The Bandom Big Bang Challenge

Posting of Bandom Big Bang fanworks starts today!

Please take the time to check out all the new fanworks and leave kudos and/or comments, because everyone has worked hard to get through this challenge. If you really enjoyed the fanwork, consider telling your friends about it, or maybe rec it on your Tumblr or DW or LJ or where ever you hang out.

Creators, there is a collection on AO3 for BBB 2018 fanworks, please consider adding your fanworks to the collection (if you need help in doing so, please contact the mods).

We will be tweeting fanworks as they are posted, and will reblog on Tumblr as well.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

There's a little less than a month left before the draft deadline, so we thought it might be a good idea to host a weekend productivity event over at the BBB discord. It will hopefully provide a combination of motivation, inspiration, and cheering. The basic idea is:

Choose a goal --> work towards goal --> reach goal --> profit? ?? --> rinse, repeat

If you are interested, the event runs from Friday to Sunday; come join us. If you need an invite to the discord, shoot the mods an email and we'll hook you up.


( The fine print... )

There's a little more than a month left until the draft deadline of July 20th, so let's have check in.

If you feel up to it, share a little bit of what you've done.

How are you doing? Where are you at? Do you need a cheerleader/beta/sprinting buddy? What can we do to help?

Leaving love and support for each other in the comments is strongly recommended.

If you're in need of a beta, check the beta post. If you need moral support or a place to whinge or brainstorm or talk things out or find a sprinting buddy, the discord is a good place to check out. (Send an email to bandombigbang at gmail).

*cheers everyone on*

There has been a lot of people talking about needing a beta to help them through this challenge, so here is a post to hopefully help you connect with someone.

You do not have to be signed up as a participant in the challenge to offer to be a beta. Also consider that one of the ways to improve your work is to beta other people's work.

Examples of things that a writing beta can help with: SPaG, general proofreading, flow/pacing, structure, continuity, plot, characterization, canon checking, language picking (Brit-pick, Ameri-pick). Podficcers look for betas to listen for editing issues, sound issues, pacing/flow, and other elements. Vidders need people to watch what they've edited for cohesive themes, good flow, and continuity, as well as other technical issues. Artists need people to look at what they've created with an eye toward composition, color, details. Mixers may need a new set of ears to make sure their narrative theme is working.

If you are looking for a beta, please be clear on what you are looking for, and what kind of boundaries and timelines you're working with. For example, this early in the process, you may not want someone who's going to go over your fanwork with a fine-toothed comb. Maybe you just want to make sure that your characterization is working, or the story's flow is smooth. Sometimes you just want to hear about what's working, and not about the parts that aren't. Communicate these things with your beta.

Note which work platforms you use, or are most familiar with. Word, Gdocs, Scrivener, etc. Are you going to send your beta a .doc, or invite them into your Gdoc?

Cut and paste the info below into a comment. In the subject line, please put either In need of a beta or Offering to beta to make things easier. If you fit into both of those categories, please leave two separate comments rather than one.

<b>User name:</b> <b>Methods of communication:</b> <b>Work platform:</b> <b>Other information (pairings, hard limits, timelines etc):</b>

There are a lot of new faces around here, in addition to those familiar friends that have been around forever. Glad all of you are here.

tl;dr friending memes are a good way to make new friends, but also help develop creative relationships with people who will keep you focused on your Bandom Big Bang fanwork.

Important things to remember:

•You don't have to have a DW to participate - just comment anonymously.
•You don't have to be signed up as a fanwork creator to participate.
•The official BBB Tumblr (bandombb) and Twitter (bandombigbang) are only for announcements, but there is an inspirational Tumblr that you can contribute to at any time by joining the bbb-network.
•We have a Discord server, just ask for an invite.
•We will poke and prod you via email as necessary.


( Friending meme tl;dr part! )

We know everyone's excited, and we're about to post the sign-ups, but we wanted to say a few things first.

We have a Discord server now. Hopefully it will be a place where people can interact and/or socialize, and to squee over Frank's newest puppy or Pete's selfie with a quokka.

And to that end, you can request an invite to the server whether you are officially signed up to participate in the challenge or not. There will be channels for participants only, where they can share tips and tricks and commiserate with each other. But anyone who wants a place to chat with other Bandom-oriented people is welcome.

If you'd like to check out the server, send an email to bandombigbang at gmail and we'll get you an invite.

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We would also like to encourage all non-writing creators to consider participating as a primary creator. The Bandom Reverse Big Bang in 2012 (bandomreversebb) was a great example of how that worked, but unfortunately, much of the visual art has disappeared since Photobucket decided to be a dick.

If you are an artist/crafter, or a mixer, or a podficcer, or vidder, we'd love for you to create a thing as a primary fanwork. For visual artists, check out turlough's Welcome to the Black (Cat) Parade, as a great example of a art/craft being created as a primary fanwork. Several people have done podfic as primary fanworks (like dapatty's Frank/Dewees Podfic Compliation), and at least one (if not more) person has done a mix as a primary fanwork (syrupwit's mix is an awesome example!).

However your creativity manifests itself, we'd love to see you as a participant in our challenge. And please encourage your friends who are artists and mixers and podficcers and vidders to participate. We want to share fanworks from all the amazingly talented people in Bandom.

2018 Edition

Useful links

Full Rules
Sign Ups
Friending Meme
Beta post
Submitting your draft
Time until drafts are due
Weekend productivity event info

Schedule
Sign ups open: March 20th
Primary rough drafts due: July 20th August 20th (fanworks must be 80% complete)
Primary claims period: July 23rd - July 27th August 23rd - August 27th
Primary and complement final drafts due: October 20th November 26th
Posting: October 22nd - October 26th November 28th - December 4th

Primary Minimum Requirements
Fic: 20,000 words
Podfic: 20,000 words (cover art optional)
Mix: 40 songs + track list and write up (cover art optional)
Art/Crafts: something you've spent 40-60 hours on
Vid: 4 minutes

Complement Minimum Requirements
Fic: 10,000 words
Podfic: 10,000 words (cover art optional)
Mix: 20 songs + track list and write up (cover art optional)
Art/Crafts: something you've spent 20-30 hours on
Vid: 2 minutes