This is the cheerleader's sign up post. Copy and paste the information in the box below into your comment and please put your username in the subject line. Thanks!
This is the beta's sign up post. Copy and paste the information in the box below into your comment and please put your username in the subject line. Thanks!
This is the artist's sign up post. Copy and paste the information in the box below into your comment and please put your username in the subject line. Thanks!
This is the writer's sign up post. Copy and paste the information in the box below into your comment and please put your username in the subject line. Thanks!
I've heard this question a lot when others have asked me about other big bangs. In a nutshell, a big bang is when an author writes a longer/long fic (10,000 - 20,000 words minimum) and an artist makes any type of art for them. This can include actual artwork (fanart), icons, fan mixes, fan vids and banners.
What is a Mini Bang?
Mini-bangs are recently included categories for those who only want to write a shorter story, or feel their story can't be stretched out to the minimum big bang word count. Mini-bangs vary and can be anywhere from 3500-7500 words.
Where/when can I sign up?
Sign ups for authors will come first and there will be a close date for the sign ups. About a week later, a post will start for artist sign ups. A full schedule will be shown below.
What if I don't write or do art? How can I still participate?
There a number of ways you can participate even if you do not wish to do so by writing or doing artwork. If you are a beta reader, the authors are going to need them as all fics must be beta read. If you aren't comfortable with that, all authors AND artists are going to need cheerleaders to keep them going as deadlines draw closer or they hit writer/artist block for whatever reason.
Due to the ugly nonsense that real life can manage to heap onto us, the writers that had chosen posting dates with the intent to post have had too many things thrown at them to post this round. Myself included.
Because of this, round 2 of the big bang is canceled, sadly.
But fear not- there will be a round 3. Those writers who signed up for round 2, especially those who were almost done, close to done, etc. and had chosen posting dates, are welcome to use those ideas for next round, or you may finish those stories between now and then and post them along with any entries they may sign-up with for round 3.
Thank you to everyone who intended to participate. I am sorry round 2 wasn't kind enough to any of us to post this time.
The next entry will actually be a poll dealing with round 3. If you could take a look and vote in it, that would be great.
Posting begins tomorrow. Please review the posting schedule and keep in touch with your artists so that they have their master posts ready to send to you to include on your posting date. After posting is done, I will do my best to post a master list for round one.
