WCBB ROUND 7 - THIS ROUND IS NOW CLOSED - FINISHED FICS AND ART DUE
Congratulations artists and authors! You've made it through the seventh round of the White Collar Big Bang Challenge!
Finished fics and art and summaries are now due - you have between today and November 7th th to submit.
Please send them to whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com. Please take a look at the rules regarding what is "finished" in the context of this submission and your posting date before you get hysterical that you're not actually done. We’ve built in a lot of flexibility for authors and we want this to be as fun and stress-free as possible.
Your community post will need to contain the following information>
Title:
Artist:
Author:
Word Count:
Characters/Pairings:
Rating:
Warnings:
Spoilers:
Summary:
Artwork Preview
Link to the art post Artwork for Story
Link to the fic post Story Post
To remind the participants, here are the complete posting requirements.
Who will be posting to the community? Generally, the author posts but if the author doesn’t have an LJ account and the artist does, the artist may post on the author’s behalf.
How will I know what day to post? Two weeks ago, authors made their posting date selections. Unlike previous rounds of the White Collar Big Bang, we are permitting up to four writers to post on the same day. Also, this was the time to have alerted the mods that you have a 20K plus fic and would like to post over several consecutive days.
What should my post to the community look like? The White Collar Big Bang Community post should contain the story header (in the format provided below), plus a preview of the art, no larger than 500 pixels wide, The story header for the Community Post must contain a summary, all appropriate warnings (there will be more about warnings when we get to posting time) and links to the full version of the art and the accompanying fic. You can link back to your own LJ, DeviantArt, DW, IJ, etc. so long as your post remains unlocked.
If your artwork preview is Not Safe For Work (NSFW) or has explicit elements, you will need to put it under a cut.
Your community post will need to contain the following information>
Title:
Artist:
Author:
Word Count:
Characters/Pairings:
Rating:
Warnings:
Spoilers:
Summary:
Artwork Preview
Link to the art post Artwork for Story
Link to the fic post Story Post
Can I post it to my journal/AO3 a few days early to show my friends? No, the first time you post this must be on your reveal day. You can post snippets it to the support community for feedback or show select friends in advance. We prefer works aren’t posting to journals/AO3 until the signed date of posting (if they can’t be locked for your eyes only) but do understand that coordinated times between a team can be difficult. Just let us know if you need to post your work a day or so early because of this.
I am posting an epic, how do I do that? Back when you picked your date selection post, we asked you to alert us that you'll need a few days to post all the parts of your story (so, we're expecting that you did this). If you need three or four days to post, you can start posting on day you are assigned and continue posting on your journal until the story is complete. Your post on the White Collar Big Bang Comm should be a Master Post with the art and links to all of the parts of the story, which you should update as those parts go live.
To be fair to all writers, if you are posting over several days, each part of your fic should be no less than 9k, including your header (to take into account LJ’s maximum per-post requirements). Posting stories in smaller increments is actively discouraged (but honestly, your mods have no power to prevent you from posting in 1000 word increments. If your story ties up nicely in 8k increments or 7k increments, just let us know and we’ll accommodate you as much as we can. The purpose of requiring close to the maximum size of an LJ post is to be fair to every writer participating in the BB, including many veterans who are accustomed to having only one story posted per day.
I’m and artist, where can I upload my art? There are several free resources such as Sendspace, or Mediafire that can be used for large files. Tinypic is recommended for images or .gif files, along with Photobucket and Imgur. You can also use the public folder on Dropbox, as well as various other places. Most people have their preferred hosting sites but if you need help finding one feel free to ask!
What if I fail to post on my assigned posting date? The heavens will turn black at noon. Frogs and lizards will fall like rain from the sky. Blood will seep from the eyes of every garden gnome statue in the world.
No, seriously. If you miss your posting day, you will post on the next available free slot (i.e., the next day were there aren’t the maximum number of fics scheduled to post).
YOU DO NOT GET TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE POSTING PERIOD TO POST
If you still don’t post, you’re out. As simple as that.
Of course, you can always finish your fic and with your artist’s consent, use the artwork, but your fic will not be part of the year’s challenge. Also, you’re out for the next round. Your mods take this pretty seriously and we keep track of defaulters.
We are not hard hearted or rigidly wedded to a pre-determined posting date. If you realize AFTER you’ve selected your posting date and before it is your posting date that you’re in trouble, contact the mods ASAP and we’ll slot you into a more doable date. Come on, we’re adults and this is supposed to be fun for everyone. Tell us you need an extension and we’ll accommodate you as much as we can. Don’t tell us and face the consequences.
As always, if you have any questions, please contact your mods:
Elrhiarhodan - Email at elrhiarhodan1@gmail.com
Theatregirl7299 - Email at theatregirl7299@gmail.com
Or you can PM or email the comm at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com
Finished fics and art and summaries are now due - you have between today and November 7th th to submit.
Please send them to whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com. Please take a look at the rules regarding what is "finished" in the context of this submission and your posting date before you get hysterical that you're not actually done. We’ve built in a lot of flexibility for authors and we want this to be as fun and stress-free as possible.
Your community post will need to contain the following information>
Title:
Artist:
Author:
Word Count:
Characters/Pairings:
Rating:
Warnings:
Spoilers:
Summary:
Artwork Preview
Link to the art post Artwork for Story
Link to the fic post Story Post
To remind the participants, here are the complete posting requirements.
Who will be posting to the community? Generally, the author posts but if the author doesn’t have an LJ account and the artist does, the artist may post on the author’s behalf.
How will I know what day to post? Two weeks ago, authors made their posting date selections. Unlike previous rounds of the White Collar Big Bang, we are permitting up to four writers to post on the same day. Also, this was the time to have alerted the mods that you have a 20K plus fic and would like to post over several consecutive days.
What should my post to the community look like? The White Collar Big Bang Community post should contain the story header (in the format provided below), plus a preview of the art, no larger than 500 pixels wide, The story header for the Community Post must contain a summary, all appropriate warnings (there will be more about warnings when we get to posting time) and links to the full version of the art and the accompanying fic. You can link back to your own LJ, DeviantArt, DW, IJ, etc. so long as your post remains unlocked.
If your artwork preview is Not Safe For Work (NSFW) or has explicit elements, you will need to put it under a cut.
Your community post will need to contain the following information>
Title:
Artist:
Author:
Word Count:
Characters/Pairings:
Rating:
Warnings:
Spoilers:
Summary:
Artwork Preview
Link to the art post Artwork for Story
Link to the fic post Story Post
Can I post it to my journal/AO3 a few days early to show my friends? No, the first time you post this must be on your reveal day. You can post snippets it to the support community for feedback or show select friends in advance. We prefer works aren’t posting to journals/AO3 until the signed date of posting (if they can’t be locked for your eyes only) but do understand that coordinated times between a team can be difficult. Just let us know if you need to post your work a day or so early because of this.
I am posting an epic, how do I do that? Back when you picked your date selection post, we asked you to alert us that you'll need a few days to post all the parts of your story (so, we're expecting that you did this). If you need three or four days to post, you can start posting on day you are assigned and continue posting on your journal until the story is complete. Your post on the White Collar Big Bang Comm should be a Master Post with the art and links to all of the parts of the story, which you should update as those parts go live.
To be fair to all writers, if you are posting over several days, each part of your fic should be no less than 9k, including your header (to take into account LJ’s maximum per-post requirements). Posting stories in smaller increments is actively discouraged (but honestly, your mods have no power to prevent you from posting in 1000 word increments. If your story ties up nicely in 8k increments or 7k increments, just let us know and we’ll accommodate you as much as we can. The purpose of requiring close to the maximum size of an LJ post is to be fair to every writer participating in the BB, including many veterans who are accustomed to having only one story posted per day.
I’m and artist, where can I upload my art? There are several free resources such as Sendspace, or Mediafire that can be used for large files. Tinypic is recommended for images or .gif files, along with Photobucket and Imgur. You can also use the public folder on Dropbox, as well as various other places. Most people have their preferred hosting sites but if you need help finding one feel free to ask!
What if I fail to post on my assigned posting date? The heavens will turn black at noon. Frogs and lizards will fall like rain from the sky. Blood will seep from the eyes of every garden gnome statue in the world.
No, seriously. If you miss your posting day, you will post on the next available free slot (i.e., the next day were there aren’t the maximum number of fics scheduled to post).
YOU DO NOT GET TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE POSTING PERIOD TO POST
If you still don’t post, you’re out. As simple as that.
Of course, you can always finish your fic and with your artist’s consent, use the artwork, but your fic will not be part of the year’s challenge. Also, you’re out for the next round. Your mods take this pretty seriously and we keep track of defaulters.
We are not hard hearted or rigidly wedded to a pre-determined posting date. If you realize AFTER you’ve selected your posting date and before it is your posting date that you’re in trouble, contact the mods ASAP and we’ll slot you into a more doable date. Come on, we’re adults and this is supposed to be fun for everyone. Tell us you need an extension and we’ll accommodate you as much as we can. Don’t tell us and face the consequences.
As always, if you have any questions, please contact your mods:
Elrhiarhodan - Email at elrhiarhodan1@gmail.com
Theatregirl7299 - Email at theatregirl7299@gmail.com
Or you can PM or email the comm at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com