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WRITER'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO








WRITER'S REQUIREMENTS AND INFO

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What type of requirements are there for a writer?
There are two portions of the Bang Challenge for Writers! The Big Bang and the Little Bang.

The Big Bang is basically what we did every year: Your fic must be completed and at least 25,000 words long. Writers accomplishing this goal will get an artist assigned to them by the comm, and they will receive artwork for their story!

The Little Bang challenge is ditto to the above, but only at least 10,000 words long. There will be no assigned artists for these stories. (Authors can go out and find themselves an artist, if they want, but they MUST inform the mods that they have made these arrangements. Just so we can approve them for the collection submissions, when the time comes.)

All stories must focus on or revolve around a het pairing of your choosing, and mandatorily beta-read before the posting date. At the time of signing up for this, you need to know the following: a) what you think you'll be writing (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later all the way until the Mandatory Author Check-point in July!); b) whether you are participating in the Big Bang challenge or the Little Bang challenge (and yes, you can change your mind later on, all the way up to the Mandatory Author Check-point in July.) c.) whether you already have an A03 account, and if not, that you will be willing to acquire one before the submission deadline. d.) give us your e-mail address; and e) Then go to join het_bigbang AND friend the community. You *must* join and friend for updates; it's a requirement to participate in this challenge.


Define a qualified het pairing, please!
Any het pairing, any fandom. Crossovers, fusions crossovers, genderbender het and RPF (Real Person Fic) are all allowed. There may be more than one het pairing in the fic. There may be other secondary slash or femslash pairings within the fic, as long as a het pairing is the primary focus. Slash, threesomes or moresomes should NOT be your focus. But what if our fic is, like, more gen but with a hint of ship? Um, that probably doesn't qualify. We want a het pairing as a primary focus. We are not going to psychoanalze how "shippy" the fic you're writing is, but please use your best judgment. Original Works based on your creations are also allowed. All standard rules/procedures apply.


Can I sign up more than once as an author? I've got so many plotbunnies!
Yes, you can sign up as an author twice! Both times for the Big Bang, or both times for the Little Bang, or in both the Little Bang and the Big Bang! Your choice. However, it must be for stories centered around different pairings. (Same fandom is fine.) Don't sign up twice for the same pairing. You must sign up twice in the Author's sign up post with separate comments, so I am crystal clear that you are participating twice!


I don't know what to write! I've got so many ideas!
We're here to help! While you can change your plotbunny at any time, we're also offering you this post to help figure things out. You provide descriptions of up to five of your plotbunnies, and we put up a poll here to see what people are interested in. No obligation to go with the winner, but it might help you choose!


I've already been writing a het pairing story already. Can I use that?
Was it written for last year’s Het Big Bang/Little Bang and just never completed? If so, sure!

If not…. then for the Little Bang, you gotta start fresh. Sorry.

However, either way, for the Big Bang you are allowed to use a WIP if it's less than 10k written. Ideally, your story should not have appeared anywhere on the net already, and if it hasn't been posted anywhere, you only have to reach the goal of 25k total. However, if you do already have a couple thousand words of it up somewhere public (at max, 10k), then we won't count that towards your total 25k requirement, and you must immediately take it off the internet completely for the duration of the challenge.


Can I write with someone else?
Yes, you may co-author your big bang if you want to.


TIMELINE
Author Sign Ups - open now till May 17th, 12:00 PM (NOON) PST
Mandatory Author Checkpoint - July 15th
Artist Claiming of Big Bang Stories - July 20th
Art and Fics Due - August 26th, 11:59 PM (Midnight) PST (here is a timezone converterr)
Debut Date (DD) - August 31st


More info here at our FAQ post!


Sign Up

If you'd like to participate, please reply to this post with ALL the following information. All comments are unscreened.

I have read the sign-up rules and the Big-Ass FAQ post: Y/N
LJ or DW Name: Name of author (and co-authors, if any). Also let us know whether the name is for LJ or DW
AO3 Name: (If you have one. If you don’t, then you agree that you will acquire one before the submission deadline.)
Email: Mandatory.
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Pick one. You can change your mind later on, up till the Author Mandatory Check point.
Fandom/Pairing: (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later! If you're going to use our polling option to help figure out what fandom/pairing/prompt you're going to be using, then just say: "will poll.")

Copy and paste the contents of the textbox into a comment, and answer the lines:
<b>I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post</b>: Y/N <b>LJ or DW Name:</b> (Make sure to tell us whether the name is LJ or DW) <b>AO3 Name:</b> <b>Email:</B> <b>Big Bang or Little Bang Participant:</b> <b>Fandom/Pairing:</b> (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later!)

Once you've done that, go join het_bigbang and be sure to friend the comm as well, as membership and friending are required for all participants.

Comments

[little-firestar.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Yes
LJ or DW Name: Little_Firestar on both (even if I'm more on lj nowadays)
AO3 Name: Little_firestar84
Email: elisabettanegro1984@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant:little bang
Fandom/Pairing: NCIS:New Orleans, Chris LaSalle/OC: Chris has always wanted children, but he had always knew that he would have never dared to- not when it meant play genetic russian rulette with their lives. So, when his new partner is abandoned when pregnant, he sees the perfect opportunity to see his dream coming true...

[little-firestar.livejournal.com]

wow, sounds great! And it's canon in at least two marvel universes!

[tree]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: tree (both)
AO3 Name: tree
Email: tree at dreamwidth dot org
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: little
Fandom/Pairing: Star Trek: Voyager, Kathryn Janeway/Chakotay; i have no idea! (that's not true. i have many ideas; i just don't know which one i'm going to choose.)

[alyse]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: alyse on both
AO3 Name: alyse
Email: alyseci5 at gmail dot com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Blade: Trinity, Abigail Whistler/Hannibal King, probably Space Pirates AU.

[ladytalon1.livejournal.com]

Ooooh this sounds awesome!!! (edited for inappropriate default icon usage! lol sorry!)

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

This definitely sounds interesting!! Can't wait to see how this ends. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

Hope things go well for you and your recovery! We'll work with you, so just let us know. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

I just recently started watching this show, and am only in the 2nd season, but my daughter told me about the ending of S3, so I can relate to what you're saying. But yeah, I am very much looking forward to reading your version of how it should be! :D

[scandalbaby.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I go in to see the vascular surgeon on the 18th so I'll know a bit more then, and I think we'll get a date picked out for surgery soon after that so I should know more. But I'll keep you guys informed as much as I can. If nothing else I can try and upload my files to my Google Drive as I write them and then share the file folder link with you so whatever I have up you'll have access to by the check-in date, if it comes down to it, even if it's not completely up so there's something.

[measuringlife.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the Big-Ass FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: Name of author (and co-authors, if any). measuringlife/ DW: Bonnefois. I'll be mostly following on DW.
AO3 Name: Measured.
Email: PM me
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: little
Fandom/Pairing: (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later! If you're going to use our polling option to help figure out what fandom/pairing/prompt you're going to be using, then just say: "will poll.") DCTV/MCU: Kara Zor-El-Danvers/Steve Rogers.

[pastann.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: pastann LJ
AO3 Name: pastann
Email: pstanywhere (at) gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later!) Supernatural, Jared Padalecki/Genevieve Cortese or Dead Zone/Supernatural, Bela Talbot/OMC or prompts

[twisted-slinky.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: YES
LJ or DW Name: LJ - Twisted_Slinky
AO3 Name: Twisted_Slinky
Email: elfqueend @ yahoo . com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: *maybe* Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Supernatural, Faith/Dean, where Faith is sent to another 'verse to kill Sam Winchester, find redemption, and save the world... but ends up banging his brother instead. (Or I hope they end up banging--I have an awful habit of writing super-slow-burn romance.)

[lynzie914.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y/
LJ or DW Name: lynzie914 (lj)
AO3 Name: lionheartedgirl
Email: lynzie914 [at] aol [dot] com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang
Fandom/Pairing: vampire diaries, caroline/alaric or caroline/stefan, either the missing three years with alaric or the what if Caroline had ran off with Stefan when he got the mark.

[lynzie914.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y/
LJ or DW Name: lynzie914 (lj)
AO3 Name: lionheartedgirl
Email: lynzie914 [at] aol [dot] com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: still mulling but for now Buffyverse, Fred/Angel or Fred/Wesley, possibly a crossover of some sort. Possibly TVD/BTVS crossover.

[paopu-parachute.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: paopu_parachute
AO3 Name: jolybird (http://archiveofourown.org/users/jolybird/)
Email: spearmintstardust @ gmail
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little!
Fandom/Pairing: The Raven Cycle; Blue/Gansey, road trip AU

[happywriter06.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: happywriter06 (LJ)
AO3 Name: pending approval
Email: happywriter06@yahoo.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: little (hopefully it turns out to be big)
Fandom/Pairing: Justified: Raylan/Rachel: What happens in Miami doesn't stay in Miami.

[scandalbaby.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: scandalbaby (LJ)
AO3 Name: afteriwake
Email: afteriwake23@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Sherlock, Greg Lestrade/Sally Donovan; it's a WIP that only has ne chapter posted (I'm going to take the chapter down now but leave the AO3 post itself up to keep my kudos/comments), but the summary is "When Lestrade is invited to the wedding of a friend who is a mutual friend of his ex-wife, Sally agrees to go as his girlfriend for the three days of festivities in Dover as a bit of petty revenge against his ex. But it doesn't turn out quite as planned when true feelings from all involved come to the surface and Lestrade needs to make some decisions about who he wants in his life and in what way he wants them in it" (it's up here (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5878120) so you can check).

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ name: stgulik and teddyradiator
AO3 Name: stgulik and teddyradiator
Email: p.stgulik@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: (fandom/pairing, prompt -- and yeah, you can change your mind later!) Harry Potter fandom, Severus Snape/Hermione Granger. A post-war fic where Voldemort won and the side of the light is gathering its forces to make one final stand.

[flipflop-diva.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: flipflop_diva (same on both)
AO3 Name: flipflop_dva
Email: flipflop.diva07@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big (for now)
Fandom/Pairing: MCU — Steve/Natasha, either a post-Civil War fic or an AU where Natasha was saved from the Red Room as a baby by Fury, Peggy and Coulson and grew up with them as pseudo-parents. Then, when she's 27, she meets Steve Rogers, the very same man she grew up hearing stories about from the woman she thinks of as her mother.

[guineamania.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the Big-Ass FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: guineamania
AO3 Name: guineamania
Email: g.smith7991@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Arrow, Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak, haven't ironed out all the details yet but Bratva!Oliver actually fulfilling his role as a Captain

[reikokatsura.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Yes
LJ or DW Name: reikokatsura
AO3 Name: reinamy
Email: reiko17chan@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little Bang!
Fandom/Pairing: Naruto, Fem!Naruto/Itachi - Tattoo Parlor AU.

[dilangley.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the Big-Ass FAQ post: Yes!
LJ or DW Name: dilangley
AO3 Name: Also dilangley
Email: ulitangel@yahoo.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Big Bang
Fandom/Pairing: Supernatural: Dean/Jo -- How do you choose differently if you get a second chance? Do you fall in love when you know she's going to die?

[gabby227.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: gabby227 @ LJ
AO3 Name: gabby227
Email: rachaeldenslow@gmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: Little for now, but we'll see.
Fandom/Pairing: Teen Wolf, Stiles/Lydia, an AU wherein Stiles owns a pie shop.

[pamymex3girl.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: pamymex3girl (LJ)
AO3 Name: pamymex3girl
Email: pamy_mexican_girl@hotmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: big bang
Fandom/Pairing: Harry Potter or Game of thrones

[pamymex3girl.livejournal.com]

I have read the sign-up rules and the FAQ post: Y
LJ or DW Name: pamymex3girl (lj)
AO3 Name: pamymex3girl
Email: pamy_mexican_girl@hotmail.com
Big Bang or Little Bang Participant: little
Fandom/Pairing: Narnia, The au in which Susan falls in love with one of the Narnian lords