write 100 stories about them. Each story must be at least 100 words in length and must incorporate or relate to a given topic.

I am so awed by people who are involved and creative enough to participate in this challenge. I thought, what a great way to be motivated to write, in an interesting manner with a group of support, that must be a lot of fun. I could never do that - I've never written more than 10 stories for any of the three or four fandoms I've been that involved in. But I bet I could do it - and so would a bunch of my friends - if I worked on the stories for all of my fannish interests.

And so this idea was born. To have a variation of Fanfic 100, called Variety Pack 100! (tm Vix.) No claims lists, just friends, inspired to write about as many of their fandoms as they please. We have created a LJ community for VarietyPack 100 where participants may join to post their stories. Note: You must email me for an invitation to the community. For more information, see below.

Our short list of "rules" consists of:

• Each story must be greater than 100 words in length.
• Each story must in any way relate to the topic or word listed below. One prompt per story.
• Stories can be written in any order, and there are no time constraints.
• Stories are not limited to one fandom, your set can contain as many as you'd like.

Technically, you can use stories you've written in the past for this challenge if they meet the length and prompt criteria. However, I would think it would be more challenging to write 100 fics from here on out. The choice is yours.

If you would like to participate, it would be wonderful if we list your name and link to you here. In addition, if you would like to host your stories on the web in addition to - or instead of - your LJ or the community, I would be happy to have them here.

If you would like to join the VarietyPack 100 community, review the rules there, then e-mail me with:

• Your LJ user name
• How you found us
• What fandoms you would most likely write

Everyone is welcome to "friend" the community.

Questions? Comments? Complaints? E-mail me or catch me on LJ. Thanks for reading, hope you participate!

List of Participants

• Jenny
• Vicky
• Ella

LiveJournal Icons

These are just a few basic "variety" icons you may use in your LJ or site. If you would like to make and share some of your own with us, we would be honored to show them here.

List of Prompts