Bending the Rules
Guys, we have no emails with stories attached! None. Nada. Zip. I opened up xf_bigbang's gmail with anticipation, and was sorely disappointed. How can this have happened??
I think I may be at least partly to blame because I've been a crap mod (thank goodness for hankmoodyblues is all I can say) so I'm thinking of bending the rules this year. If (and it's a very big and important if so I'll say it again), IF you don't have 15,000 words but are confident that you will have your story of 15,000 or more words finished by the deadline of 6th October, I'm happy for you to send your work in. Please make sure you have a summary and title, because that's what your artist will use to choose which piece to work on. And please, please, please make sure that you will definitely be able to finish the fic by the deadline. Otherwise, it won't be fair to the artist who's also putting in an enormous amount of effort.
To recap then, here are the new, bendy, rules:
The deadline for your submission is August 16th. As long as it's August 16th wherever you are when you send it, you're on time.
Absolutely no extensions past August 16th (and I mean it this time). We need to get things moving with the whole art assignment part of this, which is going to take some time, hence the deadline.
What we will need from you on August 16th:
Send an email to xfbigbang@gmail.com and include the following:
# Your lj user name/Author name. The one you signed up with. (Very important!)
# Your final title.
# Story rating. And pairing, if there is one.
# Your summary. (You just need about a paragraph or so to give the artists an idea of what your story is about. So, be complete. Yet succinct. Also, please indicate if your story is gen, het, slash, or some combination thereof.) Need help? Here are some tips.
# Any warnings an artist might need to know about when choosing a story. (non-con, death, animal torture, I don't know... you know what people warn for!)
# Your first draft. No exceptions. It must be in a word file, and please send it as an attachment to your email. (No one is going to see it but the mods, and we're only looking for word count and story completeness. Once your summary is claimed the artist might ask to see your draft for more inspiration, but we'll leave that to the two of you to work out.)
# Please note, this draft is NOT THE FINAL DRAFT. Some folks have not had time for a full beta. That's FINE. You'll still have almost two months to polish your epic. We just need to see that you have a beginning, middle, end, and the bits in-between, and that you're confident you'll have a story of at least 15,000 words completed by October 6th. Subplots can still be jiggered, adjectives massaged, scene order twisted, and porn scenes expanded (especially this one!). ;)
On August 17th we will post final titles and summaries (without the authors' names attached) for artist claiming.
Your final draft must be completed by October 6th. This is also the due date for all art and vids.
We will make a staggered posting schedule starting October 13th. Don't worry about this now, because we're going to make the schedule after we see how many stories have been turned in. You will have plenty of notice!
So that's it. Finish up, don't panic, and have fun! You guys are doing awesome, KEEP GOING! Let us know if you have any questions, either here, by e-mail, or at omg_xf_bigbang.
I think I may be at least partly to blame because I've been a crap mod (thank goodness for hankmoodyblues is all I can say) so I'm thinking of bending the rules this year. If (and it's a very big and important if so I'll say it again), IF you don't have 15,000 words but are confident that you will have your story of 15,000 or more words finished by the deadline of 6th October, I'm happy for you to send your work in. Please make sure you have a summary and title, because that's what your artist will use to choose which piece to work on. And please, please, please make sure that you will definitely be able to finish the fic by the deadline. Otherwise, it won't be fair to the artist who's also putting in an enormous amount of effort.
To recap then, here are the new, bendy, rules:
The deadline for your submission is August 16th. As long as it's August 16th wherever you are when you send it, you're on time.
Absolutely no extensions past August 16th (and I mean it this time). We need to get things moving with the whole art assignment part of this, which is going to take some time, hence the deadline.
What we will need from you on August 16th:
Send an email to xfbigbang@gmail.com and include the following:
# Your lj user name/Author name. The one you signed up with. (Very important!)
# Your final title.
# Story rating. And pairing, if there is one.
# Your summary. (You just need about a paragraph or so to give the artists an idea of what your story is about. So, be complete. Yet succinct. Also, please indicate if your story is gen, het, slash, or some combination thereof.) Need help? Here are some tips.
# Any warnings an artist might need to know about when choosing a story. (non-con, death, animal torture, I don't know... you know what people warn for!)
# Your first draft. No exceptions. It must be in a word file, and please send it as an attachment to your email. (No one is going to see it but the mods, and we're only looking for word count and story completeness. Once your summary is claimed the artist might ask to see your draft for more inspiration, but we'll leave that to the two of you to work out.)
# Please note, this draft is NOT THE FINAL DRAFT. Some folks have not had time for a full beta. That's FINE. You'll still have almost two months to polish your epic. We just need to see that you have a beginning, middle, end, and the bits in-between, and that you're confident you'll have a story of at least 15,000 words completed by October 6th. Subplots can still be jiggered, adjectives massaged, scene order twisted, and porn scenes expanded (especially this one!). ;)
On August 17th we will post final titles and summaries (without the authors' names attached) for artist claiming.
Your final draft must be completed by October 6th. This is also the due date for all art and vids.
We will make a staggered posting schedule starting October 13th. Don't worry about this now, because we're going to make the schedule after we see how many stories have been turned in. You will have plenty of notice!
So that's it. Finish up, don't panic, and have fun! You guys are doing awesome, KEEP GOING! Let us know if you have any questions, either here, by e-mail, or at omg_xf_bigbang.