Tomorrow is September 23rd, the deadline for final drafts from writers and rough drafts from artists. Remember writers, you still have tweaking time, but we do need to see that the story is pretty much complete. Artists, you have a little more time but you should have your rough drafts well under way and sent in.

If we haven't heard from you by the end of the day, expect an email asking for an update. If anybody is having problems, drop us a line at prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com. We're here to help :)

Thanks for being part of this year's Big Bang, everyone. We're looking forward to so much new reading material and artwork!

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Just a reminder ...

...the deadline for writers' final drafts and artists' rough drafts is the 23rd of September. That's next Thursday - less than a week from today. O:

As always: if you have any questions, email us at prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com.

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Hi all.. . the time grows near . . .to begin thinking about . . .yes, you must think about . . Submitting Your Drafts!

As we are now getting ever closer to our deadline of 23rd September we thought we'd put up the details of what you need to do to submit your stories and art.

Writers

Send your completed story to the following email address:

prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com

Please use the following naming convention for the file:

prosbigbang_yourname_storytitle.doc

We're expecting that your draft is complete at this point, though you can definitely tweak before your posting date.

Artists

Please send the rough draft of your art to the same addresses above. It's not necessary to have completed art by this point (though that would be lovely) but we would like to know that you're on the way to finishing.

Writers and Artists

Since our next step is to create the posting schedule, please let us know if there are any dates that we should absolutely avoid giving you.

We want to make sure everyone has a date they're comfortable with, and one on which they can easily get their story or art up.

We’ll do our best to accommodate any requests, but we’d like everyone to appreciate that we're aiming to spread the stories out as evenly as possible throughout the month.

Next steps

Once we have everyone's stories and art, we will be putting together the posting schedule. And when that's done, we'll be emailing everyone their posting date, along with details of how to create a post at ci5_boxoftricks with links to whichever location you’ve chosen to post your story and art to (LJ, Dreamwidth, The Automated Hatstand, AO3, etc).

Drop us a line at the address above if you have any questions or issues.

Thanks once again to everyone for participating. We can't wait to see everyone's contributions to the challenge.

krisserci5.livejournal.com

What with October just around the corner, it's time to say a few words about the collection at AO3. These will be much the same words that we have said in previous years.

You are not required to post your story/art to AO3, but we encourage you to do so. It lets us have a central location for all of the Big Bang fanworks, and also, as you probably know, all stories are easily downloadable in e-reader friendly formats; this is particularly nice for your fellow fen with health issues or those who just plain love their e-readers.

The collection for the current year is Pros Big Bang 2021. (Previous years' collections are accessible here.)

sineala wrote up a little guide for how to post to AO3 for the Big Bang; the same directions apply,

A couple of reminders:

1. In case anyone still doesn't have an AO3 account who wants one, let us know; we still have invite codes. Alternatively, the wait time for invites is currently under 24 hours.

2. If you have stories/art from previous years that you have not yet posted to the AO3, we have left the previous collections open for exactly this reason. Feel free to add your Big Bang story or art to the appropriate year's collection.

3. If you are planning to post in HTML rather than Rich Text, and (a) you are reasonably conversant with the features of your word processor and (b) that word processor is OpenOffice (it's free!), it may interest you to know that Astolat has a set of OpenOffice macros for formatting italics/bold/etc and turning your story into HTML suitable for copying into a LJ or AO3 post.

Happy posting! Let us know if you have any questions and ~~we will attempt to confuse you further~~, ah, I mean help, of course! =0

boothros.livejournal.com

Hello one and all and welcome to another weekly check in post. Hopefully, everything should be starting to come together now, you guys, as there’s just over a month to go to the finish line!

As always, us your friendly mod team are here to lend a listening ear if you’ve any problems or questions, in the meantime, we wish you well and can’t WAIT so see all your lovely works!

Go writers! Go Artists! Go Bodie! Go Doyle!

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Weekly Check-in Post

Well, folks, that dreaded moment is quickly approaching -- we're a little over a month out, omigodI'mnowhereneardone and it's time to go over what happens in that month. This is not under a cut because it's all important.

So here we go:

I. The Deadlines

Friday 23rd September

Writer's final draft is due
While you'll still have a few days to tweak and polish, we'd like the writers to have complete, finished stories by this point.

Artist's rough draft is due
As the artists have less time to work on this than the writers, we only need to see a rough draft of their art at this point. What we're looking for is an indication that the artist is on track to finish in time for their posting date.

Artists and writers should all send their drafts to the friendly mods. [who really haven't pulled all their hair out yet] Further information about sending us these drafts will be posted closer to the deadline.

Tuesday 27th September

The posting schedule is sent out to artists and writers.

Saturday 1st October

Posting begins. Woot Woot Woot *\\\\o////*

II. What You Will Be Posting

Writers

In a publicly accessible location of your choosing: your story.
You may post in your own LJ, in an LJ you create specifically for this purpose, in an archive, like AO3, or on a website.

We only require that the story is publicly accessible, and that you do not post your story before your assigned posting date.

In the ci5 Box of Tricks LJ: a post with a link to your story.
We'll be supplying templates for what your posts should look like nearer to the posting dates.

Artists

In a publicly accessible location of your choosing: the art for your claimed story, with any commentary you'd like.
You may post in your own LJ, in an LJ you create specifically for this purpose, in an archive, like AO3, or on a website.

We only require that the art is publicly accessible, and that you do not post your art before your assigned posting date.

In the ci5 Box of Tricks LJ: a post with a link to your artist's post.
We'll be supplying templates for what your posts should look like nearer to the posting dates.

Writers and artists

Just a quick reminder that like last year both writers and artists will be making their own master posts to ci5 Box of Tricks. But of course, as in previous years, writers and artists who would like the art included within the story should feel free to arrange to do so.

III. Some extra reminders / notes

We'll be supplying templates for what your posts should look like nearer to the posting dates.

We will also be asking you about any dates in October when you would not be able to post so put your thinking caps on.

If posting in LJ, there is a limit of 65,000 characters per post. This generally works out to an average of 8,000 to 10,000 words.

A new 2021Pros Big Bang Collection has been made available at Pros Big Bang at AO3 . To be clear you are not required to post your story / art at AO3 but if you are interested in posting at AO3 we still have some invite codes left so drop us a line if you would like one.

And we ask that both artists and writers do not cross-post their stories and art to any other community before the end of October.

IV. And finally

As always if you have any questions, drop us a comment or an email (the address is prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com) and watch out at the comm for future posts.

merentha13.livejournal.com

Hello writers and artists. We hope you’ve all had the chance to meet your new partners in crime and have got some lovely ideas developing for this years BB.

It’s always my favourite part of the process when the art gets underway.

As always, if you have any problems, ideas, moans or are just after a little advice or support, we’re only an email away, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch should you need to.

Have a great time writing and illustrating!

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Hi there to our writers, artists and vidders. Now that you've been matched hopefully you've been in contact with each other. Best wishes to you all in producing your finished product for our big reveal. :-)

Speaking of reveals - if you post your work to the Archive of Our Own, you can join it up to our Box of Tricks Collection. This year's collection has been set up, ready for later, and if you'd like to bookmark that, feel free. It's not obligatory, but it's handy-dandy way of making sure that your fanworks are easily found and related to the bigger picture too.

Pros Big Bang at AO3

If you'd like to add your story/art for prior Pros Big Bangs to previous years’ collections please feel free - the more the merrier. Just open your story in edit and scroll down to the “associations section.” Where it says “post to collections/challenges” enter one of Pros_Big_Bang_years, depending on which year’s collection you’re adding your story to. Don't forget to click the save option for your changes.

If you want to let us know about your progress - well, this is the check-in post.

krisserci5.livejournal.com

The mods of the 2021 Big Bang are extremely pleased to announce the writers' and artists' match ups! I am so excited!

Writers, you will receive an email with the contact details of your artist.

Artists, you will receive an email with your writer's info and their rough draft.

If you haven't had an email by the end of the week, please let us know by emailing us at prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com. Also if you see any mistakes in this list, drop us a line. Thanks to everybody!

1. Untitled by Creidne __________ art by sweetymutant

Canon divergent story set immediately after the episode, “Involvement.” It’s
been a rough fortnight since Doyle’s whirlwind fiancée left him. Cowley has been keeping the team too busy to allow Doyle to dwell on much of anything other than CI5 ops. With 48 hours off the active roster, Bodie shows up at his partner’s flat to sort Doyle out, hoping their on-again-off-
again relationship will be on again. Ann was unable to escape the clutches of the family drug smuggling business before leaving London and there’s been bloodshed. With her life in danger, Ann shows up to Doyle’s flat the morning after Bodie reconciles with his partner. She is neither
blind nor stupid, but is desperate enough to demand protection under her terms. Ann proposes pretending to resurrect their relationship to solve two problems... keep herself safe until she can start a new life, while keeping the true depth of Bodie and Doyle’s relationship secret. Cowley is
willing to take advantage of Ann’s return to catch the Christmas Man’s remaining associates.

Notes: Bodie/Doyle. Past Ann Holly/ Ray Doyle. Explicit. Internalized homophobia. Canon divergent set after episode, “Involvement”. Established dysfunctional, co-dependant relationship. Intent to treat the character of Ann with respect.

2. Traitors in our Midst by dawnbeth _______ art by tin turtle

Doyle has been accused of being a traitor. He doesn’t know by whom or why—but he’s been literally stabbed in the back and is on the run, leaving Bodie behind to investigate the mess. Will they ever see each other again?

3. He Comes Bearing Gifts by Donato ______________ art by brune

Bodie takes Doyle to an out of the way pub where over several drinks they finally open up about their feelings for one another and come to terms with aspects of their lives. Just when Doyle thinks he’s got everything sorted, Bodie throws him a curve ball and his life will never be the same again.

4. John Coogan is not the only villain with a grudge against Doyle.... by Fiorenza_a ________ art by boothros
(Not slash – but explicit chapters depicting non-consensual homo-sadism)

5. He Never Thought of Himself A Coward But…by Herlech1000 ______________ art by banbury

Bodie heads off on a personal crusade and tells himself that because its personal its nothing to do with Doyle and there is no reason for Doyle to be involved at all. The crusade turns into Covert Op and over runs the time it was expected to take to complete. Unfortunately, due to crappy timing on
his part and an emergency call out on Doyle’s side, their reunion does not go as Bodie planned.

Faced with the prospect of losing Doyle not only as his Ci5 partner but as his lover, Bodie has to first find the courage to admit to himself how much he cares about his stubborn awkward as hell partner. Then find the right way to go about asking for Doyle’s forgiveness - hoping Doyle will let him put it right for both their sakes. All the time aware that, driven by his own fears, his own actions have led him to unintentionally betray Doyle’s trust, Bodie knows he’ll be lucky to get a second chance with Doyle but the alternative doesn’t bear thinking about.

6. Smoke and Mirrors by marjorammax______ art by Fiorenza

Information is being leaked from the Ministry of Defence and getting into Russian hands, and CI5 is brought in to trace, and stop, the leaks. The most likely culprit is a Minister whose mistress just so happens to have an ex-husband who is a lecturer in Russian studies. Bodie and Doyle find themselves undercover as the landlord and chef of a Cotswold’s pub, keeping an eye on the mistress and her errant lover whilst trying to catch them in the act of passing on secrets. Running a pub is a dream assignment for the two CI5 agents and it’s a simple obbo, so what could possibly go wrong?
Note: Gen

7. A Fist Full of Smoke by merentha 13______ art by macklin girl

Post “Take Away”
Following up a lead from a grass, despite reservations from his partner, Doyle finds himself held captive by a local drug gang with a surprising connection. It’s left to Bodie to clean up the mess.

8. The Eyes of Horus by LilyK ________ art by SC Fossil

(slash, established relationship)

The Eyes of Horus is a present day, same age as canon case story. Bodie is set up to take a fall. It is based on the television series, The Capture. No knowledge of that series is necessary to read this story.

9. Treasured Magic by krisser __________ art by krisserci5

Story three in the CI5 Thaumaturgy Series
Will Bodie's training be enough to face the upcoming war?

tinturtle

Thank you to all the Big Bang writers for coming up with such an enticing crop of stories this year. I can't wait to read them all in October (and one sooner than that).

boothros.livejournal.com

For our artists, now is when you get to claim the story you'd like to work on for the Big Bang and here's how.

First click on the cut and read the story summaries. Not all the summaries have titles but they are all numbered.

Then please comment to the post and let us know the following:

1. Your email address

2. Your top four story choices in order of preference

3. If you would be happy to provide art for a second story as this year we
have more writers than artists.

4. If you are willing to pinch-hit if another artist unexpectedly has to pull out.

While you will only be working on one or two stories, giving us your top four choices will hopefully minimize the odds of our having to re-contact you as we work through the comments matching artists with stories.

The comments on this post are screened, so your mods are the only ones who will see them. If you have any questions, you can let us know via comment.

We will send you the rough draft of your story selection and your writer's email addie ASAP.

So, here's the form:

Email:
First Story Choice:
Second Story Choice:
Third Story Choice:
Fourth Story Choice:
Willing to take a second story?:
Willing to pinch hit?:

( Summaries )

krisserci5.livejournal.com

First off, thanks to everybody who's worked hard to participate in this year's Big Bang. We had our rough draft deadline and I'm very pleased to announce the participating writers for this year's Big Bang! In alphabetical order, I give you:

Creidne

Dawnwind

Donato

Fiorenza_a

Harlech1000

krisser

lilyK

Marjoram Max

merentha 13

Keep your eyes peeled because artists' claiming will be coming up shortly! Woohoo!

krisserci5.livejournal.com

The rough draft deadline for the Pros Big Bang looms ever closer! Your files are due by midnight PDT, July 1 (that's UTC -7).

If you need to review the requirements, you can find it listed in previous post. Submission instructions are listed there as well.

Let us know if you have any questions! Looking forward to seeing those drafts!

krisserci5.livejournal.com

How to submit your rough draft and summary

Here is the information on how to turn in your Pros Big Bang story draft and summary. Those of you who have participated in previous years will find that the submission information is entirely unchanged, but here it is again.

Please create two separate files. One file should contain your rough draft and the other your summary. We ask that you use the following naming convention:

prosbigbang_roughdraft_yourname.doc

prosbigbang_summary_yourname.doc

So if I were submitting, my files would be named prosbigbang_roughdraft_krisser.doc and prosbigbang_summary_krisser.doc.

File format: As suggested by the naming template, we would prefer to receive your files in Microsoft Word .doc format (NOT .docx, which is what newer Word versions produce by default; Word will still save .doc files, though). If .doc is not possible for you, we also accept .rtf (Rich Text Format) and .txt (plaintext).

Send your two files to the Pros Big Bang email address: prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com

The deadline: Midnight, July 1, PDT

(Pacific Daylight Time is GMT-7 hours.)

If you need to familiarize yourself with the draft/summary requirements, you can find them in previos post.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at the above email address, or you can PM any one of the mods.

Once we have all your files, we will be removing identifying information and posting summaries for artist claims on July 9.

Good luck, writers! :)

golden-bastet.livejournal.com

Holy cow, the past few days: the cat took ill, all the managers at work wanted urgent things at the same time, and there are lantern flies in my yard. D: (Cat's okay now.) But here I am, and here is the...

Rough Draft Requirements Reminder

As we are now getting ever closer to the rough draft deadline on the 1st July we thought this was a good time to post a reminder of the rough draft requirements.

A minimum word count of 6000 words.
We're not going to be totally tyrannical about this. If you're only at 5,000 words, but it's clear you're well on the way to finishing, that works for us. But if you're only at 1,000 words, we have a problem. Talk to us and let us know how you are getting on. We don't bite.......... hard. ;D

A reasonably complete outline of any unfinished scenes
The outline can be as complete (massively detailed descriptions of every remaining incident in the story) or as brief ("insert sex scene here") as you like.

A reasonable confidence that you will be able to finish the whole story (10,000 word minimum) by the September 23rd deadline.
This last bit is the most important. Since it gets handed to an artist at this point, we'd like for the artist not to work on something that isn't going to get done.

A short paragraph-length summary/blurb that can be posted publicly on the comm for the artists to claim from.
This should give a good flavour of the story, but doesn't have to give everything away. You can see what people wrote for the last few years: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. Please also include a warning if one applies (e.g. for subjects like death, rape or underage sex) or, if the story needs a warning but you are worried about spoilers, you can let us know that you choose not to warn.

Lastly you don’t need a title at this point, we all know that sometimes this can be the very last thing that you write :D.

We will be putting a post up in a few days time detailing how to send us your rough draft and summary so please look out for that.

Finally, as always, if you have any questions about anything please get in touch by emailing the mods at prosbigbangtwo@gmail.com.

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Hello all!!!

How are we doing????

a) Kicking back - waiting for your beta to do their magic
b) Typing away, pencil between your teeth
c) Cat sat on your laptop, knocked the flashdrive and you lost a day's editing(of the whole story)
d) Dog ate your completed long hand story and you're drowning in your tears (dog in hiding)
e) You keep staring at the committment dates and wonder why your name is on list
f) ROTFLYAO

Let us know . . . . we really do want to hear :)

krisserci5.livejournal.com

The sign up post is now closed, which means we can have the pleasure of confirming all the fabulous artists and vidders taking part in the 2021 Pros Big Bang (listed alphabetically):

The artists who've signed up are:-

banbury
brune_arici
Doyle on Canvs
Fiorenza_a
krisserci5
macklingirl
merentha13
sc_fossil
Sweety_Mutant
tin turtle

Huge thanks to everyone who has signed up - we are all looking forward to what you'll be coming up with

. \~~~/ I be dancing here!!

The next big step for our artists and vidders will be for you to claim your story/stories.

We'll be posting the story summaries from our writers anonymously on July 9, and then the final work will be due on the 23rd September.

Watch out for more information about the claiming process here on the comm as we head towards the end of June.

harshinib.livejournal.com

Hi
Has anyone read Breaking Point by N R Walker? Its about an undercover cop going into the cage fighting world. If anyone else has read it do you think this could be a Bodie centric fic idea?

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Hope all is well!!!

Fingers attached, hair still on head, only on second ot third keyboard?

If I type too slow, or ignore my cat, he flips the key tops off the keyboard.

The deadline for Artist/Vidder sign-ups is May31 - come on in and play with us, we don't bite. . . . much !!!

golden-bastet.livejournal.com

Allo, BBers!

How's it going? There's still some time left, but not as much as before - those deadlines are beginning to loom in the near distance. :O

And don't forget: artistry still lives! You can prove it, too, by signing up at the artists & vidders post.

You have roughly one more week to commit. Don't delay; operators are standing by. :-)

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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
October: Posting begins

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