The Big Bang Job - Leverage Big Bang Challenge

We have 8 notified drop outs & 2 submitted fics. That leaves 18 of you to submit something in the next 40 30 minutes to be counted.

Don't worry about how rough and un-postable it is. It's a rough draft submission meaning that so lng as it's 20,000 words long, it can have grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, you name it. Just turn it in and don't worry about those things. The only reason we'll turn you away is if you don't make the word count.

Hi everyone. We're down to the last seven 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 to make sure it's at/over the 20,000 word mark and that it has some form of beginning middle and end. Once we've received 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, I work unsociable hours so things tend to get done at weird times of the day.

Your fic MUST be received by midnight (GMT) October 1st. So long as it's 23:59 (GMT) or before on 1st October, then it’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:

Title: Author: Beta(s): Characters/Pairings: Rating: Genre: Warnings/spoilers: (character death, non-con, graphic violence/sex, episode(s) etc.) Current Word Count: Summary: Notes:

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 categories 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 believe 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 temptation 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, posting of fics will begin 4th November.

Just to re-iterate as it's very important: YOUR ROUGH DRAFT -MUST- BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT (GMT) ON 1ST OCTOBER, NO EXCEPTIONS.


Please note that times used this year will be in GMT as it makes it easier for me and my co-mod. If you need to convert GMT times to your local times, please use the Time Zone Converter for ease of mind.


Good luck to everyone - I know you can do it :D I can't wait to read what you all come up with.

Hi everyone

I'm really sorry about having been a virtually-absent mod these last few months. I could go on about work and other RL things getting in the way, but none of you want to hear about that, so on with the post.

Before I get to the real reason for this post, I would like to thank weaselett for all of her help running the artists side of this challenge :)

AUTHORS:
Please note that there is just over 1 week left to get your rough draft written and submitted. The deadline is midnight on 1st October. Submitting fics before the last moment is highly encouraged, but you won't be penalised if it's not possible :) If you think that you're not going to make the deadline but still want to join in, you can still sign up as an artist or offer to beta someone's fic.

ARTISTS:
Artist sign ups are still open and will stay open until midnight on 1st October. weaselett has an open poll here regarding reminders about claiming and making art for more than one Big Bang.


Authors, please see the next post (which will be up within 24 hours) for how to submit your rough draft.


Please note that times used this year will be in GMT as it makes it easier for me and my co-mod. If you need to convert GMT times to your local times, please use the Time Zone Converter for ease of mind.