I’m interested in the kinds of fanwork that goes on in the production of fanfiction; there’s more than we usually articulate, and I’ve often felt like we haven’t got the language to differentiate between the different kinds of beta work that goes on behind the scenes. So I’ve given a shot at articulating and classifying the various kinds of beta reading I’m familiar with.
SPAG Beta. Spelling, punctuation and grammar. This is your basic line edit. This is the person who catches your typos and silly mistakes.
Dropped Words Beta. Some people might be both a SPAG and a dropped words beta, but I feel this one deserves pulling out. I don’t know about you, but I can’t write a damn sentence without dropping at least a word or two. I think the word is there, I can practically see it there, but it’s not there. Many (if not most) people will add the lost at or an or the in there for you in their minds and not notice, but the laser eyes of a dropped word beta will put you to rights again. To be a dropped words beta you need to be able to look at the text without getting drawn into the story, and that’s both a special skill and a sacrifice for someone who actually likes your story. So anyone who can do this: you are a treasure, a gift, and made of gold.
Plot Beta. This is work that happens at the very beginning, as well as throughout a story. A plot beta is the person you talk your story out with, she’s your sounding board in the creation process. She may not be into SPAG or dropped words, and might not be a britpicker or formatting genius, but that doesn’t matter. Your plot beta’s not really there to worry about your word choice. She’s there to help birth a story with you. I write very long stories, so plot betas come in early go through my outline with me as I construct it. A plot beta is one of the few who end up beta reading an outline, in my experience. Many betas I’ve worked with don’t want to know what’s going to happen next in a story. They don’t want to be spoiled. So you can keep the spoiling conversations between you and your plot beta, and keep surprising a SPAG and formatting beta.
Research beta. This person works with you to help you pin down the bizarre facts you need to get your story right. Like a plot beta, they can act as a sounding board and help you construct the fine details.
Character Beta. This is someone who will act as a north star for you on a particular character. This is helpful if you’re writing about a character you don’t feel entirely certain about, or you just want someone to argue with you about the actions of a particular character so you can feel confident that s/he is at least close to being in character. It’s actually hard to keep the canon core of a character in your mind as you morph and change him/her, so having someone around who isn’t off on your flights of fantasy with you can be helpful in that respect.
Emotional Flow Beta. This is someone who reads your story for its emotional flow. Is it working? Does it ring true? They’re not there to debate whether the characters are OOC, just to tell you if the actions you’re describing feels real. This is related to a plot beta, and can be related to a character beta, but is different than both. Your emotional flow beta might have no idea where you’re story is headed and is just reacting to what’s on the page right now, which is useful. (hiddenlacuna suggests: whump!beta.)
Settings and Location Beta. This is someone who is attuned to the places you’re setting your stories, works well with Google Maps, and is anal retentive enough to correct you if you say it takes forty minutes to walk to that Tesco when it actually takes about twenty-five. This person is often also your Britpicker, but this is a separate service, I’d say.
Britpicker. Everyone knows what a Britpicker is, right? The person who tells you you’ve used the word “gotten” again, and that “recognize” doesn’t have a z in it in the UK. Also it’s a lift for God’s sake, not an elevator! In other fandoms, you may need an Americanpicker or other. (I’ve yet to be asked to act as a Canuckpicker, much to my disappointment.)
*-picker. You can call in an expert on anything, really. If you have violins in your story, call in a violin expert! Cricket? The inner workings of the BBC? Find a picker for that! It never hurts to call in someone with specialist knowledge.
Smut Beta. The person who helps you sort out those insanely complicated sex scenes. This is someone you trust not to laugh their bums off at you as you stumble through this terrifying territory.
Canon Beta. Someone whose inner knowledge of the canon in question is exquisite, and who can make sure you haven’t made any egregious mistakes.
Formatting Beta. This is a person who makes sure your code is clear to be posted. In more complicated stories, this might be a bigger deal than usual.
One person can be many of these things; obviously they’re not mutually exclusive. I think you could merge a few of the pieces and end up with a sort of sounding board beta you talk to before and during the writing, and then the person with the laser eyes you call in once you have something to actually look at. But these are (at least some) of the work that is behind the scenes of a fanfiction story.
If you are someone who would like to be someone’s sounding board, but you don’t really want to be responsible for line editing, you can still offer to beta. It’s just a different kind of relationship, and different expectations on both sides! All kinds of betas are welcome, useful, and intensely valuable!
Did I miss any?
If you were ever wondering what kind of beta work you want/need, or what kind of beta you are. This is a pretty good list to refer to.
We have a close date for artist sign ups. We will be closing sign ups in three weeks on February 18, 2017. This is one week before the summaries are posted for viewing. If you have been on the fence about signing up as an artist you have until Feb. 18th at 11 pm EST to decide if you want to.
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 20 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We have a close date for artist sign ups. We will be closing sign ups in three weeks on February 18, 2017. This is one week before the summaries are posted for viewing. If you have been on the fence about signing up as an artist you have until Feb. 18th at 11 pm EST to decide if you want to.
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 20 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We have a close date for artist sign ups. We will be closing sign ups in three weeks on February 18, 2017. This is one week before the summaries are posted for viewing. If you have been on the fence about signing up as an artist you have until Feb. 18th at 11 pm EST to decide if you want to.
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 20 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We have a close date for artist sign ups. We will be closing sign ups in three weeks on February 18, 2017. This is one week before the summaries are posted for viewing. If you have been on the fence about signing up as an artist you have until Feb. 18th at 11 pm EST to decide if you want to.
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 20 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We have a close date for artist sign ups. We will be closing sign ups in three weeks on February 18, 2017. This is one week before the summaries are posted for viewing. If you have been on the fence about signing up as an artist you have until Feb. 18th at 11 pm EST to decide if you want to.
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 20 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We have a close date for artist sign ups. We will be closing sign ups on February 18, 2017. This is one week before the summaries are posted for viewing. If you have been on the fence about signing up as an artist you have until Feb. 18th at 11 pm EST to decide if you want to.
We have:
And as of right now we have:
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
First, apologies for the late response, we’ve been rather busy. We do try to answer these in a timely manner but it may not always end up that way when life happens.
Next, there is no such thing as a “less than bright” question! Every question is important and this is a good one.
The first check in for authors is simply to let us know where you are at (if you’ve even started, have an outline, already done, have a rough draft and waiting for a beta, etc.) and let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We do this a week before the draft submission as a way to see if there is anyone that intends to drop before draft and summary submissions and before art claims and we use this check in as a reminder as well. We know that some people get busy with life or forget things, or whatever else that may keep them from writing, so we like to give a reminder in a way of checking in to see where every one stands.
The Feb 21st deadline is draft and summary submissions. This is the time that you will be submitting a copy of what you’ve got so far with an outline for the rest, along with as detailed a summary as possible, major tags (if it is explicit please be sure to tag top/bottom), ratings, archive warnings, and characters and side pairings that appear. We ask for as detailed a summary as possible because this is the summary that will be posted for artist claims and we want the artist to be well informed before making selections, no one likes surprises in the form of unexpected squicks.
The 21st will also be your first opportunity to upgrade or downgrade your fic. If you signed up for a mini bang and found out that you’re actually going to be doing a Big Bang, now is the time to let us know, same if you signed for a mega bang and found out it will not quite meet those word count requirements, just tell us you need to downgrade.
We hope that this answered your questions. If you have any others please do not hesitate to contact us, remember, communication is key!
hi, my ask may have been eaten by tumblr earlier :) just wondering, can i combine the spn poly bingo with this challenge? i have a deancasjimmy square in that one. thank you!
Hey there anon! Your ask did not get eaten up, we’ve just been super busy. Sorry about that.
While we would love for you to create separate works for each one because we want to see as much DCJ out there as possible, if you wish to use the DCJ Big Bang as one of your spn poly bingo squares absolutely go for it. The same posting rules apply though.
As long as it is okay with the mod at @spnpolybingo for you to do it (Which we are pretty sure Christy will be alright with it) then you are good to go!
If you have any other questions don’t hesitate to ask. It might take a day or two but we will absolutely get to them because communication is key!!
We can’t wait to see what you create!
Anon, this is not an unusual thing, especially if you are a participating in a bang for the first time.
We do require your story to beta’d. We do not require you to use the list provided. That is there for you to use if you want to.
If you choose to use one of the people on the beta list go through the list and take notice of the rating of fic that they are willing to beta, then look at the list of things that they provided that they will not beta (such as A/B/O or non con, or major character death, etc) and find someone that is compatible with the story you are writing.
Once you locate one or two people get their preferred contact info and shoot them a message telling that that you got their info from the beta list for the dcjbb and were wondering if they were able to beta. They should let you know if they can or can’t, if they can’t, wash rinse, repeat!
We hope that this has been helpful if you still have questions do not hesitate to talk to us. Send us another ask or even an e-mail. Remember, communication is key!
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 18 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 18 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 18 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 18 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 18 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
And as of right now we have:
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
As of right now we have 18 artists signed up.
We are still taking artist sign ups if you or someone you know is interested in signing up pass on this link:
Excellent question. The time in which you get a beta is truly up to you. Just keep in mind that everyone works at a different pace so be sure they have plenty of time to look over your entire fic and you have time to implement changes you want from their suggestions. Having a beta by check in time, although recommended, is not mandatory.
We just sent out an e-mail to all authors with a list of the betas that signed up. Feel free to take a look and contact one that would be compatible to your story.
All authors: If you did not receive the e-mail that went out today with the beta list please let us know.
If you have any further questions please contact us. Remember, communication is key.
Oh yeah, in fact it was the second thing that was created after the blog but before this thing was every mentioned to anyone (including the other two mods) because this mod was super excited about it all and thankfully didn’t get ahead of herself.
The DCJ Big Bang collections for 2017 on Ao3. So the authors can add it to DCJBigBang2017 for everyone to be able to find easily.
We will be sure to include this information in posts as a reminder the closer we get to posting. Thank you for your ask!!
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 14 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 14 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 14 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 14 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 14 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
- 32 Authors
- 30 Betas
And as of right now we have:
- 14 Artists
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
And as of right now we have:
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
Hey there Anon! NOOO!!! You did nothing wrong at all! We have not sent out e-mail confirmations to the artists yet because artist sign-ups are still open!
Within 24-48 after we close artist sign-ups we will send out e-mail confirmations. So hold tight and signal boost out artist sign-ups post for other great artists to see and we will contact you soon!
Apologies Anon, we have been busy and have not been able to get the e-mail confirmations out to betas. They will be sent out in the next 24 hours.
As far as being selected to beta goes, that is up to the authors. We will be sending the authors a link to the list of everyone who has signed up to beta so that if they choose to they can take a look at everyone and their squicks/triggers/preferences to find a beta that would be a good fit for their story.
If you signed up as a beta you can rest assured that you are on the list and may be contacted. We are not pairing beta’s and authors in case there is something in the story that we are unaware of that would not go over well with the beta.
Thank you for your ask, your patience, and your understanding.
Thank you for your question Anon!
If you sign up to do art, you absolutely can do it on paper. You can create it however you wish, it just needs to be uploaded (scanning is usually the best option) to be presented online.
The art creations are not limited to digital. If you do a podfic, or video, or something similar then the best option, we believe, is to do it digitally rather then trying to convert it.
By all means though, if you sign up as an artist, don’t feel obligated to create only in digital!
Those of you who have signed up as a beta for the DCJ Big Bang will be receiving an e-mail today or tomorrow confirming that you are signed up as a beta. Please keep an eye out for it!
Authors: If you are in need of a beta and wish to have one that has signed up specifically for this bang we will be sending out an e-mail with a link to our list of beta’s so that you can take a look and find someone that is compatible with your story and contact them.
We were going to post a link for ease of access but feel it is better to keep it private in the case that one or more beta’s would not like their e-mail address shared publicly.
As with every bang, especially the first time around, there tends to be some kinks to work out and issues arise that need solving. In the grand scheme of things this one is not that bad.
As we were going through to send out confirmation emails to the authors it was discovered that the “collect email” option had been turned off of the form. Meaning that unless you provided your email without prompt or signed up as a beta or artist as well, we do not have it.
So we have sent out emails to those that we could and @formidablepassion will be going through with messages here on tumblr to the other 22 authors that still need to be contacted. If you happen to see this message and have not received an email or a message from us please drop a quick message into the ask box here or our email (dcjbigbang at gmail) with the email address to contact you. Please be sure to do it off anon and specify which tumblr name you’re signed up with.
We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience where this is concerned. With your help we should be able to get all the confirmation emails out today and tomorrow.
Alright! We have sent out all but 8 confirmation emails. Thank you everyone.
As soon as I hear back from the final eight authors with their emails we will get those sent out.
Some folks have informed us that they sent their email address to the link above for the ask box. For some reason that link isn’t getting things to us. So just please respond to the message from @formidablepassion so we can get the emails sent out to you.
Thank you so much for your understanding and we look forward to what you create!
Your first bang! Congratulations. We are honored that your first one is with us and the Dean/Cas/Jimmy ship.
As far as the artist claims go. The authors will submit there info to us on February 21, 2017 (does not have to be a complete draft for more info please see the schedule), and once we have received them all we will make a post that is available to the artists.
They have a day to look them over and decided which story they would like to create art for. The next day the artists are the ones who submit a form to us to let us know their top five choices. Once fics have been claimed we will inform the author and artist who they are paired with and they can contact one another and go from there!
We have the artist pic the story (without knowing the author) so that they will be able to pick a story that won’t have any squicks or triggers for them. That is the reason that we ask the authors to provide as much information as possible when submitting summaries for artist claims.
We hope that this answers your question. If you need any further clarification don’t hesitate to ask! Communication is key!
As with every bang, especially the first time around, there tends to be some kinks to work out and issues arise that need solving. In the grand scheme of things this one is not that bad.
As we were going through to send out confirmation emails to the authors it was discovered that the “collect email” option had been turned off of the form. Meaning that unless you provided your email without prompt or signed up as a beta or artist as well, we do not have it.
So we have sent out emails to those that we could and @formidablepassion will be going through with messages here on tumblr to the other 22 authors that still need to be contacted. If you happen to see this message and have not received an email or a message from us please drop a quick message into the ask box here or our email (dcjbigbang at gmail) with the email address to contact you. Please be sure to do it off anon and specify which tumblr name you’re signed up with.
We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience where this is concerned. With your help we should be able to get all the confirmation emails out today and tomorrow.
Author and Beta sign ups are officially closed!
Confirmation emails will begin going out tomorrow. If you do not receive one by January 7, 2017 11 pm EST please send us an ask or an email (dcjbigbang at gmail) and let us know so we will fix that!
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Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
We have:
And as of right now we have:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! We are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
Sorry in advance for the potentially stupid question. Should I have an *entire* rough draft completed by the 21st of February? 50%? 75%? What’s expected percentage wise in the schedule isn’t clear to me.
This question was submitted by an author when they signed up for the bang. We are sorry for not clarifying for you about the drafts, we will go fix that.
Summaries are due on February 21, 2017 and must include: rating, all Archive Warnings, major tags, and a description of the work. Any explicit/major side pairings should also be listed
We also include that drafts are to be sent to us at the email (dcjbigbag at gmail) as far as the completion of the fic.
Ideally the author would have as close to 50% of the rough draft finished by this point since final drafts are due on April 1, 2017. However we recognize that all writers have their own way of writing a fic. If any of the authors are worried about their fic at this point, just talk to us. We are flexible and willing to work with everyone. This is supposed to be fun for everyone involved.
If you don’t have 50% of your fic done by that point, submit your summary and draft anyway, as long as you are sure that you will have your final draft complete by April 1, 2017.
Again, we are always willing to work with everyone. We can not stress enough the importance of communication here. If there is something that you are worried about, or have a question about and can’t find it already answered in the FAQ tag, ask us, on or off anon. We will always get back to you.
Remember: As with every relationship, this one included, communication is key. Please do not hesitate to come to us, we will do our best to help you figure out the best solution to what ever issue there may be with the DCJ Big Bang.
Hey Anon!
As far as titles go, that is up to you, we don’t necessarily need a title at all until your final draft is submitted. If you provide a title to us when you submit your summaries for artist claims it will be posted with the summary. All summaries, if they have a title or not, will be numbered for easy artist claims, both for the artists and the mods here at dcjbb.
Thank you for the ask, if you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us anytime!
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tonight!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
- 30 Authors
- 26 Betas
- 12 Artists
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
- 30 Authors
- 26 Betas
- 12 Artists
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
- 30 Authors
- 26 Betas
- 12 Artists
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
- 30 Authors
- 26 Betas
- 12 Artists
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
- 30 Authors
- 26 Betas
- 12 Artists
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
- 30 Authors
- 26 Betas
- 12 Artists
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
That is fantastic! We know that there are a lot of authors that do this same thing. When you sign up for something with a deadline you feel the desire and drive to finish it on time. It can be a great motivator.
It is also so fun with these bangs to have art to accompany a story, to see what the author has created and then to see what the artist has created in response to the words. So we will be keeping the artist sign ups open in hopes that we get some more on board. If not we do have a few who are willing to do art for more than one story.
We hope that you are enjoying the DCJ Big Bang so far and really look forward to the story that you are creating.
Anon,
YES! Absolutely, you can. The only rule of thumb when you sign up as both Artist and Author is that you are not allowed to choose your own story to do the art for.
That’s it! So come join us and sign up as an artist if you are comfortable with it. We would love to have you!!!
This is a reminder that sign ups for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang close tomorrow!
Author and Beta sign ups close January 5, 2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter
Do to the low number of Artists we are planning on extending the sign up date for artists until further notice.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we are leaving artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
Anon, Thank you for the ask. We here at the DCJ Big Bang also don’t like seeing so few artists. Unfortunately that is the way it goes quite often with Bangs like this, especially since this is a rare pair that we are trying to make more visible and accepted. So we have to do our best and hope for the best.
One of the best ways to get the artists we need is to re-blog the posts where artists can see them and tag them where they will be found. This can be super helpful.
Now, you can absolutely sign up as an artist. Just keep in mind that if you do need to drop out as an artist the latest you can do so is before artist claims. Once you claim a fic we feel that you have made a commitment to that author. We understand that sometimes things do occur in life that prevent us from fulfilling commitments, but we hope that in the spirit of fun and fandom, everyone that signs up and commits can make it though.
If there is a timing issue, please come to us and we can discuss it. It isn’t the first time we have already had to handle an issue with the time line and moving forward and it may not be the last. We are here, talk to us. We will work with you.
I also feel that it is important to encourage everyone involved, artists/authors/betas, to only sign up for what you feel comfortable with. If you feel comfortable that you can complete a mega bang (write/art/beta) do it! If not, maybe start with a smaller one.
As far as artists go, I am aware of how much time and care can go into creating art, when you create for these stories there are three options,
Mini Bang: 1 piece of art
Big Bang: 2 pieces of art
Mega Bang: 3 pieces of art
I know that some artists have also said they are or may be interested in doing work for more than one story, if we don’t get enough artists we may take them up on that. Hopefully we will get more artists signed up though.
So be sure to pick one that you are comfortable that you can complete on time. Again, if there is a timing issue with something in your personal life we can work something out.
As always please remember:
As with every relationship, this one included, communication is key. Please do not hesitate to come to us, we will do our best to help you figure out the best solution to what ever issue there may be with the DCJ Big Bang.
This is a reminder that there is only THREE days left to sign up for the Dean/Cas/Jimmy Big Bang!
January 5,2017 at 11 pm EST time zone converter sign ups will close.
For the first time around and being a rare pair we have received such an overwhelming response and are thrilled!
As of right now we have:
We are so excited to see so many enthusiastic people for this bang, the response has been overwhelming! It is looking like we won’t have enough artists before we close sign ups so we will most likely leave artist sign ups open in hopes to find artists for all the fics. If you’re an artist and interested, sign up and let everyone know! We will be happy to have you involved.
If you know any artists that may be interested in creating art for a story please reblog and tag them in it so they know we are looking!
Author Sign Ups
Beta Sign Ups
Artist Sign Ups
Here is more information for those who might be interested:
It answers the question as far as betas go, but how about the artist-part!?
Apologies, @theydraggedmein, when we posted this we missed the artist part and focused solely on the beta.
All authors will submit summaries which must include: rating, all archive warnings, major tags, and a description of the work. Any explicit/major side pairings should also be listed.
After all authors submit we will post the summaries for artists to view. We do this without revealing the author so it gives everyone a chance to possibly work with someone they don’t know.
The next day artist claims open. The artists will fill out and submit a form with their first five choices of fics they’d like to create art for. It is first come first serve, so the sooner you submit your choices, the better chance you have of getting your first choice.
As the claims come in we will update which ones have been claimed and send out emails to the artists and authors to inform them who they will be working with. Art claims will stay open until all fics are claimed. Some artists have expressed interest in possibly doing more than one fic, that is fine, as long as the deadlines are still able to be met
It is up to the author and artist at this point to open a line of communication for creating as they move forward. Remember, as with any relationship, the one between author and artist/beta included, communication is key.
We hope that this answers the rest of your question. If you need further clarification please let us know, we love to hear from you and want to do our best to make this fun, we can only do that if we make sure that all questions are answered.
Remember: communication is key!
No stupid questions! Promise.
As far as betas go the authors are free to find a beta for their work however they wish. We won’t assign betas to authors.
If they need help finding a beta they will have access to the list with all the beta’s that have signed up and they can contact them directly and work it out with them.
We do this so that authors and betas will be better matched. Even if given a summary of their fic with tags, the author is the only one that truly knows what is going on in the story, we don’t want to assign betas only to find out that the author put in a squick or trigger the beta may have forgot to mention.
By taking it into their own hands the authors and betas have a better chance of finding a more suitable match for their story and we avoid the possibility of a beta regretting signing up or even dropping out.
We truly do not want that to happen because we want this to be fun and enjoyable for every participant involved.
We hope tat this answers your question. If not please let us know and we will be happy to clarify further.