Cap_Ironman Big Bang!

[valtyr]

Hi all! After the success of the Reverse Big Bang, we think it's time to run another Big Bang. A not-reversed one.

This would follow the standard format of writers writing, submitting a summary, and then artists claiming summaries to do art for. Then, artists, uh, arting, and then they pick a post date and post on it.

The fics would be expected to follow the guidelines for fic posted to this comm - to wit, "Just be sure that in fics, Steve and Tony are one of your main pairings or at least very prominent characters." Gen fics about Steve and Tony are accepted, but fics that focus on Steve and Tony in other ships are not. A fic about how Steve and Tony rebuild their friendship after Avengers Prime, with background Steve/Sharon, is fine, but a fic about how Steve and Sharon rebuild their relationship with Tony in the background is not.

Projected timeline:

April 10: Author sign-ups open.
April 30: Author sign-ups close.
May, June, July: writers write.
July 31st: Drafts and summaries due.
August 1st: Summaries posted for artists to claim, and mod emails draft and puts artist and author in touch.
August: Artists art
August 31st: Artist and author pair pick posting date in September
September: Fics and art posted, much rejoicing.

I thought an artist sign-up wasn't really necessary? Just, artists show up and pick?

Anyway, the reason I'm posting this early is to get general comm input on whether the timeline works, whether there are any colossal flaws in the plan, etc. Also, how long should the minimum wordcount be? 20k? 30k? 50k? Tell me your thoughts. If I don't get anyone's thoughts, I'll have to use my own, and then we will all be sorry.

Comments

[dangwhyme.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is kind of perfect for me. I think I'll give it a go. I've been writing a fic for a while now (my first fic, gosh!) and it's already over 30k. I'll only need a beta reader, preferably a grammar nazi one since english is not my first language. And just like dinahqueen, I might sign up to do art too. I'd like that.

Also, 20/25k sounds good to me.

[valtyr]

You have excellent English, I would never have guessed. We have so many people in this fandom who don't have English as a first language, writing great fic in English. Jealous of all your mad language skills!

The general rule for a BB is you have to write the wordcount between sign-up and posting, so if you have a 30k fic now, you would be expected to add 20/25k to it before posting. If you're not sure your fic will stretch to that, you might want to consider starting a different one - give it some thought and decide what will work best for you. And awesome, you have lovely art!

[muccamukk]

I had thought the rule was that it couldn't be posted anywhere already (is how AU Big Bang does it anyway), but it is generally thought well upon that it's a new story.

However, our big bang, we can make the rules we like.

[valtyr]

Hm, I'd thought that it was just so-much written in the relevant time - we can change it? I mean, that's what this post is for and all. :)

[muccamukk]

I had thought that since one can't prove one way or another (like if the OP hadn't mentioned it, we would have no way to know when the fic was written), that we went with previously posted. However, I've seen it go both ways.

[dangwhyme.livejournal.com]

I see, well, I'll think about it then. And thank you for your kind words! I'll definitely sign up for art even if I don't for fic.

It would've been easier for me to apply for both if the rules were like muccamukk had thought but either way I'm okay with them.

[valtyr]

I think we'll go with just unpublished, so you'll be fine. :)

[dangwhyme.livejournal.com]

That's great! I'm thrilled!