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.

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.

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 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

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

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. :-)

boothros.livejournal.com

Hello one and all and welcome to another weekly check in! I hope this finds you well and working away furiously.

On a personal note, a few weeks ago, I’d all but decided to withdraw for this year and keep my WIP on the go as an entry for 2022. I have however, recently worked out how certain things are going to go and have suddenly fallen in love with writing the story, AT LAST! The only thing against me now will be time. I’m 15000 words into what realistically needs to be a 75000 word work and I’ve no idea if this is something I can achieve before October, no idea at all.

How about you? Are you also looking nervously at the calendar? Without wishing to pile on the pressure of course, I should just give a timely reminder that you have till the end of the month to sign up for Artist and vidder positions. Therefore, for the gluttens of punishment who write AND draw, get yourselves signed up! For the Picasso’s amongst us who don’t write but DO draw, get yourselves signed up! And for those that have never participated but fancy a little go at it, get yourselves signed up! What’s the worst thing that could happen?

Join in with the CI5 Box of Tricks Big Bang they said… It will be fun they said…
And it is, it really IS, honestly…xx

golden-bastet.livejournal.com

So, BBers - it's check-in time, once again!

A hearty welcome to the artists / vidders who have signed up so far! If that sentence leaves you wondering, "have I been sheltering-in-place too long? I don't know what she's talking about," then check out the artists / vidders sign-up post; it'll give the official bits on how to do what you might for the lads art-wise. If you yearn to capture the broad expanse of Bodie's chest, or the cheeky curve of Doyle's - well, cheek (your choice which one), then here's your opportunity and a willing audience.

And if you have any questions, come find your friendly neighborhood mods^TM. That's what we're here for!

More in general, to writers and artists/vidders alike: how is it going? Are the Bisto Kids seeing eye-to-eye yet? Or is Cowley about to suspend them both so he can pull an Operation Susie on them? (Or is the blank screen of your computer, and the seven earlier tries, mocking you? I raise my hand here.) Come share, and tank up on petrol in the Capri so you can take it out for a(nother) spin.

:-)

boothros.livejournal.com

Hello, Pro’s fans, it once again falls to me to greet you all with a weekly check in post which gives me a horrifying reminder of how fast this year is racing past!

Are you like me, facing a long endless tunnel of writing with seemingly no end, or are you sorted, sitting pretty and feeling justifiably pleased with yourself?

Either way, a quick reminder that the artist sign ups open very soon (as if we didn’t have ENOUGH to do) so there’s no rest for those fingers just yet!

Wishing you all a successful, productive and safe week, this is Boothros signing out in order to re-watch Doyle defusing an atomic bomb…

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Hello all you budding artist and vidders!!

We need you. . . so stretch out your fingers and be ready to sign up. . . . . watch this space :)

Hey writers - yes I mean you all that are typing away, allowing the lads to boff like bunnies.....

You are most likely . . .

Hair and nails exactly where they're supposed to be

Hair ok, but nails are worn down to the nubs (typing. . . of course)

Hair pulled out slightly and some have been chewed on slightly, and cuticle worked needed

Keyboard sustained serious injury when it got thrown against the wall

Lads are nagging you to finish the sex scene

Your story is finished and you're kicking back with majitos

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Are you happily typing along, Bodie and Doyle doing exactly what you want. . . . . . .

or

Are they harping at you because you haven't got to their dangly bits in a while and they are taking it out on you?

They want to shoot someone or hump against a wall. . . . very demanding our lads!. . . and you are not getting to it fast enough
(seriously though-what would be fast enough for them, difinitely faster than what my four fingers and thumb can do at a keyboard)

You try to tell them, just let me get a few more words down and you'll be servicing their every need . . .what I sound more like a pimp. . .

well, whatever it takes!!

Do you all have happier tales???

Let us know!!

boothros.livejournal.com

Greetings, BB’ers, I do hope this check in finds you well.

The sad news that we lost another great Pros writer, Pam Rose recently, has had me reading some very old, classic fic this week but whether that’s given me inspiration or not is debatable. I think it’s just reminded me what a long, long way I have to go!

How about you? Are you struggling to get started or are you well established and enjoying the ride? As always, we love to hear of your trials and triumphs if only to lend a listening ear, so please feel free to let us know how you’re getting on!

Best wishes, everyone and here’s to another great week of writing x

krisserci5.livejournal.com

In this final week of March, how are we doing??

Are you loving spring or fall (Of course if you live in Southern Calif spring was last Thursday and summer has already begun=0)

Are you happily typing away, scribbling notes, giving Bodie and Doyle lots of alone time?

Or are you still wondering what fresh hell have you let yourself in for. . .

Do these issues plague you?
- words go down on paper only to vanish when you're not looking
- you set time aside to write only to discover that you have to wash your hair
- you had the best idea and all the parts fit just as you were drifting off to sleep only to wake in the morn and you can't remember any of it

How are you all doing?? This is the place to ask, scream, happy dance or wander in bewilderedly seeking answers.

golden-bastet.livejournal.com

Well - here we are! Safely past the Ides of March, just about done with the last of the green beer (St. Patty's Day, if you celebrate), and only three and a half months left until that first BB draft is due.

So, a quick poll: how's it going?

Done. AND Cowley is pleased. (BWAHAHAHAHA - though there actually are a couple of people who may be done).
Well, I've got B&D in the same room, but they sure don't want to get together...
One hundred words, and proud of 'em!
I have six billion different starts, and none of them are going anywhere <=== my current state
BB? There's a BB?

Let us know which one you fall under. ~~Misery loves company.~~ Talking it out can help! :D

krisserci5.livejournal.com

Yeah! We have fab writers. . . . .we have the lads. . . . .alll we need. . . . . .words, words, words!

So we now begin another year of helping out. . . . here is a place to share . . . . .

the fact that you will soon realise that you were body swapped when someone "else' signed you up and then vacated and left you to do the actual work . . . .

Why yes, i did have some very inventive tales as why my homework wasn't finished . . . what, don't look at me that way, some of them might have been true.

If I had gone to school in New Foundland, I could have used the polar bear ate it and that would have been true! Southern Calif, not so much.

So if you need help ~~inventing excuses~~, no I mean any other kind of help.. . just shout out. . . we are here ( or someone ){what's my excuse. . oh I'm tending the sheep- that's it!}

Happy writing!!!

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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
October: Posting begins

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