I think the important bit on that basis would be to be very careful about this being a new exchange, a different exchange, NOT a replacement.
Treat a new exchange as fully new, entirely separate, and there'd be some difference.
I think those are great points! Probably the most important points, actually. There's totally no way anyone can replace the culture surrounding dmhgficexchange, nor the exchange's history.
If there isn't any community-wide objection to the idea of a new fic exchange, I'd probably rip the entire community guidelines from Yuletide (I don't know if anyone else here has done Yuletide?).
Anyhow, the parts from Yuletide that are much more characteristic of an AO3-hosted exchange are a single reveal date, and then usually some kind of ten-fifteen day-long 'free for all' prompt fest afterward, where people can see everyone else's prompts and just pick any they like and write fills for 'em. Kind of like running two fests back to back. Oh, hurhgm. Idea.
So, for my hypothetical Draco/Hermione exchange, I'd run two fests. One giant fic exchange, and then one tiny little free-for-all prompt-fill fest right afterward. (Basically Yuletide and Yuletide Madness, for anyone who's done Yuletide in the past. :) ) The long one would have 1000 words minimum, the little one would be just kind of a 'whatever, ficlet, drabble, have fun' thing, with a 1000 word maximum.
We've got two characters, so I could name the first one, say Otter and Ferret and the second one Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest. Or something.
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Treat a new exchange as fully new, entirely separate, and there'd be some difference.
I think those are great points! Probably the most important points, actually. There's totally no way anyone can replace the culture surrounding
If there isn't any community-wide objection to the idea of a new fic exchange, I'd probably rip the entire community guidelines from Yuletide (I don't know if anyone else here has done Yuletide?).
Anyhow, the parts from Yuletide that are much more characteristic of an AO3-hosted exchange are a single reveal date, and then usually some kind of ten-fifteen day-long 'free for all' prompt fest afterward, where people can see everyone else's prompts and just pick any they like and write fills for 'em. Kind of like running two fests back to back. Oh, hurhgm. Idea.
So, for my hypothetical Draco/Hermione exchange, I'd run two fests. One giant fic exchange, and then one tiny little free-for-all prompt-fill fest right afterward. (Basically Yuletide and Yuletide Madness, for anyone who's done Yuletide in the past. :) ) The long one would have 1000 words minimum, the little one would be just kind of a 'whatever, ficlet, drabble, have fun' thing, with a 1000 word maximum.
We've got two characters, so I could name the first one, say Otter and Ferret and the second one Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest. Or something.
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