How to sumbit your rough draft
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thebigbangjobHi everyone. We're down to the last ten days before the deadline for rough drafts. As yet, we have had no submissions, this makes me sad. If you're just waiting for me to tell you how to turn your rough draft in, then wait no more, for that is what this post is about.
Just to reassure you, your rough draft does not have to be beta'd - we're not reading it, just checking it ro make sure it's over the 20,000 word mark and that it has some form of beginning middle and end. Once we've recieved your email, you'll get a reply confirming that we've got it, then you should get an email a little later saying that you're fic meets the requirements and that you're good to send it for beta-ing etc. Don't worry if this takes a day or two, one of our mods is starting her Masters course just around the deadline so we'll be a little short staffed for a while.
Your fic MUST be recieved by midnight October 1st. So long as it's 23:59 or before on 1st October wherever you are in the world when you email your rough draft to us, that's ok.
Please read everything below before emailing your fic to us.
How to turn you rough draft in:
1. Save your fic as a .doc, .rtf or .txt file (if this isn't possible for you for whatever reason, please email us asap). When saving it, please name it: Rough draft [Title] by [Author]. Please use the final title and author name you want your story to be known by as either of them could end up on your art.
2. In a new email, do the following:
- To: leverage.bb.mods@googlemail.com
- Subject line of the email must be: Rough draft - [author name]
- Attach the document
- Content of the email must contain:
An explanation...
Title: This should be the final title in case it appears on any art
Author: You!
Beta(s): So we know that you do have someone to help you get your fic into perfect reading order. If you're in need of a beta, check here
Characters/Pairings: Just the main ones and an OC caveat if you have any OCs
Rating: If you're unsure on how to rate your fic, then please check out either of the links here. We'd rather you rate it a little higher than you think and mention that, then talk it over with us/a friend, than rate it too low and people get a shock when reading your fic
Genre: AU/canon/crossover etc.
Warnings/spoilers: character death, non-con, graphic violence/sex, episode(s) etc.
Current Word Count: To compare what we check your current word count to be with and so we know at a glance just how well you're doing
Summary: This is for the artists, not necessarily your final summary but what you're using to tempt artists to chose your fic to make art for
Notes: This isn't where to thank people but where you can tell us anything else you think we should know about your fic that's not already covered in the catergories above. Also, if you're going to be away during November anytime then please tell us now/asap.
3. Double check that you've filled everything in and attached the document (you wouldn't belive the amount of times I've forgotten to attach documents when sending things to people!) and hit SEND.
A few other things:
- On 5th October the artist claiming post will go up and fics will be claimed by artists on the title, summary, genre and warnings alone (though if a fic has a very high rating, that may well be mentioned somewhere too), so make sure you include as much temptaion in them as possible :)
- All art/vids are due by midnight 1st November.
- Final fic drafts are due by midnight 1st November.
- The posting schedule will be posted on 3rd November (GMT), posting of fics will begin 4th November.
Just to re-iterate as it's very important: YOUR ROUGH DRAFT -MUST- BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT ON 1ST OCTOBER, NO EXCEPTIONS.
Good luck to everyone - I know you can do it :D I can't wait to read what you all come up with.
Just to reassure you, your rough draft does not have to be beta'd - we're not reading it, just checking it ro make sure it's over the 20,000 word mark and that it has some form of beginning middle and end. Once we've recieved your email, you'll get a reply confirming that we've got it, then you should get an email a little later saying that you're fic meets the requirements and that you're good to send it for beta-ing etc. Don't worry if this takes a day or two, one of our mods is starting her Masters course just around the deadline so we'll be a little short staffed for a while.
Your fic MUST be recieved by midnight October 1st. So long as it's 23:59 or before on 1st October wherever you are in the world when you email your rough draft to us, that's ok.
Please read everything below before emailing your fic to us.
How to turn you rough draft in:
1. Save your fic as a .doc, .rtf or .txt file (if this isn't possible for you for whatever reason, please email us asap). When saving it, please name it: Rough draft [Title] by [Author]. Please use the final title and author name you want your story to be known by as either of them could end up on your art.
2. In a new email, do the following:
- To: leverage.bb.mods@googlemail.com
- Subject line of the email must be: Rough draft - [author name]
- Attach the document
- Content of the email must contain:
An explanation...
Title: This should be the final title in case it appears on any art
Author: You!
Beta(s): So we know that you do have someone to help you get your fic into perfect reading order. If you're in need of a beta, check here
Characters/Pairings: Just the main ones and an OC caveat if you have any OCs
Rating: If you're unsure on how to rate your fic, then please check out either of the links here. We'd rather you rate it a little higher than you think and mention that, then talk it over with us/a friend, than rate it too low and people get a shock when reading your fic
Genre: AU/canon/crossover etc.
Warnings/spoilers: character death, non-con, graphic violence/sex, episode(s) etc.
Current Word Count: To compare what we check your current word count to be with and so we know at a glance just how well you're doing
Summary: This is for the artists, not necessarily your final summary but what you're using to tempt artists to chose your fic to make art for
Notes: This isn't where to thank people but where you can tell us anything else you think we should know about your fic that's not already covered in the catergories above. Also, if you're going to be away during November anytime then please tell us now/asap.
3. Double check that you've filled everything in and attached the document (you wouldn't belive the amount of times I've forgotten to attach documents when sending things to people!) and hit SEND.
A few other things:
- On 5th October the artist claiming post will go up and fics will be claimed by artists on the title, summary, genre and warnings alone (though if a fic has a very high rating, that may well be mentioned somewhere too), so make sure you include as much temptaion in them as possible :)
- All art/vids are due by midnight 1st November.
- Final fic drafts are due by midnight 1st November.
- The posting schedule will be posted on 3rd November (GMT), posting of fics will begin 4th November.
Just to re-iterate as it's very important: YOUR ROUGH DRAFT -MUST- BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT ON 1ST OCTOBER, NO EXCEPTIONS.
Good luck to everyone - I know you can do it :D I can't wait to read what you all come up with.
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Date: 2009-09-21 09:00 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-09-29 03:05 pm (UTC)I know you said you were at 15k, but could you tell me (roughly) what your current word count is now, I should be able to say one way or the other tonight after seeing that.
Again, I'm very sorry for not replying til now.
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Date: 2009-09-30 12:01 am (UTC)