The Eighth Annual Pros Big Bang Challenge
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ci5_boxoftricksWe're Back!!!!! And just in time for . . .
The Eighth Annual Pros Big Bang Challenge
For those of you who haven’t seen a Big Bang Challenge before, it’s a collaborative effort between writers and artists. Writers sign up to write a story with a minimum word count. Later in the process, artists claim a story based on an anonymous story summary and produce at least one piece of art to go with it. The art can be an illustration, a manip, or even a vid.
Over the last five years we had set the minimum word count at 15,000, but this year we have decided to lower the word count to 10,000 in hope that will encourage more writers to dip their toes into the welcoming water. But please remember 10,000 is the minimum word count and if you would like to write 30,000, 50,000 or even 100,000 we will cheer you on all the way.
This is the time to think about that fic you started but RL got in the way, or the fic that just needs to be polished . . . or you just found languishing on a floppy disk. Hear the rally cry to join us!!!
And now for the schedule.............
Writer sign ups will start on the 1st February and run until the 1st March.
Artist sign ups will start on the 1st May and run until the 31st May.
Rough drafts are due at the start of July and the artists claims day will happen just after that.
Final stories and art are due in late September and posting begins in October.
And you can find the more detailed schedule on the ci5_boxoftricks profile page and on the left hand side of the main comm page.
Of course even if you don't plan on signing up, please do feel free to join the community. You can help by cheerleading, volunteering to beta, providing prompts, and generally joining in the festivities.
So fire up your word processor, sharpen your pencils, fine tune your Photoshop skills, gear up your vidding software and get ready for the 2017 Box of Tricks!
The Eighth Annual Pros Big Bang Challenge
For those of you who haven’t seen a Big Bang Challenge before, it’s a collaborative effort between writers and artists. Writers sign up to write a story with a minimum word count. Later in the process, artists claim a story based on an anonymous story summary and produce at least one piece of art to go with it. The art can be an illustration, a manip, or even a vid.
Over the last five years we had set the minimum word count at 15,000, but this year we have decided to lower the word count to 10,000 in hope that will encourage more writers to dip their toes into the welcoming water. But please remember 10,000 is the minimum word count and if you would like to write 30,000, 50,000 or even 100,000 we will cheer you on all the way.
This is the time to think about that fic you started but RL got in the way, or the fic that just needs to be polished . . . or you just found languishing on a floppy disk. Hear the rally cry to join us!!!
And now for the schedule.............
Writer sign ups will start on the 1st February and run until the 1st March.
Artist sign ups will start on the 1st May and run until the 31st May.
Rough drafts are due at the start of July and the artists claims day will happen just after that.
Final stories and art are due in late September and posting begins in October.
And you can find the more detailed schedule on the ci5_boxoftricks profile page and on the left hand side of the main comm page.
Of course even if you don't plan on signing up, please do feel free to join the community. You can help by cheerleading, volunteering to beta, providing prompts, and generally joining in the festivities.
So fire up your word processor, sharpen your pencils, fine tune your Photoshop skills, gear up your vidding software and get ready for the 2017 Box of Tricks!
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Date: 2017-01-22 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-22 02:05 pm (UTC)It is a tradition of beauty...
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Date: 2017-01-22 08:17 pm (UTC)This is my year of Good Things...
Date: 2017-01-22 02:05 pm (UTC)I'm determined - and a lower minimum word count...that has to be an omen.
I am now going to put my plotting cap on...if inspiration strikes, this could be my year to get off the bench and onto the field...
Re: This is my year of Good Things...
Date: 2017-01-22 08:15 pm (UTC)Re: This is my year of Good Things...
Perhaps I should have qualified that - my clutch failed unexpectedly and I've just got in after being hauled off the roadside!
My year of good Prosy things :0)
But I have come up with a mildly eccentric premise for a story...
Re: This is my year of Good Things...
Date: 2017-01-23 08:58 pm (UTC)Does it involve a dodgy clutch? :-)
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Date: 2017-01-22 03:57 pm (UTC)Whoop! *\o/*
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Date: 2017-01-22 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-22 05:07 pm (UTC)But we are speaking about the 2017 (not 2016) Box of Tricks, aren't we? ;-)
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Date: 2017-01-22 05:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-22 08:18 pm (UTC)Me too! :-)
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Hear, hear to what Loxley said!
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Date: 2017-01-22 08:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-22 11:34 pm (UTC)How exciting!! I think lowering the word count might encourage people who otherwise might not have signed up!
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Date: 2017-01-23 09:03 pm (UTC)Yes, we're very excited about another Pros BB!
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Date: 2017-01-27 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-27 05:24 pm (UTC)Still, it's tempting.
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Date: 2017-01-28 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-28 02:37 am (UTC)Ah well, I can sign up and see how things are going by the pull out date, I suppose.
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Date: 2017-01-31 09:33 am (UTC)(And even if you don't manage to complete the story for this year's BB, you'll be ever so well set for the 2018 one... :-)
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Date: 2017-01-29 09:31 am (UTC)AND IT IS! *cheers*
Now to decide whether I have time this year to join in... *goes to check calendar* :-)
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Date: 2017-01-31 09:27 am (UTC)