[identity profile] sc-fossil.livejournal.com
Hello, writers! Now that we've moved past the writers' sign in and you're planning out your story, how's it going? Anything anybody needs to mull over or toss out to chat about, without giving away your story, of course. We want to keep it hush-hush until the artists get to pick and chose.

So how's it going?

On the LilyK front, I've just ripped apart my 20,000 plus word story and am totally changing it, including the timeline and possibly including the POV. So I need lots more time!

Even if you haven't got much written, chime in and let me know you've got Pros on your brain. :)

Here's a little inspiration:

[identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com
[Poll #1824744]

Now that you've started hyperventilating thinking about your story, are any particular songs coming to mind, like "Please release me (Let me go)" or "A Whumping hunting we will go?"

Any particular writing/vidding/drawing survival must-haves at your house? I have to drink pots and pots of tea (probably explains why I always have the lads consuming copious amounts) and my mate Cherry has to listen to the Bee Gees... don't ask.

Or, if none of this foolishness appeals to you, feel free to just check-in and let us know how it's going.
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[identity profile] saintvic.livejournal.com
Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s check in post.

And as the deadline for the writers sign up looms ever closer, just over a week now, I wanted to start by sharing the links to all the sign up posts and by doing some encouraging pom pom waving *g*:

Writers sign up post

Artists and vidders sign up post

Beta sign up post

Cheerleader sign up post

And I have a few other things to share as well.

First for everyone who likes to keep track here are some links to various word count meters like this one:



Writertopia: writing meters

Progress Bar

NaNoWriMo Word

Second here is a link to a post about Kurt Vonnegut’s tips for writing short stories. I admit I rather like this one:

Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

But then I am evil like that *g*.

And lastly a link to lots of other links, well that made sense to me anyway. This post has gathered together tips for fiction writers from lots and lots of blogs and put them all together for you to take a look at. This is a link to part 1, parts 2-4 are linked at the bottom of the post.

101 of the best fiction writing tips part 1

And lastly, as always, please chat about anything you like, ask us questions, and let us know how we can talk you into signing up.
[identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com
Real life is really kicking my posterior right now for reasons I won’t get in to, except to say that it had led to my decision that signing up for this year’s Big Bang probably wasn’t a smart idea given my lack of free time.

Only then I started staring at the calendar. The rough draft is due on the 1st of July. Today is the 16th of February. If I include today and count all the days up to, and including, the 30th of June that’s a total of 136 days.

Simple maths tells me that if I write only 111 words every day I’ll have 15,096 words by the 1st of July.

Nobody panic! Your story actually only has to be 10,000 words long at the rough draft stage. If you apply the same maths you only need to write 74 words a day to have 10,064 words by then.

Of course, most of us don’t write this way and I’m sure many of you will be moving up in to much higher maths with your 100,000 stories (YAY!), BUT if you have a plot in mind that you think could really turn out to be in the 15,000 words range when finished, then just take another look at these numbers.

I, for one, find it very calming to look at it this way, particularly if you fall in to the same camp of would really like to take part but really don’t have very much time to spare.

1) Pick a plot that you think could be easily done in approx. 15,000 words.

2) Plan on writing between 74-111 words a day minimum and know you’ll make the rough draft target.

3) Rest secure in the knowledge that you’ll still have 85 days after that to beat your rough draft in to shape with a big stick diligently edit your masterpiece and even write another 5,000 words if you went for the lower daily number. You’ll notice I said *your* masterpiece, not mine. :D

I think I have the right plot in mind. I hope you do too.

Stand by Tog, it looks like Drayce mockage *might* be on the menu after all.

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[identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com
Welcome to the first regular check in post of the 2012 Pros Big Bang.

These posts are where you will all have chance to chat about how you are doing, flaunt your word count, wring your hands in despair, ask questions, make plans to run off to exotic lands as the deadline looms, celebrate when you reach your goal, show off your pom poms, and generally have fun.

But to start with, a quick reminder that all the sign up posts are up and running:

Writers’ sign-up

Artists’ sign-up

Betas’ sign-up

Cheerleaders’ signup

There are now less than 2 weeks until we reach the deadline for writers to sign up. Yes, I’m talking to you, the one lurking at the back. C’mon, I promise we don’t bite... well, unless you like that sort of thing. :D

Here are some ticky boxes!

[Poll #1819125]

And seriously, we really are encouraging you to ramble on in this post about anything Big Bang related that takes your fancy.

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2022 schedule

February 1: Writer sign ups begin
March 1: Writer sign ups close
May 1: Artist sign ups begin
May 31: Artist sign ups close
July 1: Writers’ rough drafts (6,600 words minimum)/full outlines due. Story summaries also due
July 9: Artist Claims Day. Artists will claim stories based on anonymous story summaries, first come, first served
September 23: Final stories (10,000 words minimum) and artwork/vids due
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