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# Editing and Remixing Decodables

> Edit the text and illustrations of any decodable you generate, or remix another teacher's LitLab story to tailor it to your class and phonics lesson.

## Editing a Decodable

### What you can edit

Once you open a decodable in the editor, you can change:

| Element            | What you can do                                              |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Title**          | Rename the decodable anything you like                       |
| **Text content**   | Click into any page and edit the content freely              |
| **Illustrations**  | Regenerate with one click, or write a custom image prompt    |
| **Page structure** | Delete existing pages. Note: You cannot currently add pages. |

When you rewrite a page's text, LitLab automatically recalculates the decodability — so if you make significant changes to the content, the vocabulary guide will update to match.

### How to open the editor

Go to the **Grab-and-Go** or **Community Library**, find the decodable you want to edit, and select **Edit** or **Remix** from the menu.

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<Note>
  The **Edit** option will be grayed out if the story is currently assigned to students, or if it's published to the Community Library. To edit it, finish or delete the active assignment first — or move the story back to **Private** if it's published.
</Note>

### Changing a character's name

You can rename a character across the entire story in one step using the **Rename character** button in the editor.

1. Open the story in the editor.
2. Click **Rename character**.
3. In the panel that appears, you'll see the current character name on the left and a field to type the new name on the right.
4. LitLab shows you a live preview of every change — how many mentions will be updated and exactly which pages are affected.
5. Click **Rename \[X] mentions** to apply the change everywhere at once.

<Tip>
  This is great for **personalizing a story with a student's name** — for example, renaming a bear cub "Patches" to a student's name before assigning it to them.
</Tip>

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## Remixing a Decodable

### What remixing does

**Remix** creates an exact, editable copy of a story under your account — same title, text, character, illustrations, and phonics alignment. The original story is never affected. Once you have the copy, you edit it just like any story you created yourself.

Remixing is useful when you find a story in the Grab-and-Go or Community Library (or one of your students' stories) that's almost perfect, and you want to tweak it rather than generate something from scratch.

<Note>
  Remixing is available for teachers with **Premium accounts only**. See [Free Vs. Premium](/account/free-vs-pro) for more details.
</Note>

### What you can remix

* Any story published to the **Grab-and-Go** or **Community Library**
* Any story created by **one of your own students**

The **Remix** button only appears on stories you don't already own — on your own stories, you can just hit **Edit** directly.

### Things to know about remixing

* **The copy is identical to the original** — including the character name. If you want a different character name, you'll need to edit it manually afterward (see [Changing a character's name](#changing-a-characters-name) above).
* **The original is untouched** — whoever created it keeps their version exactly as it was.
* **Remixing is a Premium feature** — upgrade to Premium to gain access.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Why is the Edit button grayed out on one of my stories?">
    Two common reasons: the story is currently assigned to students (finish or delete the assignment first), or it's published to the Community Library (move it back to **Private** first).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I change a character's name across the whole story at once?">
    Yes — use the **Rename character** button in the editor. Type the new name, preview all the changes, and click **Rename \[X] mentions** to apply it everywhere at once. Illustrations aren't automatically regenerated — manually regenerate any images where you want the new name reflected.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="If I remix a story, does it affect the original?">
    No. Remixing only creates a new copy for you — the original is completely unaffected.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does remixing use up one of my daily story credits?">
    No. Remixing is a copy, not a new AI generation, so it doesn't count against your daily story creation limit.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can a student edit or remix a story?">
    No — editing and remixing are teacher-only features. A student's only chance to set a character name is during the original story creation.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

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## Related Articles

* [Creating a Story](/generator/fiction-stories)
* [Assigning Decodables to Students](/practice/assigning-decodables)
* [Finding Stories in the Library](/library/grab-and-go)